The chirpiest checkout operator in the world!

[Bud the Baker]

Went to Tesco today to get the messages and as it says the CO guy was the chirpiest I've ever encountered. Hello, how was I, how had I got to the supermarket, how had my day been? Then he proceeded to tell me that when he finished work he was off to the airport to meet his girlfriend's brother for the first time, said brother returning from Australia. Then he wished me a good day which I returned before staggering out of the supermarket stunned by the ferocity of his friendliness.

There are people I've known for 30 years and said less to . I kid you not!

[linwood buddie]

I was in Tesco at the kiosk putting on the lottery when the woman in front of me went nuts at the guy who was serving her , she was buying  scratchcards and saying to the guy "Give me a number so and so" and picked about four different cards , The guys says to her "You spend a fair bit on these , is this all you do" .The woman says "Sorry but what has it got to do with you" and then launched into a rant that included many unkind words , the guy had a beamer that could lite a cigarette.

Edited November 13, 2017 by linwood buddie

[faraway saint]

4 minutes ago, linwood buddie said:

I was in Tesco at the kiosk putting on the lottery when the woman in front of me went nuts at the guy who was serving her , she was buying  scratchcards and saying to the guy "Give me a number so and so" and picked about four different cards , The guys says to her "You spend a fair bit on these , is this all you do" .The woman says "Sorry but what has it got to do with you" and then launched into a rant that included many unkind words , the guy had a beamer that could like a cigarette.

Quite right, cheeky chunt. 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

30 minutes ago, Bud the Baker said:

Went to Tesco today to get the messages and as it says the CO guy was the chirpiest I've ever encountered. Hello, how was I, how had I got to the supermarket, how had my day been? Then he proceeded to tell me that when he finished work he was off to the airport to meet his girlfriend's brother for the first time, said brother returning from Australia. Then he wished me a good day which I returned before staggering out of the supermarket stunned by the ferocity of his friendliness.

There are people I've known for 30 years and said less to . I kid you not!

Weirdos attract weirdos it would seem.

[faraway saint]

1 minute ago, Eric Arthur Blair said:

Weirdos attract weirdos it would seem.

Was it you on the check out? 

[FTOF]

1 hour ago, Eric Arthur Blair said:

Weirdos attract weirdos it would seem.

You only need to read this forum to back your assertion up.

[Bud the Baker]

Just back from the supermarket (Tesco again) but this time I went to the self service tills.

As a small act of rebellion I scanned my red peppers through as yellow - Smash the State!

Anyway to the point of my post, the bread on sale (Dvorzak New World Symphony ) had Use by dates varying from the 15th & the 17th meaning it had been baked on Friday the date change would've happened at midnight (or thereabouts) at the slicing, the loaf I took off the line when I finished on Sunday morning is dated Use by 19th. It gripes me to pay for bread as old as that on sale. It's down to computerization - 15 years ago we switched from the old system of supplying supermarkets direct to supplying a newly created logistics division of the company who then supplied the supermarkets the result being the bread takes an extra day (sometimes two) before it reaches the shelves, well I suppose that's progress 4ya!

Next time I'm gonna pinch two loaves.  

Edited November 15, 2017 by Bud the Baker

[FTOF]

10 hours ago, Bud the Baker said:

Just back from the supermarket (Tesco again) but this time I went to the self service tills.

As a small act of rebellion I scanned my red peppers through as yellow - Smash the State!

Anyway to the point of my post, the bread on sale (Dvorzak New World Symphony ) had Use by dates varying from the 15th & the 17th meaning it had been baked on Friday the date change would've happened at midnight (or thereabouts) at the slicing, the loaf I took off the line when I finished on Sunday morning is dated Use by 19th. It gripes me to pay for bread as old as that on sale. It's down to computerization - 15 years ago we switched from the old system of supplying supermarkets direct to supplying a newly created logistics division of the company who then supplied the supermarkets the result being the bread takes an extra day (sometimes two) before it reaches the shelves, well I suppose that's progress 4ya!

Next time I'm gonna pinch two loaves.  

You'd be better stealing a couple from your work as they'd be fresher.

[oaksoft]

13 hours ago, Bud the Baker said:

Just back from the supermarket (Tesco again) but this time I went to the self service tills.

As a small act of rebellion I scanned my red peppers through as yellow - Smash the State!

Anyway to the point of my post, the bread on sale (Dvorzak New World Symphony ) had Use by dates varying from the 15th & the 17th meaning it had been baked on Friday the date change would've happened at midnight (or thereabouts) at the slicing, the loaf I took off the line when I finished on Sunday morning is dated Use by 19th. It gripes me to pay for bread as old as that on sale. It's down to computerization - 15 years ago we switched from the old system of supplying supermarkets direct to supplying a newly created logistics division of the company who then supplied the supermarkets the result being the bread takes an extra day (sometimes two) before it reaches the shelves, well I suppose that's progress 4ya!

Next time I'm gonna pinch two loaves.  

I only ever use the unmanned checkouts when I go to these supermarkets.

Aldi and Lidl sadly still insist on using humans on the tills which means I have to put up with a barrage of inane wittering when all I want to do is get home. Even my local bank is at it although they are learning to leave me alone. They used to witter on about the weather and what else I had planned for that day whilst they were counting my money until they realised I wasnt responding at all.

As for bread, I only ever buy Seed Sensation. Proper bread. My grandad was a baker back in the days when they actually made bread rather than the synthetic tasting pish they make now, His advice was always to avoid the cheap crap.

 

[Isle Of Bute Saint]

On 13/11/2017 at 6:17 PM, Bud the Baker said:

Went to Tesco today to get the messages and as it says the CO guy was the chirpiest I've ever encountered. Hello, how was I, how had I got to the supermarket, how had my day been? Then he proceeded to tell me that when he finished work he was off to the airport to meet his girlfriend's brother for the first time, said brother returning from Australia. Then he wished me a good day which I returned before staggering out of the supermarket stunned by the ferocity of his friendliness.

There are people I've known for 30 years and said less to . I kid you not!

One of the reasons love living over here most shops are like that even the bookies this island is the friendliest place i have ever encountered in the world. 

[shull]

A lot of punters don't chat now in my Cab.

They tend to engage with their phones and to totally ignore me. 

 Most of the time, I am thrilled.

[Guest TPAFKATS]

Lidl have self scan checkouts in some stores.
I generally try to avoid them unless I'm only getting a couple of items and the checkouts are busy. It's encouraging the supermarkets to employ less staff [emoji6]

[faraway saint]

17 hours ago, oaksoft said:

I only ever use the unmanned checkouts when I go to these supermarkets.

 

Oaky continuing to go to any lengths to stay away from people. 

[faraway saint]

13 minutes ago, TPAFKATS said:

Lidl have self scan checkouts in some stores.
I generally try to avoid them unless I'm only getting a couple of items and the checkouts are busy. It's encouraging the supermarkets to employ less staff

Very noble of you.

I don't tend t use them because they're a fecking pain and Oaky could be hanging about. 

[oaksoft]

22 minutes ago, TPAFKATS said:

Lidl have self scan checkouts in some stores.
I generally try to avoid them unless I'm only getting a couple of items and the checkouts are busy. It's encouraging the supermarkets to employ less staff

That's good to hear. All about choice. Aldi and Lidl need to move into the 21st century and cater for anti social buggers like me or we'll just continue using Asda.

As for staffing? If the general Scottish public are the community spirited lefty socialists you seem to think they are, those jobs will never become redundant. I am sure the demise of the traditional high street, manufacturing etc as Scots en masse sought cheap crap made by child and slave labour over their fellow citizens employment were just blips.

[Tommy]

Lidl have self scan checkouts in some stores.
I generally try to avoid them unless I'm only getting a couple of items and the checkouts are busy. It's encouraging the supermarkets to employ less staff [emoji6]

I do the same for the same reasons in supermarkets or shops like B&Q and IKEA. Plenty of shops want you to self service but strangely I don't recall any bars doing the same [emoji482]

[HSS]

I never use self scan checkouts,I'd rather stand in a queue for 10 mins.Tesco in East Lane is opened til midnight but there are no checkout staff after 10pm.I often go in after 10pm and when my shopping is done I request an Operator.They always point you in the direction of self scan, I always ask for the Human touch.It pisses them off big time.

Don't get me started on the hand held scanners a lot of them are introducing.Select,scan,put straight into your supermarket branded carrier bag.Flash your hand held device at the till and straight out to the car...........unless you're the random punter they pick to accuse you of shoplifting.

F'ckem.

[faraway saint]

2 minutes ago, HSS said:

I never use self scan checkouts,I'd rather stand in a queue for 10 mins.Tesco in East Lane is opened til midnight but there are no checkout staff after 10pm.I often go in after 10pm and when my shopping is done I request an Operator.They always point you in the direction of self scan, I always ask for the Human touch.It pisses them off big time.

Don't get me started on the hand held scanners a lot of them are introducing.Select,scan,put straight into your supermarket branded carrier bag.Flash your hand held device at the till and straight out to the car...........unless you're the random punter they pick to accuse you of shoplifting.

F'ckem.

We're you shoplifting though? 

[Guest TPAFKATS]

That's good to hear. All about choice. Aldi and Lidl need to move into the 21st century and cater for anti social buggers like me or we'll just continue using Asda.
As for staffing? If the general Scottish public are the community spirited lefty socialists you seem to think they are, those jobs will never become redundant. I am sure the demise of the traditional high street, manufacturing etc as Scots en masse sought cheap crap made by child and slave labour over their fellow citizens employment were just blips.

Amazing amount of deflection in that last sentence...so unlike you [emoji23]

[HSS]

7 minutes ago, faraway saint said:

We're you shoplifting though? 

As I said.......I always use a checkout.

[faraway saint]

Just now, HSS said:

As I said.......I always use a checkout.

Next time your in pop along to the "sense of humour" isle, always a bargain there. 

[HSS]

Just now, faraway saint said:

Next time your in pop along to the "sense of humour" isle, always a bargain there. 

They have islands in supermarkets?

[Guest TPAFKATS]

They have islands in supermarkets?

As a child I always found egg, rum and muck (sic) quite humorous Isles.

[faraway saint]

24 minutes ago, HSS said:

They have islands in supermarkets?

Naw, ya cheeky chunt. 

[Bud the Baker]

2 hours ago, TPAFKATS said:

Lidl have self scan checkouts in some stores.
I generally try to avoid them unless I'm only getting a couple of items and the checkouts are busy. It's encouraging the supermarkets to employ less staff

I guess that was the plan but I'm not so sure how successful it's been - there's always an operator there to help when people mess up, sometimes 2 or 3 when it's busy.

2 hours ago, faraway saint said:

I don't tend t use them because they're a fecking pain and Oaky could be hanging about. 

The problem with the tills is when you have to mix hard product (tins, cartons of milk) with soft product (loose grapes, bread) if you have to arrange your shopping in the bags then the tills often see the second movement as new product and you have to hit the (Not Bagging This Item) button PDQ.

21 hours ago, oaksoft said:

I only ever use the unmanned checkouts when I go to these supermarkets.

Aldi and Lidl sadly still insist on using humans on the tills which means I have to put up with a barrage of inane wittering when all I want to do is get home. Even my local bank is at it although they are learning to leave me alone. They used to witter on about the weather and what else I had planned for that day whilst they were counting my money until they realised I wasnt responding at all.

As for bread, I only ever buy Seed Sensation. Proper bread. My grandad was a baker back in the days when they actually made bread rather than the synthetic tasting pish they make now, His advice was always to avoid the cheap crap.

 

That's what I make, mostly..............