Aldi / Lidl

3fullback

Can anyone tell me why a bell goes off every so often in these shops ???

byhookorbycrook

It's to call someone to open a checkout.

byte

A cashier ringing for another colleague to man a till when the queue gets long.

Links234

one of the cashiers calling for another cashier when they see it's getting busier?

donvito99

Signals that you have arrived.

Celly Smunt

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

It's to call someone to open a checkout.

Thread needs locking on aisle 4.

hfallada

Calling staff to get to the till, rather than packing the shelves. Everytime the bell rings I see them legging it to the tills.

Artful_Badger

Aliens

byte

It must be a fair nuisance, when you're busy doing something, to drop all and man a spillover till, then leave it again to resume what you were at previously. All damn day!

greedygoblin

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

It's to call someone to open a checkout.

Ya usually they only operate one or two checkouts at a time. When they start getting overrun during busy periods they ring the bell to alert another staff member to come and help.

Archeron

It's to signal that the store has just ran out of chest waders and self assembly bathroom cabinets.

johnnyskeleton

Every time an aldi bell rings, that's when an angel gets his wings.

3fullback

I think this is a different type of bell though is seems to go off on a pattern

Busted Flat.

3fullback wrote: »

Can anyone tell me why a bell goes off every so often in these shops ???

Do you hear them anywhere else ?. The Bells The bells. I think the guy that said that had a hump on his back.

Artful_Badger

3fullback wrote: »

I think this is a different type of bell though is seems to go off on a pattern

Maybe the workers are trying to signal for help ? They could be chained to the tills. Have a peek next time your in.

Del2005

3fullback wrote: »

Can anyone tell me why a bell goes off every so often in these shops ???

As the others have said to get more tills open. There's a sticker on the tills showing no more than 2 people queuing beyond the belt and then staff will open a new till ASAP, unlike premium stores where I've stood for several minutes queuing to be ripped off while loads of staff stand around chatting with only a couple of tills open.

mike65

There is a bell sequence, one two and three. Depending on what is required. Another till opening, coins and notes cash from the safe and FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Busted Flat.

mike65 wrote: »

There is a bell sequence, one two and three. Depending on what is required. Another till opening, coins and notes cash from the safe and FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fire, jaysus that would be a big ding dong.

kneemos

I always get the impression the tills are the worst job in the place.

shruikan2553

Wish they would use the thing in the lidl in Galway. Always long queues

Lando Griffin

Its the start finish bell for when the points for Employee of the month start or end.

Del2005

mike65 wrote: »

There is a bell sequence, one two and three. Depending on what is required. Another till opening, coins and notes cash from the safe and FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like the coded messages sent over PA systems to alert staff in other businesses to issues/emergencies that they don't want to freak the customers with.

Meangadh

The cashier rings the bell cos he/she is trying to make some sort of music to hide the deathly silence you find in Aldi and Lidl.

kneemos

Very obscure.Beats horse though I suppose.

Ihatecuddles-old

kneemos wrote: »

I always get the impression the tills are the worst job in the place.

I worked in a Supermarket and I loved the tills. I really enjoyed it. Loved the customers!I went into work every day smiling and the customers loved me

I loved scanning, helping them pack, beaming a smile at them, having a bit of a chat. Ah nostalgia.

Ihatecuddles-old

kneemos wrote: »

Very obscure.Beats horse though I suppose.

Surely hare isnt that obscure?? I love game meat!

jobeenfitz

That bell is just to warn staff that there is a weird boardsie fcuker here.

Vincent Vega

I thought it was played when someone in the creative department came up with a suitable name for one of those imitation products.

qapmoc

maybe the bell is store security when someone walks out without paying? The security man always goes to someone at the door when it sounds.

sdanseo

byte wrote: »

It must be a fair nuisance, when you're busy doing something, to drop all and man a spillover till, then leave it again to resume what you were at previously. All damn day!

Used to work in a shop with that system. You could be in the middle of changing the twine on a carboard baler (fiddliest job ever) and have to drop everything so that some bint up front has to wait 18 seconds less to buy a batch loaf and a pint of milk.

Usually because some moron has decided to use Laser, ask for cashback, and is only buying the Herald.

Annoying as hell!

Caonima

That a really fit Eastern European burd has walked into the store (especially the case for the Moore Street branch)

demanufactured

It means they have ran out of "Bort" license plates

mr_edge_to_you

3fullback wrote: »

I think this is a different type of bell though is seems to go off on a pattern

It's a special bell that rings out in all German homes and businesses to celebrate Angela Merkel's reelection. It generally means bad news for all other Europeans.

Hownowcow

It's the signal to come out fighting.

Mr Benevolent

Every time an Aldi or Lidl bell rings it means that Wibbs has published another post resolving the world's social and political problems while reassuring everyone that he is still without a girlfriend.

Ghost Buster

Its Tucos Uncle out the back trying to tell someone that the taco is poisoned.

Matt_Trakker

1. bread is baked in the bakery section.
2. calling an additional cashier.

kneemos

Taking the piss.

Savoir.Faire

kneemos wrote: »

Taking the piss.

It's a type of mushroom popular in Asia.

--Kaiser--

I worked in a a shop during college and there was a little bell that we used to indicate to fellow staff members that a hot chick (or sometimes guy, annoyingly) had walked into the shop. There was a high staff turnover so regularly one of the staff would 'bing' a new staff member they hadn't seen before and then some embarrassment would usually ensue (red faces from one party and smug smirking from the other)

gramar

It's a legacy of WWII. You're about to be blitzed.

--Kaiser--

gramar wrote: »

It's a legacy of WWII. You're about to be blitzed.

Yes, accounts of blitzkrieg attacks on Warsaw all mention that the assault was preceded by a little dinging sound

Honey-ec

Dunno about Lidl, but in Aldi it's:

One bell - whoever's on till cover, come and open it
Two bells - need a manager at the till
Three bells - someone's nicking something

joe stodge

Honey-ec wrote: »

Dunno about Lidl, but in Aldi it's:

One bell - whoever's on till cover, come and open it
Two bells - need a manager at the till
Three bells - someone's nicking something

Same as lidl

wuzziwig

After reading the other Aldi/Lidl thread I think it's a signal to the German's that the tills are full and they need to swoop in and take all the money out of the country.

mikom

"Teacher says, every time a bell rings a student gets his beans."
It's a Wonderful Lidl Life (1946)