supermarket checkout procedure

alfa beta

i'm in dunnes the other day

With a trolley of stuff

And I'm taking the stuff out of the trolley and putting it on the conveyor belt thing

I'm about halfway through the task when this woman comes up behind me with her trolley of stuff, grabs one of those 'next customer' bar things, whacks it down behind where about half of my shopping is lying on the belt and starts putting her own stuff up right directly behind it.

I'm like looking at her. 'Sorry,' I say, 'I've a good bit more stuff.' I glance at my trolley - maybe she hasn't seen it.

'Ah yer grand,' she says and continues loading up the conveyor belt with her stuff.

Checkout girl is by now scanning my stuff through and next of all I find myself sorta squeezed into no-space-land and handing the remaining stuff from my trolley directly to her, sorta over the other womans stuff, so she can scan it.

other woman is standing there like a moron.

(no idea why I'm tellin you this - but look, at least it's not another sinn fein thread)

Tails142

Cool story, don't know what to tell ya

wazky

Your only option would have been to crease her with the next customer yoke.

Tugboats

Was the woman African?

dashcamdanny

Looks to me like you need to grow a pair.

Simples.

ratmouse

alfa beta wrote: »

i'm in dunnes the other day

With a trolley of stuff

And I'm taking the stuff out of the trolley and putting it on the conveyor belt thing

I'm about halfway through the task when this woman comes up behind me with her trolley of stuff, grabs one of those 'next customer' bar things, whacks it down behind where about half of my shopping is lying on the belt and starts putting her own stuff up right directly behind it.

I'm like looking at her. 'Sorry,' I say, 'I've a good bit more stuff.' I glance at my trolley - maybe she hasn't seen it.

'Ah yer grand,' she says and continues loading up the conveyor belt with her stuff.

Checkout girl is by now scanning my stuff through and next of all I find myself sorta squeezed into no-space-land and handing the remaining stuff from my trolley directly to her, sorta over the other womans stuff, so she can scan it.

other woman is standing there like a moron.

(no idea why I'm tellin you this - but look, at least it's not another sinn fein thread)

You should have got the next customer bar and used it to shove her stuff further back down the conveyor belt with one swift movement.

dashcamdanny

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2629916/Super-till-supermarket-staff-New-machine-said-three-times-quicker-normal-checkout.html

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

dashcamdanny wrote: »

Looks to me like you need to grow a pair.

Simples.

Pair of what? Ovaries? Tits? Elbows? Hips?

alfa beta

Tugboats wrote: »

Was the woman African?

Nope - Irish through and through.

ratmouse

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

Pair of what? Ovaries? Tits? Elbows? Hips?

Cue: everyone looks up OP's profile for evidence to suggest that they are female.

alfa beta

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

Pair of what? Ovaries? Tits? Elbows? Hips?

first two could be very tricky - though there are probably operations...

dee_mc

The woman was rude, but you should have been more assertive. Thus has happened to me and i've just said 'look, it'll be quicker for both of us if you just wait til I've put all my stuff on the belt'. No point in expecting people to do the right thing - sometimes you have to shame them into it!

ratmouse

alfa beta wrote: »

first two could be very tricky - though there are probably operations...

Cue: everyone looks up OP's profile for evidence to suggest that they are in fact male.

Specialun

Bet ya she was a shinner

Un Croissant

Self scans all the way OP. I don't even press start on those bad boys. Straight in with my first item. Don't even press finish, just lob the money in. Yer wan doesn't even get to harass me about taking my items from the bagging area.

Yep,I'm pretty great.

ratmouse

Un Croissant wrote: »

Self scans all the way OP. I don't even press start on those bad boys. Straight in with my first item. Don't even press finish, just lob the money in. Yer wan doesn't even get to harass me about taking my items from the bagging area.

Yep,I'm pretty great.

Do Dunnes have self scanners though? That's where the OP was shopping.

alfa beta

dee_mc wrote: »

The woman was rude, but you should have been more assertive. Thus has happened to me and i've just said 'look, it'll be quicker for both of us if you just wait til I've put all my stuff on the belt'. No point in expecting people to do the right thing - sometimes you have to shame them into it!

to be honest i thought that what she was doing was so obviously stupid that by saying something about it to her I'd actually be saying 'god you're really stupid aren't you'

and because she was obviously really stupid I thought I'd just keep my mouth shut - coz you know how stupid people can react to someone pointing out their stupidity

i'm not one for a scene.....and she looked at bit sceney

Un Croissant

ratmouse wrote: »

Do Dunnes have self scanners though? That's where the OP was shopping.

Ah yeah, oops. If they had self scans we would miss out on all the bag packers.

*opens Pandora's box*

Son Of A Vidic

Tugboats wrote: »

Was the woman African?

Are you Klan?

endacl

Nice one OP. You can cross 'have a mundane interaction with an idiot' of your bucket list. What's next?

Tarzana

dashcamdanny wrote: »

Simples.

Gawd, WHY do people still say this? Irritating.

123balltv

Tugboats wrote: »

Was the woman African?

The African men are the worst very aggressive bit like Ike Turner
I'll talk to Joe tomorrow

dashcamdanny

Tarzana wrote: »

Gawd, WHY do people still say this? Irritating.

You sound like you need a cheap quote on house insurance..

ratmouse

Tarzana wrote: »

Gawd, WHY do people still say this? Irritating.

You're just not down with the lingo of Meerkovo

Tarzana

Un Croissant wrote: »

Ah yeah, oops. If they had self scans we would miss out on all the bag packers.

*opens Pandora's box*

Dunnes does have self-scanners. Well, the Stephen's Green one does at least.

endacl

Tarzana wrote: »

Gawd, WHY do people still say this? Irritating.

*ahem*

'irritatings'.

Simples. Carry on.

toastedpickles

Un Croissant wrote: »

Self scans all the way OP. I don't even press start on those bad boys. Straight in with my first item. Don't even press finish, just lob the money in. Yer wan doesn't even get to harass me about taking my items from the bagging area.

Yep,I'm pretty great.

You are feckin mental i tells ya, next thing you'l be saying is how you order a cheeseburger with no cheese


I do all of that :P

Un Croissant

Tarzana wrote: »

Dunnes does have self-scanners. Well, the Stephen's Green one does at least.

Heresy. Outside the Pale we have to contend with Nora out on pension day chatting to Mary the Kiosk attendant while repeatedly going back for more lotto lines while breaking the ten item rule.

Un Croissant

toastedpickles wrote: »

You are feckin mental i tells ya, next thing you'l be saying is how you order a cheeseburger with no cheese


I do all of that :P

Feck that. My brother takes his burgers in Maccy Ds with no sauce and no onions, which I'm too lazy to ask for so I feign annoyance when he gets given a regular cheeseburger. I'm not totally mental,although I may make for a terrible sibling.

toastedpickles

Un Croissant wrote: »

Feck that. My brother takes his burgers in Maccy Ds with no sauce and no onions, which I'm too lazy to ask for so I feign annoyance when he gets given a regular cheeseburger. I'm not totally mental,although I may make for a terrible sibling.

Well I'll always remember you as that piece of mental french pastry that showed total disregard for self service checkouts :pac:

Un Croissant

toastedpickles wrote: »

Well I'll always remember you as that piece of mental french pastry that showed total disregard for self service checkouts :pac:

Remember me? Jesus am I heading away somewhere?

toastedpickles

Un Croissant wrote: »

Remember me? Jesus am I heading away somewhere?

the bakery?

looksee

I've had that happen OP, stupid guy who couldn't see what was happening. Solution is when you have about 2 foot of belt space left, put a divider across the laser so the belt stops moving, then you can unload stuff and the check out person can reach it.

Pumpkinseeds

With ignorant people like her you just have to shame them. Saying something like I'm not paying for your shopping, I'll let you know when I'm finished unpacking. If that doesn't work just tell them to back off. It's annoying as well when you get the ones who take an age to move after they've packed and the checkout operator starts scanning your stuff so you've to try to reach over the person and bag it as the girl scans it and hands it to you.

I don't put up with it anymore and just ask the person to move to the side out of my way. I don't feel guilty about it, if they're too pig ignorant to get out of the way they've only themselves to blame when they're asked to move.

monkeysnapper

I agree, next time put next till jobby over sensor, tell assistant you have a prat behind you, then calmly carry on your shopping, maybe even start up a huge conversation with assistant about Sinn Fein and weather, then just as your about to leave say oh I forgot I have a parking coupon , then spend another 10 mins looking for it while looking next customer in the eye .

No Pants

Tarzana wrote: »

Dunnes does have self-scanners. Well, the Stephen's Green one does at least.

Blanch too.

alfa beta

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

It's annoying as well when you get the ones who take an age to move after they've packed and the checkout operator starts scanning your stuff so you've to try to reach over the person and bag it as the girl scans it and hands it to you.

imagine if you met both your type (the hangers-on at the packing end) and my type (the pushers-up at the unloading end) at the same time. it's be like one of those scenes in a film (or usually a cartoon) where the hero is trapped in some building and the walls from all sides start pressing in on him.

God, it doesn't bear thinking about!

Pumpkinseeds

alfa beta wrote: »

imagine if you met both your type (the hangers-on at the packing end) and my type (the pushers-up at the unloading end) at the same time. it's be like one of those scenes in a film (or usually a cartoon) where the hero is trapped in some building and the walls from all sides start pressing in on him.

God, it doesn't bear thinking about!

I'd just have to go on a killing spree/rampage, there'd be nothing else for it:D I just had an image of myself smashing my bottle of gin and threatening her with the jagged glass saying 'come on bitch'

Dublinflyer

That happened to me once, I ran out of space for the rest of my half full trolley as the woman behind me had put all her stuff on the belt. I said it too her but she just ignored me. So when all my stuff was gone from the belt I then proceeded to hand the girl on the till the remainder of the contents in my trolley, one by one. Once I handed everything over I them went to the end and started packing my stuff up, before paying. They were the best packed bags ever. I would say it took me at least 10 minutes to walk away and by this time she was ready to explode. The girl on the till gave me a wink as she handed me the change as she knew full well what I was doing and why. I know this was probably just as ignorant as the belt hogger but i could not help myself!

Going Strong

Worst one I had was a little brat sitting in the trolley seat who started swapping his mother's items with mine while she looked on smiling away in a "Sure isn't he great?" manner. I held on to the divider so that my stuff went down along the belt while her stuff piled up in a heap until it was safely out of his reach.

gramar

I'd love what happened to OP to happen to me so I could tell her to get her dirty fcuking shopping off my belt until it's her turn.

'you want a scene? I'll give you a fcuking scene....bitch...'

I Heart Internet

Dublinflyer wrote: »

That happened to me once, I ran out of space for the rest of my half full trolley as the woman behind me had put all her stuff on the belt. I said it too her but she just ignored me. So when all my stuff was gone from the belt I then proceeded to hand the girl on the till the remainder of the contents in my trolley, one by one. Once I handed everything over I them went to the end and started packing my stuff up, before paying. They were the best packed bags ever. I would say it took me at least 10 minutes to walk away and by this time she was ready to explode. The girl on the till gave me a wink as she handed me the change as she knew full well what I was doing and why. I know this was probably just as ignorant as the belt hogger but i could not help myself!

I think you did the right thing there. It's what I would have suggested. If a person has filled up your space on the belt then you're left with no choice but to hand stuff over one item at a time and, of course, you can't pack while handing stuff over.

anncoates

Follow her to the car park and take her registration number and then report the car as having just being jacked with the culprit being armed and dangerous.

Maphisto

Do you know that after the: racist African thread; the faulty roads thread; the nazi thread that started and disapeared three times; I was just genna log out.

OP you have saved me from that.

leck

Tarzana wrote: »

Gawd, WHY do people still say this? Irritating.

Do posters do it to annoy or think they are funny or are they just simple?

kingchess

why do people say "GAWD",I find that word very irirating:o

ScumLord

So what happened? Did half your stuff go through, then you had to wait for her to do her shopping to finish yours?

eisenberg1

When I go shopping, I bring handcuffs with me, I attach one end to my wrist and leave the other cuff (With some ketchup on it) dangling free, and I never get bothered by anyone....................

doolox

They are so annoying in that the checkout operator piles your stuff around the blocked end of checkout and the muppet eats into your bagging time pressurising you to hurry and make up the lost time for the next customer.

I usually end up apologising to the next customer in line for the hold up but most people can see the real cause and are understanding if annoyed.

Also people blocking the exits while checking their till receipts, talking to neighbours etc are very annoying.

Flippyfloppy

Everybody. Do what I do. I always stand at the back of the belt whilst unpacking. Hence, belt hogging has never happened to me.

From now on through I will be eyeing up fellow shoppers with suspicion and I'll know what to do in the unfortunate event of being belt hogged.

howamidifferent

At the weekend I had one of those cnuts who wait till all of their goods are scanned before they remember "just one other thing" then disappear for 10 minutes to get it while holding up everyone else in the queue. Ignorant bint! :mad: