muddywolf Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 A What happens if you haven`t got a trolley ? B I`ve never seen anyone with a trolley just put everything in and "bag it up" somewhere else. Quite apart from anything else these days most supermarkets seem to have got rid of their packing tables. This issue has been hanging over you since may last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted October 8, 2012 Share Posted October 8, 2012 Even the people with cars pack all the groceries into bags at the till ! I can`t actually remember ever seeing anyone putting all their groceries (unpacked) straight into the trolley, and for good reason. As someone mentioned above, they`ve nicked the packing tables as well...... Thats what annoys me those slow packers. Don't spend so long at the checkout,packing all the items,then dawdle even longer paying for the items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Surely 'shopping habit' comes into it? When we moved last year, we emptied our house in Bavaria, When we cane back tis summer, we had tro re-furnish it. I have 2 houses. One has a humongous fridge/freezer, the other has an 8 cu ft fridge freezer. There are only 2 of us (and 2 dogs.) In Germany, i shop every day or two. I buy enough food to last a couple of days (so I din't need a huge fridge/freezer.) I get fresh food (which tastes pretty good) and nothing dies and grows hairs [or interesting cultures] in the back of the fridge. I walk to the shops. I'm now (it's winter) back in the US. The nearest shop is 5 mile away and I'm having to re-learn 'bulk buying'. I don't much like it, either. Sheffield claims to be 'the biggest village in the UK'. - If you live in a village, why don't you shop locally, buy by the day (or two days, if you want to plan ahead) and eat fresh food? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 On further reflection some people can be excluded from my last comment of course ,because they have an excusable reason for being slow,and they're is nothing worse then impatient grumpy people standing behind them in the queue. I agree with the earlier poster though who said they're should be more tables and space for shoppers who have several items to pack afterwards,also more seating should be available for the disabled and elderly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drone Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 It's because check outs get engaged with conversations with customers about how their day has been, that's all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Smith Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 This issue has been hanging over you since may last year? It annoys me every time I have to unnecessarily waste my time queueing up when I could be at home relaxing after a long day at work..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Smith Posted November 4, 2015 Author Share Posted November 4, 2015 (edited) Here`s a picture of one, they still use them abroad. This picture was taken in Spain, which is somewhat ironic as they`re infamous for the Mañana culture. Yet it`s us in the country who appear to be less bothered about wasting time, or, more accurately, the cretin supermarket manager who came up with the idea of dispensing with the flipper type checkout..... Edited November 4, 2015 by Justin Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spilldig Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 (edited) Surely 'shopping habit' comes into it? When we moved last year, we emptied our house in Bavaria, When we cane back tis summer, we had tro re-furnish it. I have 2 houses. One has a humongous fridge/freezer, the other has an 8 cu ft fridge freezer. There are only 2 of us (and 2 dogs.) In Germany, i shop every day or two. I buy enough food to last a couple of days (so I din't need a huge fridge/freezer.) I get fresh food (which tastes pretty good) and nothing dies and grows hairs [or interesting cultures] in the back of the fridge. I walk to the shops. I'm now (it's winter) back in the US. The nearest shop is 5 mile away and I'm having to re-learn 'bulk buying'. I don't much like it, either. Sheffield claims to be 'the biggest village in the UK'. - If you live in a village, why don't you shop locally, buy by the day (or two days, if you want to plan ahead) and eat fresh food? Twice in the US I have seen people dump their shopping on the floor and walk out because of the queue when all the checkouts have not been in use. I don't blame them. I have never seen it happen here though. Yet. Edited November 4, 2015 by spilldig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppet2 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Sundays tend to be the busiest days of the week. You have got to be joking!!! Who goes to the supermarket on a Sunday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scutts Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 (edited) You have got to be joking!!! Who goes to the supermarket on a Sunday? If Sunday's are the busiest, I'd say most people! Edited November 4, 2015 by Scutts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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