Idiots at the till
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Troubleatmill said:
pork911 said:
toolstation, argos and pubs that sell food - all sounds a bit council
Almost (I don't like the council bit- it's a bit disparaging) my thoughts exactly. Shop somewhere where there is a better class of clientele.... or live with it.
stuart313 said:
Troubleatmill said:
pork911 said:
toolstation, argos and pubs that sell food - all sounds a bit council
Almost (I don't like the council bit- it's a bit disparaging) my thoughts exactly. Shop somewhere where there is a better class of clientele.... or live with it.
k that. Send the butler to Toolstation. One can then stay at home and browse the PH classifieds for the next Rolls.carreauchompeur said:
stuart313 said:
However it has just come to me my worst loathing of all. Students in pubs. Half a dozen will turn up at the bar, the first one orders 1 pint and then pays with his fking card, then all of them buy their own drinks individually the same way. The tight bds, can one of them not buy all six drinks together and give someone else a chance.
Wholeheartedly this. A lot if my local pubs get over run with the wking card, then all of them buy their own drinks individually the same way. The tight bds, can one of them not buy all six drinks together and give someone else a chance.kers. My absolute favourite is the one where there is no card machine. Tight fisted s. I only ever pay by card if it's a big round (ie I didn't expect it to be so big).
When they protest about why they can't pay for 80p of orange juice in a pub by card (when they clearly plan to pour their own vodka in) - that really pisses me off.
WinstonWolf said:
You can FRO, I've just turned 50 and I'm ruthlessly efficient at the checkout. Bags are pre-prepared to prevent "unexpected item in the bagging area", I've even discovered that you can scan your club card without pressing the button and you can also insert your card straight in the reader.
Bypassing these steps saves valuable microseconds on every visit
Im the same,right up until a speck of dust lands on the bags,so you get "unexpected item in bagging area"Aaaargh!Bypassing these steps saves valuable microseconds on every visit
And then not recognising very light things,like candles or needles,you end up hurling them in the bag so they register!
kowalski655 said:
WinstonWolf said:
You can FRO, I've just turned 50 and I'm ruthlessly efficient at the checkout. Bags are pre-prepared to prevent "unexpected item in the bagging area", I've even discovered that you can scan your club card without pressing the button and you can also insert your card straight in the reader.
Bypassing these steps saves valuable microseconds on every visit
Im the same,right up until a speck of dust lands on the bags,so you get "unexpected item in bagging area"Aaaargh!Bypassing these steps saves valuable microseconds on every visit
And then not recognising very light things,like candles or needles,you end up hurling them in the bag so they register!
funkyrobot said:
stuart313 said:
Troubleatmill said:
pork911 said:
toolstation, argos and pubs that sell food - all sounds a bit council
Almost (I don't like the council bit- it's a bit disparaging) my thoughts exactly. Shop somewhere where there is a better class of clientele.... or live with it.
k that. Send the butler to Toolstation. One can then stay at home and browse the PH classifieds for the next Rolls.One of the serf boys can be spared for a few hours.
catfood12 said:
Page two and airports haven't been mentioned once.
The arseclowns that take so long at checkin/bag drop. It takes me a minute or two, I can't see how you can feasibly spend 5-10 minutes just at checkin, but most others seem to. How ? Every time.
I'm going to add more to this in the morning, but I'm trolleyed now. The arseclowns that take so long at checkin/bag drop. It takes me a minute or two, I can't see how you can feasibly spend 5-10 minutes just at checkin, but most others seem to. How ? Every time.
Reference to the above point - the bag drop people drive me spare too. However on Monday morning I was getting a flight to Gib and had checked in online. Just needed to drop my bag off. Except the lady on the desk f
ked up and I had 115kg of excess baggage (ie 100kg more) and some vast charge of about two thousand quid. She tried to remedy this. Oh dear. I now have two bags and 230kg of excess baggage. Colleague arrives and all sorts of shenanigans ensue, and about 50 baggage tags, only one of which was valid. It was a recipe for disaster, and I was certain my stuff would end up in Khazakstan or somewhere. Astonishingly it didn't. So I was "that awkward t
t" in the check in queue - but it wasn't my fault. RobinBanks said:
It's funnier when they try to pay by cheque.
I only ever pay by card if it's a big round (ie I didn't expect it to be so big).
When they protest about why they can't pay for 80p of orange juice in a pub by card (when they clearly plan to pour their own vodka in) - that really pisses me off.
I pay by card in the majority of cases in pubs now. I only ever pay by card if it's a big round (ie I didn't expect it to be so big).
When they protest about why they can't pay for 80p of orange juice in a pub by card (when they clearly plan to pour their own vodka in) - that really pisses me off.
Not for each round, but either at the end of the night (or next day if I've got super-trolleyed) or, in the casebof my local, at some point where my tab has reached "critical mass" and is bigger than my mortgage after a couple of weeks. This is usually flagged by a phone call regarding the car we've left outside the pub door. Record is six weeks.
catfood12 said:
Page two and airports haven't been mentioned once.
The arseclowns that take so long at checkin/bag drop. It takes me a minute or two, I can't see how you can feasibly spend 5-10 minutes just at checkin, but most others seem to. How ? Every time.
Then we get to security, surely theses have been through this before, oh, I still have my watch/keys/chain on me so set off the metal detector. What a surprise. And need a pat down but some minimum wage groping security officer, holding the rest of us up.
Even in the fast track lines. If you're in a fast track line then you're flying business, which means you are wealthy enough (so bright enough) to do so, or have an important enough job that you'll be flown business class, and you've flown before, so why every time do you still try to go through the metal detector with your keys ?
Or why do you bleat when they grab your bag for a half bottle of coke/shampoo.... Oh, it's a 200ml bottle but less than half full, why can't I take it on the plane ? raa raa raa etc...s all of them.
Edited for spellig.
You fail to mention the feckwits who seem totally unable to grasp the concept of the 'speedy passport gates'. They would be speedy if people could use them! How hard is it, I mean they even give you easy to follow simple pictures - just do what the pictire tells you - walk up, place passport in to reader, picture down. Wait for gates to open. Stand on big yellow feet outline, look in to camera, wait a few seconds, walk out the other side..... I had an 'encounter' with one of these idiots at Faro airport - she spent 10 minutes inserting her passport in to the reader every conceivable way possible (except the correct way), before finally grasping what to do, walk in to the little booth (leaving her passport in the reader), then stood there waiting for the gate to open..... at this point I'd had enough and let her know as much (in typical Brit fashion - lots of tutting and sighing and muttering under my breath). When she finally escaped the confines of the booth (with her passport) she shouted I was a "very rude man". Only my other half prevented me retorting along the lines of asking her to bring her carer next time..... And by this point I'd also missed my plane*The arseclowns that take so long at checkin/bag drop. It takes me a minute or two, I can't see how you can feasibly spend 5-10 minutes just at checkin, but most others seem to. How ? Every time.
Then we get to security, surely these
s have been through this before, oh, I still have my watch/keys/chain on me so set off the metal detector. What a surprise. And need a pat down but some minimum wage groping security officer, holding the rest of us up. Even in the fast track lines. If you're in a fast track line then you're flying business, which means you are wealthy enough (so bright enough) to do so, or have an important enough job that you'll be flown business class, and you've flown before, so why every time do you still try to go through the metal detector with your keys ?
Or why do you bleat when they grab your bag for a half bottle of coke/shampoo.... Oh, it's a 200ml bottle but less than half full, why can't I take it on the plane ? raa raa raa etc...
s all of them.Edited for spellig.
- this bit might not be quite true....
catfood12 said:
And need a pat down but some minimum wage groping security officer, holding the rest of us up. .
Last time I checked these "minimum wage" security officers earn enough to fly business so probably not on the minimum wage. They are also doing a job and I don't see much groping going on more patting. carreauchompeur said:
Self checkouts at my local Sainsburys appear to be some kind of fun for elderly and stupid people. Invariably with whole baskets full of stuff, laboriously examining each item, finding the barcode and waving it at the machine slowly.
Whilst there's a queue of people like me wanting to get their lunch and get out behind.
Why is it so hard?
IF YOU HAVE LOTS OF SHOPPING AND/OR ARE RETARDED PLEASE USE THE NORMAL CHECKOUTS!
i once went to a supermarket, never again. thankfully my wife does not mind going on her own or with daughter .Whilst there's a queue of people like me wanting to get their lunch and get out behind.
Why is it so hard?
IF YOU HAVE LOTS OF SHOPPING AND/OR ARE RETARDED PLEASE USE THE NORMAL CHECKOUTS!
We need more self service pubs, and yes there are at least two that I know of, one near Southbank in London (Thirsty Bear or something like that) where they have beer taps at the table (they charge you at the end for the amount of beer that you took from the tap) and ipads upon which you can order more complex drinks and food. Brilliant place. I think they have a sister pub somewhere in Fulham.
Beyond that I've never understood why pubs, especially big and busy ones, don't have a simple "pints only / cash only" rapid queue, leave the waiting at the bar for the numpties that want J2O or the obscure icelandic bottled beer or to pay with their failing credit card.
Beyond that I've never understood why pubs, especially big and busy ones, don't have a simple "pints only / cash only" rapid queue, leave the waiting at the bar for the numpties that want J2O or the obscure icelandic bottled beer or to pay with their failing credit card.
On the theme of idiots serving, this is not uncommon.
I'm at the till and bill comes to (say) £9.07. I give the cashier £10.07.
Cashier takes the £10 note. He/she then looks at the 2p and 5p like they are unexploded bombs, or perhaps a portal to an alternate universe. The customer has given me extra coins. How can I process this?
Mystified by this, they give me the 7p back and 93p in loose change.
No I don't want the 7p back. If the maths is too hard the machine will do it for you, you just need to key the numbers in! 10.07 - 9.07 = 1.00. But no they can't do it.
Luckily with debit / contactless these mental challenges are not as common.
I'm at the till and bill comes to (say) £9.07. I give the cashier £10.07.
Cashier takes the £10 note. He/she then looks at the 2p and 5p like they are unexploded bombs, or perhaps a portal to an alternate universe. The customer has given me extra coins. How can I process this?
Mystified by this, they give me the 7p back and 93p in loose change.
No I don't want the 7p back. If the maths is too hard the machine will do it for you, you just need to key the numbers in! 10.07 - 9.07 = 1.00. But no they can't do it.
Luckily with debit / contactless these mental challenges are not as common.
rossub said:
Eh? I do this all the time. That's why there's 1 assistant per 10 tills or whatever - to quickly sign off those purchases.
When the assistant isn't there or is dealing with 150,000 unexpected items in the bagging area, the person waiting with the booze is taking up my valuable sitting in the van eating crisps time. I've always found it much faster to just go through the basket only till.Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff