General Chat

Ignorant more like! :-0

That person was just plain stupid Shirley!

Hubby used to help me pack so with two of us we kept up with the speed as it came through . With it being just me now they have to wait

I have always stacked the food on the conveyor in a sort of order it needs packing

Have two freezer bags one for the milk and one for the dairy and frozen foods so those are together on the belt

I put the General bag open in the trolley and pack as it comes through

If I haven't finished when the operator has then she has to wait for me .

One of my hates is the next customer crowding me as I try to use my card to pay

Last week I packed and then opened my handbag that was secured in the child seat to get my store card and debit card to find the next customer in front of the card machine
I said "excuse me ." What ??? Was the rude abrupt retort. . I haven't paid yet was my reply . Ok keep yer air on was the reply !!!

So I said how rude !! You need some patience !

Please move back so I can pay in private was my retort

Lots of tuts from her and a look of sympathy from the check out lady

:-| :-P

I hate unpacking as the kichen is so short on storage space here.

Lidl and Aldi work really quickly now on the tills, but if I am not packed when they need me to pay, they have to wait. I know they are expected to whip things through fast now but that's their problem.

Lizx

Wish they'd come home and unpack it too :-D

Maggie ........

OH puts things on the belt in the order he prefers, the checker usually takes them off in that order, and puts them in the bag as s/he passes them over the scanner, so it usually works out OK!

Oooo-err - I like to put the stuff on the belt myself - even the 'driver' is forbidden to do this - then pack it myself.
I put it on the belt in a particular order - to make packing easier.
first is cat food (very heavy), then detergents etc (could go in with cat food), then tins (likewise with detergents), next, vegetables, in order of crushability (ie spuds first), then chilled/frozen, for 'special' bag.
This means, when I get home, chilled/frozen has to be put away.
The rest waits until I can be bothered! :-D

I haven't seen a packer in the stores we use for many years ............. but we did have them.

Most of them were high school students working to earn money, or special needs people who again were earning money. They never expected tips, although some/?many people gave a tip if they happened to also take the cart out to your car and load the car for you.

That might be the difference between here and below the line ........ I seem to remember that the packers expected to take the bags out to the car, it was part of their jo that they were paid to do.

When our relative moved to the US, initially she tried to refuse a packers help. He explained to her that he was employed to do so - if too many customers refused, he’d be out of a job.
Being the culture it is, part of his pay was made up by tips.

We are asked if we need help with packing. Quite honestly as we are able, we prefer to pack our own. That way we know where things are to unpack at home. Ours too are able to chat and scan with no problem. We usually have a laugh with them.

As Sylvia said we have stores that pack and a few that don't even Walmart pack!. Likewise some of the ones that don't have the divider so to some degree you can take your time packing. I refuse to self-scan the items if they don't reduce the price all you're doing is increasing their profit :-) I like having a little chat with my regular ladies at the store, they can all scan and talk no problem.

I personaly would make a compliant, supermarkers are big on customer service and the person on this check out needs to retake this course.

Sorry didn't reply had visitors :-)

I go to America every other year to stay with my friend and whatever type of shop we go into our bags are packed for us even if it is our own bags, over here UK that doesn’t happen all the time.

The cashier packs as she scans items at the stores we go to here in Canada.

it's only at the self scan machines or in the cheap "no frills" stores that you have to pack your own.

It's very simply organised at the stores we usually use .............. put things in order on the conveyor, she scans it over the machine and puts it right into your bag which she has placed on a lower shelf to the left of the scanner. When it is full, she lifts it and puts it where we can put the bag into our trolley.

The problem we have is that many of them have been trained not to voer-fill bags, so they only fill it half-way. OH now does the shopping, and he is always asking them to "put more in the bag, please".

Same method is used at the very large drug store, which sells everything including groceries and electrical appliances.

I also shop at the Co-op and they are very good.

Also, like Lindi, I always put the stuff straight into the trolley (it's much quicker) and then pack it into bags straight into the car boot.

I must have been lucky when I shop because when I have apologised for being a bit slow, I have always been told not to worry and to take my time.

In Morrisons, where I sometimes shop, they now have a divider on the check out, so that if I am not finished they flip the divider thing and next customers goods go to the other side :-) (Bet I haven't explained that very well :-D :-D )

If it is really busy I sometimes just put all my stuff back in the trolley and fine a quiet corner to pack my bags.

Supermarkets would probably argue that the speed is to make sure no one has to queue for long? The Co op's good, they wait, but most of the shopping I do online anyway.

We get fed up with the usual 'what are you doing this weekend' Hubby always replies with ' having erotic sex & then going clubbing' We are both in our seventies LOL

Umm, so it is all about money then as if I didn’t know, whatever happened to the customer is always right and should be helped not shoved.