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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Hi guys, just wondering who else feels under pressure to bag their items really fast at supermarket checkout’s when there’s a queue forming, the check out women is scanning the items quicker than I can bag them, slow down lady, I need to put the heavy items at the bottom, I don’t want to squash my bread again just cause I’m panicking cause everyone’s looking over, I’m managing all this while maintaining to look all blasé and casual.
Ah shit, she’s just asked how my day is going!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Hi guys, just wondering who else feels under pressure to bag their items really fast at supermarket checkout’s when there’s a queue forming, the check out women is scanning the items quicker than I can bag them, slow down lady, I need to put the heavy items at the bottom, I don’t want to squash my bread again just cause I’m panicking cause everyone’s looking over, I’m managing all this while maintaining to look all blasé and casual.
Ah shit, she’s just asked how my day is going!
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Put the phone down and free up a hand to pack more.  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Hi guys, just wondering who else feels under pressure to bag their items really fast at supermarket checkout’s when there’s a queue forming, the check out women is scanning the items quicker than I can bag them, slow down lady, I need to put the heavy items at the bottom, I don’t want to squash my bread again just cause I’m panicking cause everyone’s looking over, I’m managing all this while maintaining to look all blasé and casual.
Ah shit, she’s just asked how my day is going!
Put the phone down and free up a hand to pack more. "
Is that you on the tills ? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Whenever they ask if I’ve got a Nectar card, I have to say Errrrrrrmmmm before I say ‘No!’, like it’s the first time they’ve asked me, cause I think saying just ‘No!’ sounds blunt and rude. |
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"Hi guys, just wondering who else feels under pressure to bag their items really fast at supermarket checkout’s when there’s a queue forming, the check out women is scanning the items quicker than I can bag them, slow down lady, I need to put the heavy items at the bottom, I don’t want to squash my bread again just cause I’m panicking cause everyone’s looking over, I’m managing all this while maintaining to look all blasé and casual.
Ah shit, she’s just asked how my day is going!
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I am a bit competitive so just hurl everything in and deal with the colllateral damage when I get home. Hey Presto ! In fact I usually buy twice the amount of fragile items that I really need - i.e. buy 12 eggs instead of 6, 2 loaves of bread instead of one etc. as a contingency, so if/when they get damaged during my power bag pack I still have enough of the items that I actually need. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Or organise your shopping in the queue, heaviest first, light last makes packing so much easier  "
Dah fuq, why didn’t I think of that before, I usually mix it up! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Fucking aldi though! You need a catchers mitt just to put the bastard stuff in the trolley nevermind back the bloody bags.
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Just keep eye contact while they’re slinging it down. |
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By *s.KerryTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Why panic luv
Just pack them at your own pace
People will have to wait
It’s the bloody cashiers fault if she wants to work at 100 miles an hour
Xxx"
Exactly this. I won't be hassled into doing my packing at their speed as apart from anything else I am the customer! On more than one occasion I have walked away and left it there because of this type of behaviour |
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Just do it online or shop little and often.
Worst thing is when there are kids raising money by bag packing, drives me nuts as it all gets mixed up! I always give them something but arrive home with it all squashed!
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By *olliPineCouple
over a year ago
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"Hi guys, just wondering who else feels under pressure to bag their items really fast at supermarket checkout’s when there’s a queue forming, the check out women is scanning the items quicker than I can bag them, slow down lady, I need to put the heavy items at the bottom, I don’t want to squash my bread again just cause I’m panicking cause everyone’s looking over, I’m managing all this while maintaining to look all blasé and casual.
Ah shit, she’s just asked how my day is going!
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Not me, I place my shopping on the belt in the order I want to pack in. Even in the 'budget' stores I'm fine.
I can even manage when it's not a lady on the checkout  |
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"Just do it online or shop little and often.
Worst thing is when there are kids raising money by bag packing, drives me nuts as it all gets mixed up! I always give them something but arrive home with it all squashed!
Jo x "
I give them the cash and do my own packing |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Hi guys, just wondering who else feels under pressure to bag their items really fast at supermarket checkout’s when there’s a queue forming, the check out women is scanning the items quicker than I can bag them, slow down lady, I need to put the heavy items at the bottom, I don’t want to squash my bread again just cause I’m panicking cause everyone’s looking over, I’m managing all this while maintaining to look all blasé and casual.
Ah shit, she’s just asked how my day is going!
Put the phone down and free up a hand to pack more.
Is that you on the tills ?"
Yes, I like to stalk you incognito. |
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Put the heavy things up first then, or throw everything back in the trolley and bag them back at your car, have little crates in the back of your car ready to just put the stuff in.
Anyway I try go quickly but I dont feel pressure. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This is why I go to self checkout servise, OP.
I can take as much time as I want. And I usually pay with all the spare change left in my purse so all the impatient assholes can wait til I'm done |
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By *c1989Woman
over a year ago
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"Fucking aldi though! You need a catchers mitt just to put the bastard stuff in the trolley nevermind back the bloody bags.
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Aldi is the worst for it as they are timed and actively encourage you to shovel everything back into your trolley and pack at the benches.
I did glare at one cashier once as she had started to ring up my stuff but they were clearly going into the trolley ahead of me. Grrrrrr
I only have a bag for life's worth of stuff, which I use as me basket, so I pack at till. Fuck em.
Considering switching from aldi though. Very little of their plastic packaging seems to be recyclable.
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"Only in foreign supermarkets .... British ones I feel fine..."
You had to go there didn't ye. Bloody farage here will be wanting these foreign supermarkets to go back to where they came from post October, while champion the mediocrity of the great British supermarket's item scanning prowess.
Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist this is seriously tongue in cheek. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In Sainsbury’s(old folks shop of choice) you wish they would just speed up the rate they scan in there.
No wonder Aldi/Lidl are cheaper.
Sure that Lidl has Welsh roots. |
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Bring a black sharpie and blank out the bar code on every item that you place into your trolley.... hey presto ..much slower scanning and a leisurely packing experience will bring back the pleasure of supermarket shopping!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fucking aldi though! You need a catchers mitt just to put the bastard stuff in the trolley nevermind back the bloody bags.
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This made me lol!!!
They have a target of 1000 scanned items per hour on Aldi tills!! |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
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"In Sainsbury’s(old folks shop of choice) you wish they would just speed up the rate they scan in there.
No wonder Aldi/Lidl are cheaper.
Sure that Lidl has Welsh roots."
i’ve Noticed the cashiers in Sainsbury’s are always very chatty! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Only in foreign supermarkets .... British ones I feel fine...
You had to go there didn't ye. Bloody farage here will be wanting these foreign supermarkets to go back to where they came from post October, while champion the mediocrity of the great British supermarket's item scanning prowess.
Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist this is seriously tongue in cheek. "
He's right tho. Everywhere I go everything is foreign. You couldn't make it up. This is why I have to stick to certain brands. Like Yorkshire tea and Fyffes bananas. None of that foreign muck in my house thank you... |
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"Hi guys, just wondering who else feels under pressure to bag their items really fast at supermarket checkout’s when there’s a queue forming, the check out women is scanning the items quicker than I can bag them, slow down lady, I need to put the heavy items at the bottom, I don’t want to squash my bread again just cause I’m panicking cause everyone’s looking over, I’m managing all this while maintaining to look all blasé and casual.
Ah shit, she’s just asked how my day is going!
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stay away from the likes of wonford and pinhole and your at lesser risk of having your shopping thrown at you. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"In Sainsbury’s(old folks shop of choice) you wish they would just speed up the rate they scan in there.
No wonder Aldi/Lidl are cheaper.
Sure that Lidl has Welsh roots.
i’ve Noticed the cashiers in Sainsbury’s are always very chatty!"
They so are, and the self scanning person is usually never there.(Should stop buying alcohol)  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Or organise your shopping in the queue, heaviest first, light last makes packing so much easier "
I'm sure that even when you do this they deliberately scan stuff out of the order you've put it, just to mess you up. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Load the conveyor in the order you want to pack, get all your bags open in the trolley, have your payment out and ready not buried in the bottom of the bag you just filled. If at first you refuse help to pack you can still ask for help further down, it's not a problem for most.
I worked in a supermarket for 12 years and believe me the complaints because of queues is far worse than people complaining we scan too fast.
Customers, get your shit together, concentrate and stop chatting to Mrs Jones 3 places behind you and get off your phone! You don't want to queue for more than 2 minutes but as long as everyone else gets scanned fast but not you it's ok. Tongue in cheek of course  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Or organise your shopping in the queue, heaviest first, light last makes packing so much easier
I'm sure that even when you do this they deliberately scan stuff out of the order you've put it, just to mess you up. "
Some just don't care, if I scanned a lot of tins and saw a few more further down the belt I would stand and reach for them.
Some of us do care. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to get all flustered and and felt the pressure off hurrying and not holding up the queue. Now I dont give a f**k and just pack at my own pace. Aldi is a prime example of feeling under pressure as their employees scan the items like they're paid, not by the hour but by the bleep. Just take your time and if all the items start mounting up at the end, then the have to slow down. When you start to feel the pressure, get all flustered and a sweat appears on your forehead, that's when you f""k up and before you know it, your multi bag of monster munch and soft morning rolls are left lying at the bottom of the bag, crushed into oblivion under the weight of 12 pack of Stella and a 20 piece socket set. Nothing worse |
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"Only in foreign supermarkets .... British ones I feel fine...
You had to go there didn't ye. Bloody farage here will be wanting these foreign supermarkets to go back to where they came from post October, while champion the mediocrity of the great British supermarket's item scanning prowess.
Before anyone gets their knickers in a twist this is seriously tongue in cheek.
He's right tho. Everywhere I go everything is foreign. You couldn't make it up. This is why I have to stick to certain brands. Like Yorkshire tea and Fyffes bananas. None of that foreign muck in my house thank you... "
I’m always right |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I do my shopping online to save time (and money... fewer impulse buys )
I have my big Aldi bags at the ready in the hall so when the shopping arrives without plastic bags I can leisurely transfer at my own rate whilst chatting to the delivery person, or a couple of drivers immediately say they'll do that for me. Very kind of them |
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"I do my shopping online to save time (and money... fewer impulse buys )
I have my big Aldi bags at the ready in the hall so when the shopping arrives without plastic bags I can leisurely transfer at my own rate whilst chatting to the delivery person, or a couple of drivers immediately say they'll do that for me. Very kind of them "
That’s hardly surprising, look at you! Gosh I’m gay but wow your stunning sweetie!! |
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"When they ask if you need a hand to pack, say yes.
My pride won’t let me."
I think that when you say ‘no thanks, I’m fine’, they see this as a challenge ‘oh you think so do you?!’
I always add the word ‘should’ now, if only to save face when I lose |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"When they ask if you need a hand to pack, say yes.
My pride won’t let me.
This doesn't surprise me."
I prefer to pack my own shopping, everything gets squashed or split open sometimes. I like to put it in order as I pack, so I can put it all where it’s supposed to be instead of a in a big muddle on the table |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"When they ask if you need a hand to pack, say yes.
My pride won’t let me.
This doesn't surprise me."
I’m flattered you’re still following me around the forums. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The problem stems from the higher ups though, the cahiers are under pressure to scan a certain amount of items per minute other wise they get bollocked for it |
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"When they ask if you need a hand to pack, say yes.
No such luxury at Aldi."
apparently or so I was recently told at aldi you're supposed to bag up away from the till. And the staff are timed for how many items they put through.
so items back in the trolley and back up over yonder. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Or organise your shopping in the queue, heaviest first, light last makes packing so much easier "
I wouldn't usually agree with a Spurs fan, what being a Gooner myself, but yeah, what she says! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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" This is why I have to stick to certain brands. Like Yorkshire tea and Fyffes bananas. None of that foreign muck in my house thank you...
Those UK grown bananas are da bomb
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By *hechapMan
over a year ago
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"Bring a black sharpie and blank out the bar code on every item that you place into your trolley.... hey presto ..much slower scanning and a leisurely packing experience will bring back the pleasure of supermarket shopping!
Your welcome. "
I like your style. You need to do something to slow lidl down. Although they can scan my shopping as fast as they want. They still have to sit and wait to get paid after everythings bagged. |
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By *andonmessMan
over a year ago
A world all of his own |
It's when they ask you if you need help packing your items and you say no. They see it as a challenge I'm sure "Don't need ant help huh? Right....!"
The items then come down the belt at the speed of sound, I've put the first item in the bag and they've finished scanning the fuckers |
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I hate self service checkouts. Or more precisely, they certainly seem to hate me as every bloody time I use one I always get multiple messages of, ‘Unexpected item in bagging area.’ and the utterly dreaded, ‘Please wait for assistance.’
I can feel scornful eyes upon me the whole time - as though I’m causing it deliberately 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Order online. They pack every single item into a carrier bag.
Even the cabbage they substituted for the lettuce you actually ordered. "
Not anymore they dont! I had the joy of a home delivery last week and couldnt allow the delivery guy into the kitchen because of my fur babies penchant for delivery men with food....had to pack the shopping at the door while he unloaded then unpack it in my kitchen...sounds like a porno but it was certainly not as fun! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Order online. They pack every single item into a carrier bag.
Even the cabbage they substituted for the lettuce you actually ordered.
Not anymore they dont! I had the joy of a home delivery last week and couldnt allow the delivery guy into the kitchen because of my fur babies penchant for delivery men with food....had to pack the shopping at the door while he unloaded then unpack it in my kitchen...sounds like a porno but it was certainly not as fun! "
What porno do you watch? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Order online. They pack every single item into a carrier bag.
Even the cabbage they substituted for the lettuce you actually ordered.
Not anymore they dont! I had the joy of a home delivery last week and couldnt allow the delivery guy into the kitchen because of my fur babies penchant for delivery men with food....had to pack the shopping at the door while he unloaded then unpack it in my kitchen...sounds like a porno but it was certainly not as fun!
What porno do you watch? "
You know...the one where the Tesco delivery guy comes in and whips out that giant cucumber I ordered... x |
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Also hate it when the customer in front knows the cashier and decides it's time for a 10 minute conversion they might have all day to babble on but I might be in a hurry, sometimes I feel like shouting shouldn't u be working or are u on break |
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I'm lucky my normal shopping consists of meat and veg and nothing else.