TROLLY RAGE!!

Nix said:
Ignoring the obvious humour... although most of the vitriolic chest-beating in this thread is born of ignorance and arrogance, calling and indeed thinking of the individuals on the checkouts as 'monkeys' is actually very offensive.
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To be fair, I've referred to myself as a till monkey a few times. Not entirelly sure where I picked it up from, but I just see it as a bit of a laugh, its a fairly menial job afterall. Though as you say, some people could be offended by it.

The Funktopus said:
Whichever jobsworth devised such a system deserves to be punched in the face, repeatedly until but a bloody gelatinous mess sprinkled with the odd fragment of bone is all that remained.
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For some reason, 1600 an hour stands out to me, but doing the numbers makes that ~27 items a minute, which seems pretty high. Its not supposed to be a super fast target which requires you to just fling items down the belt at people as they're packing, but it also encourages you to scan and pack if you see the customer is struggling to keep up. And gives them an obvious reason to get rid of people who're way off the target.
 
SuperCrofty said:
The self checkouts never working when I use them, "Please place the item back on the scanner, Please wait for the supervisor, please but the item back in the bag!," :mad:
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I don't think I have ever been able to use a self service machine without assistance.

I think normally I have either alcohol or my own bag which doesn't help.
 
One gripe for me with Tesco is the amount of rotten meat on the shelves.

The amount of times I see meat, in date, and turning green is just astounding.
 
I hate fat people on mobility scooters. But i just hate them generally, it has nothing to do with shopping.
 
Not sure if anyone has said it but the Swam of people that go nuts around the reduced section or in Asda's case the Whoopsie section....

I've seen arguments break out over a lettuce that was 68p reduce to just 5p, the whole outside was almost brown.... Yes you can get a quick bargin but in most cases you have to eat it that day and if you dont you have to throw it away anyway....

I've even seen staff being shouted and swared at for being in the way as there trying to put the Whoopsie stickers on the items when the swarms of people are hunting like it was there last meal.
 
Old people and mums who do there shopping between 12:00 and 14:00 on a week day. You have all ***** day to do your shopping so why do it during the lunch rush.:confused:
 
The only thing that vexes me is when they've run out of something I was after, or the sell by dates are on the same day as the day I'm going shopping.
 
Freefaller said:
The only thing that vexes me is when they've run out of something I was after, or the sell by dates are on the same day as the day I'm going shopping.
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Aye i can understand in quite a small supermarket but when the biggest Tesco around does this with their veg i am disgusted.
 
MuttsNutts said:
Not sure if anyone has said it but the Swam of people that go nuts around the reduced section or in Asda's case the Whoopsie section....

I've seen arguments break out over a lettuce that was 68p reduce to just 5p, the whole outside was almost brown.... Yes you can get a quick bargin but in most cases you have to eat it that day and if you dont you have to throw it away anyway....

I've even seen staff being shouted and swared at for being in the way as there trying to put the Whoopsie stickers on the items when the swarms of people are hunting like it was there last meal.
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This, sometimes you can see something you might want but it takes 10mins waiting for others to move out the way.

I've also seen some old guy just stand their watching the member of staff reducing the items and looking at each one.
 
Andy said:
Aye i can understand in quite a small supermarket but when the biggest Tesco around does this with their veg i am disgusted.
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I guess. I tend to only go to a smaller one as I sometimes go to the farmers market to get other bits and pieces.

It's still shocking the amount of food that they undoubtedly chuck out. :(
 
Hey another is if your local super market is open 24 hours or at least open quite late if you go around 10:30 onwards all the shelf stackers are out with there cages, restocking well in most cases theres two staff members per alse and there you can here them talking about anything they don't care if the pubilc can hear them or not it as if the rules of the shop floor don't exist at that time, Swearing is often heard too.

I've overheard a part convisations of one girl was sleeping with her dad's mate aswell as her boyfriend..... the friend she was telling called her a Dirty ******* Skank....LOL

One women was talking about a man that lives next door to her that shoots cats with his air gun if he catches the Cats pooping in his Garden....

Also some more crude and rude one's I'll tell you what I wouldn't want one of the Asda girls handling my raw fruit & veg with what I over heard what STI she had picked up.
 
Shadez said:
Old people and mums who do there shopping between 12:00 and 14:00 on a week day. You have all ***** day to do your shopping so why do it during the lunch rush.:confused:
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Translation: Old people and mums who do their shopping when I am there. You have all ***** day to do your shopping so why do it when I'm there?
 
I have never had 1 problem with a self service till in any of the major supermarkets. It takes 10x less time than going to a till, means no mistakes are made, and is a lot easier.

Stop complaining and use one!
 
MuttsNutts said:
Hey another is if your local super market is open 24 hours or at least open quite late if you go around 10:30 onwards all the shelf stackers are out with there cages, restocking well in most cases theres two staff members per alse and there you can here them talking about anything they don't care if the pubilc can hear them or not it as if the rules of the shop floor don't exist at that time, Swearing is often heard too.
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It is working class job, on the night shift. However, this is nothing compared to the shopfloor language I heard whilst on placement. A family friend says that I don't know what bad language is though until I go down a coal mine!

I had the displeasure of working nights at Tesco in Meir (one of the many crapholes that makes up the council estate otherwise known as 'Stoke on Trent') several years ago for the whole summer. I worked hard and was treated like ****. At the time I was 20 and if a 6ft 3 20 year old can't go fast enough then something somewhere isn't right.

The problem with supermarkets is that as the majority of the staff are absolutely useless and completely incompetent, the good ones are treated bad too as they are so few and far between.
 
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grez said:
Translation: Old people and mums who do their shopping when I am there. You have all ***** day to do your shopping so why do it when I'm there?
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No translation necessary it was exactly as i said it, dont care about other times. But i hate losing 10-20 min of my lunch brake because the place is full of people doing there weekly shop when they have all day to do it.
 
nin9abadga said:
supermarkets where the only trolleys - other than the massive ones with kiddie seats in them, require £1 in order to be able to use it.
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No, no - that's a good thing!

Keeps the car park remarkably tidier (less abandoned trolleys) and also stops the issue of trolleys rolling down a sloped car park smashing up cars!

Besides it's not like the shop keeps the quid either! :)
 
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