Is it acceptable to be on your mobile while at a check out in a supermarket.

I do not phone someone or answer the phone when I am busy. - When being served in the shop I show respect, and complete that task first before answering, or making a phone call.

It only takes 5 minutes on the checkout, the person I am calling can wait 5 minutes, or I can call back in 5 minutes. At least communicate, or give some contact with the person who is working there and serving YOU.
 
jono_astra said:
I think its rude being honest, but that being said as the years go on more and more people are getting more rude than ever before. Like opening a door for someone and not saying thank you, or someone bumping into you and not saying sorry.

Seams to be a lack or hello's and goodbye's, pleases and thank you's now days. But suppose thats how society is. Phones and facebook come before anything now!
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I've noticed people stopped calling their babies hello and goodbye, good shout :)
 
The whole people transfixed with their mobile devices is also a pet hate of mine. I was sitting in a meeting with a company 2 weeks back and I stopped the meeting to enquire if I should pause to allow the young IT team member to finish his Facebook update. I have started to stop meetings a lot when I have people updating stuff on their device as my view is you give people the respect of attention or you leave to do what you need to do. I appreciate people have pressing things, but I think if that is the case then excuse yourself and go do them, don't do them in my ******** meetings.
 
Don't really think it necessary myself, if your still paying attention to the person on the checkout then its not really a big deal, but those that stand there almost absorbed in the phone are just rude and inconsiderate.
 
lowrider007 said:
Thank god for self checkout's then that's all I can say, forced trite conversions bypassed.


I acknowledged her with a look and a smile, that should suffice, end of the day technically I've not done anything wrong, as I've said, it's not company policy to refuse service under these circumstances, she should just get on with her job tbh, I'm one of probably thousands of customers she will deal with that day
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I've done nothing wrong by dropping a loud smelly fart in your presence, especially if I apologise.

It doesn't mean I should be blasé about it or that you're going to like it.

"Breathe it in," your employer says. "We pay you for it and want more profit."

Yes, deep breaths lowrider. You mean nothing to anyone.
 
It is if you don't impede those behind you, once you cross that line however you instantly become a chav and worthy to be tripped down the mall stairs.
 
I consider it quite rude, but then I don't understand peoples obsession with answering their phones as if its the most important thing in the world. Someone calls me whilst I'm in a shop? **** off I'm busy I'll call you back.
 
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Terminal_Boy said:
Totally acceptable as long as you're paying attention to the checkout operator when/if they ask you something.
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I hate to have to +1, but this is the correct answer.

The checkout person has a job to do, serve the customer, it's not a social situation where it would be rude to be on the phone, the checkout staff aren't exactly dealing with you, they are scanning items, and you are bagging then, there is not really much social interaction.

The person who was most rude was the member of staff, and I would have reported her to the manager.

Complete opposite experience at the hairdressers the other day, when my phone went off the stylist rushed to give it to me so I could answer it. :p

lowrider007 said:
Thank god for self checkout's then that's all I can say, forced trite conversions bypassed.
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Yeah but then you've got the bloody age verification to deal with. :p
 
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OhEsEcks said:
People doddle at those like they do at cash machines and I want to punch them in the back of the head.
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The worst are the ones in Asda "WELCOME, BLOOOOOP PLEASE SCAN YOUR FIRST ITEM", the volume is ridiculously loud on those things. Waitrose is my favourite with the handheld terminals that you take round the shop with you. :D
 
Seen this a few times, most times of which the till operator is packing the bags of said person on the phone.

When they ask, would you like any help packing, im fairly sure thats not for the said situation.

Each to their own, not for me.
 
i work at a supermarket and when on tills i do get the odd customer on their phone while I'm serving them. Obviously it's a bit ignorant but hardly bothers me, more of a 'meh' sorta thing.

The cashier's obviously not acted very professionally though.
 
Dis86 said:
Just because you pay someone for a service doesn't give you the right to be rude to them.
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Just because you are on the phone it doesn't mean you are being rude by default, its how you do it. If you say hi, say thanks, smile, why does it matter? The phone call could be important.
 
rare said:
Just because you are on the phone it doesn't mean you are being rude by default, its how you do it. If you say hi, say thanks, smile, why does it matter? The phone call could be important.
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That's kinda the whole point of this thread...lol.

If it's important say to the person 'sorry, this is important' ta da, politeness achieved instead of ignorance.
 
Aldi seem to have a policy of getting people through the checkouts as quickly as possible which probably enables them to have less staff. By being on your phone you perhaps would have held them up slightly.
 
Dis86 said:
That's kinda the whole point of this thread...lol.

If it's important say to the person 'sorry, this is important' ta da, politeness achieved instead of ignorance.
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Hah, I know dude, its just some people are saying outright its rude..it isn't..its how its done. Any way, I've got bigger fish to fry than worry about the size of my smile when paying for a tin of beans.
 
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