How do you queue?

efb · 13-09-2015 6:14pm #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msG_lp9MuG8

I like the single queue where you are called to the counter myself. Supermarket queuing annoys me as its so arbitrary queues, especially in Dunnes/Tesco can grind to a halt when the cashier gets up to check something. Lidl is fast but hate being stuck in a longer queue

What's your queuing dilemas/pet hates?

Notavirus.exe · 13-09-2015 6:17pm

When I go shopping I just pick up my stuff and walk out the door, what in the world would I be queuing for?

Ruu · 13-09-2015 6:18pm

Airport queues. Stupid poles!*

*not a racist*

efb · 13-09-2015 6:19pm

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

When I go shopping I just pick up my stuff and walk out the door, what in the world would I be queuing for?

I'd love to that that were you just pick up the stuff, scan as you go and pay and leave without queuing at a till

The Backwards Man · 13-09-2015 6:20pm

Po the reds and then screw back for the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black

Sorry, wrong queue!

efb · 13-09-2015 6:21pm

Ruu wrote: »

Airport queues. Stupid poles!*

Security at Airports!!! Agh people annoy me so much!!! Wait til your at the top of the queue to get get your stuff sorted

*not a racist*

Security at Airports!!! Agh people annoy me so much!!! Wait til your at the top of the queue to get get your stuff sorted... Sure the last 20 minutes were meant for looking around aimlessly

tomwaterford · 13-09-2015 6:22pm

efb wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msG_lp9MuG8

I like the single queue where you are called to the counter myself. Supermarket queuing annoys me as its so arbitrary queues, especially in Dunnes/Tesco can grind to a halt when the cashier gets up to check something. Lidl is fast but hate being stuck in a longer queue

What's your queuing dilemas/pet hates?

Self service/local shops for smaller shops ....I live in the country so no ques

efb · 13-09-2015 6:23pm

tomwaterford wrote: »

Self service/local shops for smaller shops ....I live in the country so no ques

That's one reason I prefer my local shop, a little dearer but no pointless queuing!!!

5T3PH3N · 13-09-2015 6:26pm

Never really thought about how i queue up, but I have my cash or card ready before I get to the till. I hate those clowns that spend ages in the queue and then when they get to the till don't have their sh!t ready.

kneemos · 13-09-2015 6:27pm

It's a good opportunity to study other people's shopping and make wild generalisations on their lifestyles.

efb · 13-09-2015 6:29pm

5T3PH3N wrote: »

Never really thought about how i queue up, but I have my cash or card ready before I get to the till. I hate those clowns that spend ages in the queue and then when they get to the till don't have their sh!t ready.

This one woman in Lidl thought it was ok to pay in coppers... I could have smashed her head off the till- I love the contactless payment!!! Beep- done!

Tarzana2 · 13-09-2015 6:32pm

efb wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msG_lp9MuG8

I like the single queue where you are called to the counter myself. Supermarket queuing annoys me as its so arbitrary queues, especially in Dunnes/Tesco can grind to a halt when the cashier gets up to check something. Lidl is fast but hate being stuck in a longer queue

How is it arbitrary? And if a cashier needs to check something, they need to. People are big babies when it comes to queues. :P

Hate the impatience at ATM queues. OK, some people really dilly dally, but I've heard people complain about people doing various things at ATMs, things that are options for them. And often the complainer will avail of those services themselves. Just feckin' wait, and stop complaining!

doolox · 13-09-2015 6:34pm

....where there is someone who asks a 100 questions and then wants fags, scratch cards, lotto tickets or some other time consuming item and there is no other assistant to take your payment and get you moving. I hate delays.

I LOVE Aldi or Lidl as no nonsense is tolerated in the checkout. You get your stuff scanned in double quick time and out the door fast.

I love the petrol stations where you can pay directly at the pumps and get going fast. There is one at Ballymount and its great.

efb · 13-09-2015 6:37pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

How is it arbitrary? And if a cashier needs to check something, they need to. People are big babies when it comes to queues. :P

Hate the impatience at ATM queues. OK, some people really dilly dally, but I've heard people complain about people doing various things at ATMs, things that are options for them. And often the complainer will avail of those services themselves. Just feckin' wait, and stop complaining!

You are not aware of it prior to queuing, that's why it's arbitrary. Dunnes is the worst. They are off their seats for every little thing. Anyway is it complaining or is it observation???

Ruu · 13-09-2015 6:37pm

efb wrote: »

Security at Airports!!! Agh people annoy me so much!!! Wait til your at the top of the queue to get get your stuff sorted... Sure the last 20 minutes were meant for looking around aimlessly

Most airlines call by row, zone or group number these days but no, I'm going to line up at the front anyway! Do de do do doooooo. Tossers!!!!

Tarzana2 · 13-09-2015 6:39pm

efb wrote: »

You are not aware of it prior to queuing, that's why it's arbitrary.

What do you mean? What are you not aware of?

You know you have to queue.

efb · 13-09-2015 6:39pm

doolox wrote: »

....where there is someone who asks a 100 questions and then wants fags, scratch cards, lotto tickets or some other time consuming item and there is no other assistant to take your payment and get you moving. I hate delays.

I LOVE Aldi or Lidl as no nonsense is tolerated in the checkout. You get your stuff scanned in double quick time and out the door fast.

I love the petrol stations where you can pay directly at the pumps and get going fast. There is one at Ballymount and its great.

Oh people try to slow down the checkout operators, bagging a trolley as they go! No! That's what the counter over there is for love! You've being queuing the last few minutes why not have your money ready???

SimonTemplar · 13-09-2015 6:40pm

Standing at a queue and you're the next in line, another cashier opens a till and says "next please", then the person standing behind you sprints to that till as if his life depended on it.

efb · 13-09-2015 6:40pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

What do you mean? What are you not aware of? You know you have to queue.

That the operatior could get up and wander off her till before it gets to you. The queuing times are arbitrary that's what we're discussing

efb · 13-09-2015 6:42pm

Ruu wrote: »

Most airlines call by row, zone or group number these days but no, I'm going to line up at the front anyway! Do de do do doooooo. Tossers!!!!

Can I get an amen! My only issue is I'd like to put my bag in the overhead locker after that, l don't care

Tarzana2 · 13-09-2015 6:43pm

efb wrote: »

That the operatior could get up and wander off her till before it gets to you. The queuing times are arbitrary that's what we're discussing

You mean close the till? Well, that shouldn't happen, they shouldn't let someone join a queue if they know they are not going to serve them. If it's just the cashier going off to check something or get an item for a customer, well yeah, you can't predict that, that could happen anywhere and no queuing system is immune. It's not arbitrary.

efb · 13-09-2015 6:43pm

SimonTemplar wrote: »

Standing at a queue and you're the next in line, another cashier opens a till and says "next please", then the person standing behind you sprints to that till as if his life depended on it.

The single queue with calls to tills makes this fairer, better for small number of items

Tarzana2 · 13-09-2015 6:47pm

efb wrote: »

The queuing time is arbitrary!!! It's more likely to happen in Dunnes than lidl or aldi

I've had it happen in Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Dunnes, all the supermarkets.

You can't predict how long you'll be in a queue anywhere. You can get an estimate but things and people being unpredictable, these estimates can be way off.

I suppose a number system could help things, but that still doesn't mean there won't be delays, for various reasons.

I've been a cashier in a past life, and maaaan, are people impatient feckers.

efb · 13-09-2015 6:48pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

I've had it happen in Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Dunnes, all the supermarkets.

You can't predict how long you'll be in a queue anywhere. You can get an estimate but things and people being unpredictable, these estimates can be way off.

In my experience there are more likely to be delays queuing at Dunnes

starling · 13-09-2015 6:50pm

Lol, just went to lidl there today and had a basket of stuff, so I put the stuff on the belt and held onto the basket, and when I got to the till I started putting it back in the basket as it was scanned.

Eventually yer man looked at me and said "You know you're not allowed to take basket outside"

I said "Yeah but I thought you were supposed to throw your stuff back in there and then take it over there (to the counter) and pack your bags, so you don't hold up the queue?

And he said "Oh yeah you are, but nobody actually does it, IME the chances are someone who's putting their shopping back in the basket is going to go off with the basket...."

Anyway, as for how I actually queue, the answer is usually 'on my knees.' I find it very painful to stand in one spot so if a queue is slow or I'm tired or having a bad day I'll just end up sort of squatting or just flat-out kneeling. I have had to learn not to be embarrassed about it. Like the guy said in My Fair Lady: "Principles? Can't afford 'em, guv'nor." Only, I mean pride, you know, obviously I still have principles.

I really really wish lidl and Aldi would consider express tills. Not self-service, just a "10 items or fewer." Even one per store.

efb · 13-09-2015 6:52pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

I've had it happen in Aldi, Lidl, Tesco, Dunnes, all the supermarkets.

You can't predict how long you'll be in a queue anywhere. You can get an estimate but things and people being unpredictable, these estimates can be way off.

I suppose a number system could help things, but that still doesn't mean there won't be delays, for various reasons.

I've been a cashier in a past life, and maaaan, are people impatient feckers.

That's cos supermarket shopping doesn't rank high in people's lives are their time is scarce.

I worked in Dunnes too, I'm aware of the many delays that occur in their system.

Tarzana2 · 13-09-2015 6:52pm

efb wrote: »

In my experience there are more likely to be delays queuing at Dunnes

I haven't shopped enough there to notice really, so I'll take your word on that.

Tarzana2 · 13-09-2015 6:56pm

efb wrote: »

That's cos supermarket shopping doesn't rank high in people's lives are their time is scarce.

I know nobody likes queuing but suck it up. It's a thing you have to do. Lidl and Aldi help make it a bit less painful but sometimes I'm not keen on the "groceries being flung at me" approach either. And as you have to pack after the till in Lidl and Aldi as opposed to during in places like Tesco, not that much time is even saved.

Gongoozler · 13-09-2015 6:58pm

My biggest pet peeve about queues is that so many people don't seem to think personal space applies here too. If you're close enough that if I turn around (in the same spot) and I hit off you, you're too fcuking close.

Notavirus.exe · 13-09-2015 7:03pm

I hate queues. The more people waiting at tills, the more witnesses for what I'm about to do

starling · 13-09-2015 7:03pm

Gongoozler wrote: »

My biggest pet peeve about queues is that so many people don't seem to think personal space applies here too. If you're close enough that if I turn around (in the same spot) and I hit off you, you're too fcuking close.

Omfg That is one of my most hated things of all time, really really pisses me off. Luckily now that I'm a bit older I have no problem just turning around and saying "Excuse me, please step back."

And whoever said the single queue system is best, I totally agree, as long as it's appropriate for the shop (like obviously it wouldn't work in tesco to have one massive queue lol. The only thing is sometimes someone comes along and doesn't cop it's a single queue so they decide to form their own special queue. Hate that. Hate having to say "Scuse me, this is the queue" in case they are embarrassed, because usually it seems to be a genuine misunderstanding rather than actual dickishness.

efb · 13-09-2015 7:04pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

I know nobody likes queuing but suck it up. It's a thing you have to do. Lidl and Aldi help make it a bit less painful but sometimes I'm not keen on the "groceries being flung at me" approach either. And as you have to pack after the till in Lidl and Aldi as opposed to during in places like Tesco, not that much time is even saved.

Thanks for your advice... You can shop in your gentle queuing and I'll shop in my fast service shops

freshpopcorn · 13-09-2015 7:08pm

I actually don't hate queuing. Even when people are slow with their card/counting out change change I don't mind.
The only thing I hate is people pushing/skipping in queues.

starling · 13-09-2015 7:17pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

You mean close the till? Well, that shouldn't happen, they shouldn't let someone join a queue if they know they are not going to serve them. If it's just the cashier going off to check something or get an item for a customer, well yeah, you can't predict that, that could happen anywhere and no queuing system is immune. It's not arbitrary.

Strictly speaking they should not be getting up and wandering off at all, there should be another member of staff available to go and check prices or whatever, and a manager if there's any chance of them being needed for refunds etc. that's what those fúcking bells are for on the tills. But then again that means that the shop either has to employ more people or prioritise the checkouts over whatever other crap managers are supposed to be doing, so of course it rarely happens. Like many things in supermarkets/shops it's all down to the company and how much they know and/or care about proper customer service.

(That's not to say some supermarket staff aren't just gob****es, but honestly the majority aren't to blame, it's just that things are done in a certain way in each company and they have to go along with that).

Tarzana2 · 13-09-2015 7:22pm

efb wrote: »

Thanks for your advice... You can shop in your gentle queuing and I'll shop in my fast service shops

:pac::pac::pac:

pappyodaniel · 13-09-2015 7:34pm

Queueing in lidl/aldi usually entails joining the back of a long queue. 5minutes later I'm half way to the check out. Another checkout opens and the person who has just joined the back of my queue walks over to the newly opened one and gets served straight away.

Pees me right off.

ToddyDoody · 13-09-2015 7:37pm

Putting your items on the conveyor in Lidl and the ass behind you starts putting their stuff on when you haven't finished yourself... and are now stuck for space.

starling · 13-09-2015 8:05pm

efb wrote: »

This one woman in Lidl thought it was ok to pay in coppers... I could have smashed her head off the till- I love the contactless payment!!! Beep- done!

This contact less payment is the ****in business, I can't wait til it's the norm. Or paying with your phone even. Think it might take a while though if what I witnessed in Lidl a couple of months ago is any indication:

I was the last customer (was spaced out on meds, didn't notice they were closing lol) and the doors were shut, all the other customers gone, there was just me, the security guy, the cashier on the till and the manager who was on duty at the time (I apologised for keeping them all). The manager was buying a few bits herself as I was shoving my card back into my wallet and the last of my stuff into a bag. When she handed over her debit card to pay, the cashier looked at it and said "Oh look, you've got one of the new wi-fi cards, you'll be able to use contactless payment," (obviously she didn't mean at Lidl, but at places where they have the newer card readers)

The manager looked at her blankly and said "What? Wi-fi cards? That's a laptop thing"
The cashier said "Yeah, see the little symbol there, that is the symbol for wi-fi."
And the manager said - very confidently, and kind of patronisingly: "No, wi-fi is for laptops."

I've seen this manager do some seriously stupid stuff, and Jesus that cashier has the patience of a saint.

efb · 13-09-2015 8:11pm

starling wrote: »

This contact less payment is the ****in business, I can't wait til it's the norm. Or paying with your phone even. Think it might take a while though if what I witnessed in Lidl a couple of months ago is any indication:

I was the last customer (was spaced out on meds, didn't notice they were closing lol) and the doors were shut, all the other customers gone, there was just me, the security guy, the cashier on the till and the manager who was on duty at the time (I apologised for keeping them all). The manager was buying a few bits herself as I was shoving my card back into my wallet and the last of my stuff into a bag. When she handed over her debit card to pay, the cashier looked at it and said "Oh look, you've got one of the new wi-fi cards, you'll be able to use contactless payment," (obviously she didn't mean at Lidl, but at places where they have the newer card readers)

The manager looked at her blankly and said "What? Wi-fi cards? That's a laptop thing"
The cashier said "Yeah, see the little symbol there, that is the symbol for wi-fi."
And the manager said - very confidently, and kind of patronisingly: "No, wi-fi is for laptops."

I've seen this manager do some seriously stupid stuff, and Jesus that cashier has the patience of a saint.

Lidl has it! I love it! Dunnes has it too but the checkout operators seem to insist you shove your card in their slot and push their buttons! Less than €15, scan gurl!

Whitewinged · 13-09-2015 8:12pm

kneemos wrote: »

It's a good opportunity to study other people's shopping and make wild generalisations on their lifestyles.

I think it was "The Fast Show", Caroline Aherne had a skit where she was the checkout girl and would pass remarks on all the items that passed through!

starling · 13-09-2015 8:17pm

efb wrote: »

Lidl has it! I love it! Dunnes has it too but the checkout operators seem to insist you shove your card in their slot and push their buttons! Less than €15, scam gurl!

Omg what? My local Lidl doesn't have it and neither do either of the two slightly-further-away-but-still-kinda-local Lidls...damn, hope they get it soon! Is there a limit on how much your total can be? (Like, my local Centra wants your pin for anything over €10)

freshpopcorn · 13-09-2015 8:22pm

starling wrote: »

Omg what? My local Lidl doesn't have it and neither do either of the two slightly-further-away-but-still-kinda-local Lidls...damn, hope they get it soon! Is there a limit on how much your total can be? (Like, my local Centra wants your pin for anything over €10)

I thought all Lidl/Aldi have it. If you putting your card in tough they don't bother correcting you. There isn't a minimum spend.
I think the reason staff often just tell people to put in their card is because
I've seen it fail for lots of people.

Sunnyisland · 13-09-2015 8:23pm

Queueing in portugal is a lesson for any foreigners, There's not a bother on the till person to be talking away in Portuguese to there friends neighbours etc etc with no rush whatsoever leaving all us busybodies all fuming and then to make matters worse they greet you with a bom dia or Ola and a nice smile,it takes a while to get used to I tell ya.

Coopaloop · 13-09-2015 8:24pm

The queue to get on a bus (or lack of) does my nut.
And then f*cking douches who don't know where the bus is going and have to stop and ask the driver,and the other douches who don't have their money/card ready and hold everyone else up. Oh and not queue related but on the subject of buses,people walking down the bus and hitting you with their bags.

efb · 13-09-2015 8:28pm

starling wrote: »

Omg what? My local Lidl doesn't have it and neither do either of the two slightly-further-away-but-still-kinda-local Lidls...damn, hope they get it soon! Is there a limit on how much your total can be? (Like, my local Centra wants your pin for anything over €10)

Minimum spend in lidl? no. Maximum €15

punisher5112 · 13-09-2015 8:30pm

When I queue I always face the queue. ....

starling · 13-09-2015 8:33pm

Coopaloop wrote: »

The queue to get on a bus (or lack of) does my nut.
And then f*cking douches who don't know where the bus is going and have to stop and ask the driver,and the other douches who don't have their money/card ready and hold everyone else up. Oh and not queue related but on the subject of buses,people walking down the bus and hitting you with their bags.

Yeah that sh1t drives me crazy too, it's like some people don't believe in queuing for buses and just act like it's every man for himself when the doors open. I can't help but automatically track who was at the stop before I was and who arrived after me. But then again I've no problem asking them to get up out of the disabled seat and let me sit there :pac:

I have to confess I sometimes am that fúcker who has to ask the driver "how much to go to x" because I rarely take buses and haven't got my free travel card yet. Lately I've been doing it deliberately just to see what they say - it's the same bus, the same route, same stop every time, but I swear to god I get a different answer from every fúckin driver

can't wait to get my card sorted and not have to be dealing with it

starling · 13-09-2015 8:40pm

Out of interest, what do yis think of people "holding places" in queues for their mates? Not so much in shops, I mean when queueing to get in to a concert or whatever?

efb · 13-09-2015 8:43pm

starling wrote: »

Out of interest, what do yis think of people "holding places" in queues for their mates? Not so much in shops, I mean when queueing to get in to a concert or whatever?

I throw shade

shampoosuicide · 13-09-2015 8:43pm

Tarzana2 wrote: »

How is it arbitrary? And if a cashier needs to check something, they need to. People are big babies when it comes to queues. :P

Hate the impatience at ATM queues. OK, some people really dilly dally, but I've heard people complain about people doing various things at ATMs, things that are options for them. And often the complainer will avail of those services themselves. Just feckin' wait, and stop complaining!

**** that, it's annoying. i've almost missed buses before out of being stuck behind some bell at the ATM.

Tarzana2 · 13-09-2015 8:51pm

shampoosuicide wrote: »

**** that, it's annoying. i've almost missed buses before out of being stuck behind some bell at the ATM.

Then give yourself more time to catch said bus and do all the things you've do beforehand also. It's not anyone else's problem that you didn't. And yeah, sometimes things happen so that the time you allot isn't enough. Still has nothing to do with the person ahead of you in a queue.

How do you queue?

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