TROLLY RAGE!!

Foxtrot26 said:
have to admit to a rage quit at b&q earlier.

have recently got the keys to our new house(wednesday and its been non stop decorating since.

so after 14 hours on wednesday 14 hours on thursday and a 8am start today i wandered into b&q this afternoon tired stressed and in need of supplies.

whizzed round several rolls of wallpaper and a few hundred litres of paint and i find myself at the checkouts.

ONE checkout open with a queue of at least 10 people and 3 members of staff milling about the self service checkouts. so decided to go self service and get back to the decoarting sharpish BIG MISTAKE.

after many unexpected items in the baggage area(seriously if i scan a tin of paint and i put a tin of paint into the baggage area what would you possibly think it might be, i was presented with a £130 bill no problem, into the wallet and feed the money in. the first 6 £20 notes go in with no hesiation but the last one identical to the others and lifted from the same cash machine refuses to be taken. never mind i've got a few more, but no the bleeding machine wont take any of them. hmmm never mind. so after interrupting what can only be described as Jabba the huts long lost cousin from this months thrilling Hello magazine or whatever glossy celeb trash mag it was i was told well nothing i can do, you can either pay the balance by card or use a different note. I have to admit i did loose the plot a tad. made a scathing comment about her poxy machine not wanting to take any of my money and stormed off to the vending machine for a can of juice leaving Mrs foxtrot to sort it out before i wedged a stanley knife into the employees throat.

HATE self service machines that dont work :(
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I used to work at B&Q and used to absolute hate buying stuff there. I didn't mind the actual shopping but when it came to pay, it's one of the worst stores ever for paying for something. Toys R Us is another one.

So so so many checkout counters and only 2 open and a few self service machines that don't really work.

In supermarkets though my only annoyance is people stopping in the middle of the aisle to have a chat.
 
Ikea self scan is decent, they just let you use a hand scanner on anything without any weighing.
 
Checkout person: "Would you like help with your packing?"

Me: "No thanks..."

Checkout person: [scanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscanscan!!!]

Me: . o O (Are you scanning the stuff that fast, making it pile up, to make me realise the error of my ways and wish I had asked for help?! Now you're going to sit there and make me feel bad for making you wait for my card now aren't you?!)
 
v0n said:
Sainsbury's Cafe staff near where we work has this great way of winding everyone up:

"I'll have the poached salmon with new potatoes and salad, no sauce and a regular latte please"
"Poached salmon or salmon fishcakes?"
"poached salmon."
"New potatoes or chips?"
"Potatoes"
"Green peas or salad?"
"Salad please. And a latte. Regular"
"Lemon and dill or cucumber sauce?"
"No sauce"
"Lemon sauce?"
"No sauce, none at all"
"No sauce?"
"Yes"
"Any drinks?"
(grabs a fork, aims at eyeballs) hack - hack - hack
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I can only imagine as soon as they get to the menu they hit salmon and then they just clarify everything. I mean, what is more annoying, saying what you want multiple times or getting the wrong order. Tuckers Law, you tube tuckers law :p, Something will go wrong, it's best you clarify everything tbh, probably built to be like that!
 
CONTROL!

You don't have it in UK yet but here it's shopping on trust with random controls of course the controls are never when you have 1 item it's always when you are alone have a heap of stuff and in a rush to be somewhere else.

So then the light stuff goes on the belt first and the heavy stuff at the bottom of the bag goes on the belt last and I have to wait for her to scan the lot before repacking otherwise my fruit would get squashed by the milk and tins...

:(
 
BringTheRain said:
Mine has to be, being asked by some random person where x,y,z is....!

Do i look like i work in ASDA? Do i have a green top on NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When I worked at Tesco, I'd pop to the shops on my break to kill time.. Was in Dixons and a random guy started asking me about DVD burners. About 5 minutes in to his spiel he realised and said "you don't work here do you?" Which we both laughed about.

I still helped him with his problem though, ha!
 
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EVH said:
When I worked at Tesco, I'd pop to the shops on my break to kill time.. Was in Dixons and a random guy started asking me about DVD burners. About 5 minutes in to his spiel he realised and said "you don't work here do you?" Whig we both laughed about.

I still helped him with his problem though, ha!
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Cool story bro, just kidding.

That is awesome, wish i had help when i got burnt buying a techwood plasma :(
 
peterattheboro said:
So so so many checkout counters and only 2 open and a few self service machines that don't really work.
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ALDI/LIDL are really bad for this too, about 5 checkouts in each store and only ever one open! So annoying when you go through with only a couple of things, although people in my local seem often offer to let me go in front of them which is nice.
 
Lethal` said:
ALDI/LIDL are really bad for this too, about 5 checkouts in each store and only ever one open! So annoying when you go through with only a couple of things, although people in my local seem often offer to let me go in front of them which is nice.
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You do understand what keep LIDL cheap don't you?
 
Some old boot at checkout was packing bags for the customer ahead of me who was about same age as me, i was in a rush and i guess i looked a bit agitated but i still said hello and gave a smile when i walked up to the till.Anyway i waited for her to start bagging my stuff as like mentioned previously she had been bagging the other customers shopping before me and the bags were pretty much under the desk, she looked up at me after scanning a half dozen things with the biggest stinkers and said oh the bags are over there. I Told her she was a fat **** before storming off.
Also hate people who forget something whilst at the checkout and rush to get the item they missed, I would never ever do this and instead would either get it another time or cue up again as i know how angry it makes me.
 
Self service checkout. Today it git caught in a loop.

"Unknown item placed in bagging area. Please remove item."
"Item removed from bagging area. Please replace item."
"Unknown item..."

Stupid machine.
 
Muzza1875 said:
Some old boot at checkout was packing bags for the customer ahead of me who was about same age as me, i was in a rush and i guess i looked a bit agitated but i still said hello and gave a smile when i walked up to the till.Anyway i waited for her to start bagging my stuff as like mentioned previously she had been bagging the other customers shopping before me and the bags were pretty much under the desk, she looked up at me after scanning a half dozen things with the biggest stinkers and said oh the bags are over there. I Told her she was a fat **** before storming off.
Also hate people who forget something whilst at the checkout and rush to get the item they missed, I would never ever do this and instead would either get it another time or cue up again as i know how angry it makes me.
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:confused:

Men should be able to pack for themselves unless they were either crippled in a war or are retarded.

The woman in front of you may have requested help.

Did you seriously stand there like a lemon with your stuff building up?

What can you expect from a muzza tbh.
 
Things that annoy me, when at the supermarket..

People that park up so close, that you almost have to exit your car via the passenger seat.
People that stop dead in the doorway to chat/check their bag etc
People that have no concept of spacial awareness. Yes, you ARE blocking the aisle and YES I want that item.. The one I'm clearly looking at, with the faint hope you'll move your fat arse so I can get it.
Sheer volume of customers. Feels like a gauntlet some days. I have expect there to be a paper square I bust through at the checkout where John Faschnu will appear shouting awwwwoooogaaa
Old people pottering about, doing nothing, but somehow always occupying the aisles you want.
Checkout staff that bugger off, which means constant "all checkout staff return to the checkouts" messages. It's your job ffs.
Trolleys that require £1 to be unchained. They always catch me when I forget my token or I have money, but not a £1
Staff that ask stupid questions.
Staff that don't ask you if you want cashback, even though the other 999 times, you've been asked you said no.
Floor fillers that think their metal cage is a backstage pass / access all areas / VIP pass. Yes, you work here. Cool. Can you get out of the way of the yogurts?
People that choose to learn how to use a self service till on the busiest day, at the busiest time "unexpected item"...
Staff that do a till count when you have 4 or 5 items. You honestly couldnt wait 3 minutes?!
Managers that wonder round with a smug sense of satisfaction. How dare you ask them where x y or z is.. You shalt be struck down for such dishonour.
Self service carrier bags and the ever changing nature of their dispensing.. Yes, I get that I need to get my own bag, but this is turning in to the krypton factor here. It takes me 5 minutes to split the bag, and then the handles get caught on those stupid metal arms, which means you end up with a plastic sack. Good one Morrisons.
People that buy scratch cards and insist on scratching them before they walk away.
People that buy 200 lottery tickets on 200 separate lines.
People that eat weighed items like bananas then have a fit when the checkout girl can't put it through properly.
Disabled parking being abuse by Terry Jones Builder & Son
Automatic wheel locking if you take the trolley off premises. Never done this myself but it's even more annoying when there's no trolleys and you can see the abandoned crippled ones scattered because the wheel hasn't been unlocked.
Pointless cheese sampling booths / come to aisle 10 for your free bottle opener ********.
Crap product positioning. Thanks for putting the milk by the dog food and the single bottles of pop the OTHER side of the till, so I look like a thief for wanting to get a drink.
Bags that can barely hold a 6 pint of milk without tearing apart.
People that feel the need to count change out, in the lowest denomination.
Smelly old people.
Disabled people in the carts that feel you should move out the way so they can reenact the Monaco grand prix, using your feet at a crash barrier.
Fat people the feel they need a disabled cart because they're too fat to walk.
No price tag on the last item, so when you get to the till the checkout girl asks you to get another, to which you reply "this is the last one", and her head implodes.
 
Muzza1875 said:
Also hate people who forget something whilst at the checkout and rush to get the item they missed, I would never ever do this and instead would either get it another time or cue up again as i know how angry it makes me.
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When standing at a till for 7-8 hours, you tend to notice patterns in customer behaviour. Customers pile in the shop on the hour like robots, every hour, they also do it on the half hour. When the tills are free after one of these rushes.. that's when the fun begins. You have the "stragglers" as I like to call them, the ones who missed the rush at the till, either due to browsing goods or they just got into the shop. They see the tills are free, and you see their eyes light-up, then they actually race each other to the till, pushing past each other in desperation to be first, it's bizarre. Funnily enough, this second rush to the free tills actually causes another long queue that no amount of till staff can cover quickly.

It's at this point when the behaviour I quoted comes into play, the customer was so busy trying to beat the other customers to the till that they didn't grab what they actually came into the store for, it's quite annoying, not for me, but for everyone they beat to the till, being held-up by selfishness.
 
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