Soldato
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Get a decent job and these things will pale into insignificance.
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Get a decent job and these things will pale into insignificance.
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Remember folks, when there is a war on in another country you are NOT allowed to be annoyed at anything else in life. You MUST put your life on hold as anything else non-war related is irrelevant.
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i was in a good mood un till i read this
That reminds of a laminated sticker I saw on the dividing glass partition in a Toronto taxi.
A LACK OF PLANNING ON YOUR PART, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CRISIS ON MY PART.
I do this because if I put my bags down 50% of the time I get incorrect item in the bagging area or some other crap, especially if something slips position once it's in the bag and the centre of gravity changes
This to be honest.
Half the time if I put a bag on the scales the till starts having problems and wanting staff intervention when I start to put items in it, sometimes several times, especially if I haven't got the bag (or worse, two!) perfectly centred in the bagging area.
A simple fix for this would be to have hangers for the bags, so that your bag is not just flopping around on the scales like a dead jellyfish, touching the sides (thus affecting the weight the scales see*), but held upright, and even better, open so it's faster and easier to put the items in it so you don't get the till complaining that you need to "put items on scale" or "replace item in bagging area" when you momentarily have to lift the side of the bag to let you put the next thing in it.
IIRC my local morrisons does have sort of hangers on some of their self service tills, but they do nothing to actually stop the bag from touch the side of the bagging area, or to hold open even the bags they sell by the till.
I've ended up stood there like a lemon for 5+ minutes waiting for the one member of staff who is doing the self service tills (and often other things) to get back from what they were doing, deal with several other customers who had the same issue, then finally get round to me.
*Some self service tills seem to be so sensitive a spec of dust will set them off, others routinely don't notice things like large birthday cards.
Far better to put your bag on the floor, then you can slip a bottle of spirits into it that you accidentally forget to scan. Supermarkets are actually fine with this as under Magna Carta a free English man is allowed one free item when a merchant makes you perform labour for them when making a purchase.
ARrrrrrrrrrrrgggghh. I hate this with a passion. I could understand if it was a rucksack or something you had dumped down, but it's a Tesco branded bag for life.
I will try this and argue that Mr Badger told me it's ok to do so when I get caught
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My local Sainsburys has far more self service tills than attended ones. There must be around 20 or 30 of them. Mostly you are just in and out. I pay no heed to anyone else there.
Go to Tesco.
Scan clubcard
Collect the hand scanner it releases
Walk around shop, selecting the required products, scan them and bag them
Go to the zapper checkout tills (which are always, always empty)
Zap the barcode on the till, wait for my items to transfer
Pay
Leave
I'm grateful not many people do this, there's never a queue at the checkouts and my cheese is already bagged.
Even the local Asda has the zappers now.
Scan clubcard
Collect the hand scanner it releases
Walk around shop, selecting the required products, scan them and bag them
Go to the zapper checkout tills (which are always, always empty)
Zap the barcode on the till, wait for my items to transfer
Pay
Leave
I'm grateful not many people do this, there's never a queue at the checkouts and my cheese is already bagged.
Even the local Asda has the zappers now.
Prefer Sainsburys, where I can use the app on my phone instead of catching Covid from a shared scanner. Oh wait no, that's not an issue anymore...
I always do what the OP is moaning about. But that's because I usually have my rucksack or something that the scales don't like. It's quicker to scan through, pay then pack instead of waiting for someone to keep sorting out the scales.
Our local JS closed down a couple of years ago so not an option here. Besides, I'm still boycotting them
Must be nice to go into a Sainsburys. They always stop me at the door because I’m too poor.
This is why I re-bag after paying. Also, I use my bags to place items in while I shop as going round with a trolley at the same pace as everyone else is tedious.