Dunnes oul ones on the tills

nails1

Do be lovin the chats amongst themselves when the queues do be long. Sure what else would they be doing

longshanks

Do be do be do.

pudzey101

thats what self service machines where put there for

Zaph

To be fair to the oul ones, they've taught the young ones well and they're almost as proficient at the chats among themselves. A lot of them also seem to have perfected the "Dunnes scowl", which is again great testimony to the training provided to them by the oul ones.

Badly Drunk Boy

pudzey101 wrote: »

thats what self service machines where put there for

The self-service machines in Dunnes are worse.

"Please remove your items!" after about 5 seconds.
Yeah, give me a minute, will ya? At least the Tesco ones give you a chance to actually get your stuff without hassling you...

nails1

pudzey101 wrote: »

thats what self service machines where put there for

The do be the worst. There’s usually two of the machine supervisors having the chats a few feet away. I do have to holler at least three times to get their attention and have me fiver off voucher validated

whoopsadoodles

I left Dunnes just about the time you posted this thread and I stood for ages while the aul one on the till chatted to the aul one and young one who were finished for the night but doing their shopping at the end of their shift. I don't want to have to wait for you to finish bitching about your shifts before you scan my sh*t through thanks.

Marks and Spencers are the worst though.

rgodard80a

All those low education jobs will be lost soon enough.

Amazon are rolling out no cashier stores in the US as a trial.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-go-store-no-cashiers-checkout-lines-seattle

So all the primary school level jobs will be going soon, cashiers, taxi drivers, delivery drivers, forum moderators.

lertsnim

Supervalu is worse.

Sky King

Aldi / Lidl for the win.

Plus people let you skip ahead if you're only getting one or two things and these are the only supermarkets I've ever seen that in

blueser

nails1 wrote: »

Do be lovin the chats amongst themselves when the queues do be long. Sure what else would they be doing

In English, please.

ziggy

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Rubberchikken

Who the hell shops in dunnes? Tescos all the way here.

Gunmonkey

pudzey101 wrote: »

thats what self service machines where put there for

Neither Dunnes near me have self service. No way to escape the goss....

duffman13

Rubberchikken wrote: »

Who the hell shops in dunnes? Tescos all the way here.

The two Tescos nearest me are **** holes. All the staff need a good power housing and some retraining. Aldi for the win, M&S are awful too. It's possibly a union thing as Dunnes, Tesco and M&S are heavily unionised or it could be just poor management

Roger Hassenforder

Fcuking peasants
The lot of ye.

I insist my domestic staff only shop in M&S.
Mortified for you all.

What even is an Aldi?

Spanish Eyes

Agree that Aldi is the biz. Cashiers are polite but focus on getting the stuff through the scanner as quickly as possible.

And they have REFUSED to install self service tills because they listen to their customers. I really hate ss tills. Hate them with a passion. I'd prefer a scowl from an oul one than a disembodied voice giving out to me in front of everyone. So I will not use them anywhere, and if they are the only option I walk out. Well it's my decision.

Was horrified recently to discover that Lidl have....... ss tills, what fresh hell is this! They won't be getting my custom now, it is just too much hassle. They will only open the Human tills when there is someone with a groaning trolley waiting.

NollagShona

Thinly veiled "I have money thread"

/Waits for Lidl to reduce their cheap stuff to cheaper...

lazeedaisy

Aldi staff get their scan times posted on the staff notice board, that's why they can't chat!

Plus they don't start scanning until they are ready,

duffman13

lazeedaisy wrote: »

Aldi staff get their scan times posted on the staff notice board, that's why they can't chat!

Plus they don't start scanning until they are ready,

The staff in local Aldi are very friendly, they speak to me as opposed to shouting over me to their co-workers about how they cant wait to finish for the weekend.

Spanish Eyes

duffman13 wrote: »

The staff in local Aldi are very friendly, they speak to me as opposed to shouting over me to their co-workers about how they cant wait to finish for the weekend.

I honestly have no connections with Aldi, but I agree the staff are polite and friendly, but focus on their job which is to scan the stuff through asap.

The other supermarkets are pants in comparison.

Dakota Dan

Rubberchikken wrote: »

Who the hell shops in dunnes? Tescos all the way here.

Dunnes do vouchers tesco don't.

Boom_Bap

At least they use words unlike this one



tskk


I was in Dunnes in a rough part of Dublin the other day and yer wan while handing me my receipt was fairly audible in saying

"Ah jaysus, I hate this f*cker that's next in the queue, I can't f*cking stand him"

He heard every word while putting his stuff on the belt.

It was hilarious.

PandaPoo

ziggy wrote: »

Anybody ever been in Walmart in the states??

F**k me, that is slow!! :eek::eek:

I'm convinced they're sedated at their till. Even their faces look like they're melting

Hitman3000

Dakota Dan wrote:

Dunnes do vouchers tesco don't.

Tesco accepts Dunnes vouchers.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Do you talk in work? Well then shut up

Beechwoodspark

Marks and spencer more interested in talking sheee ite in an attempt to seem friendly than actually getting though the queue efficiently. Presume management agree cuz it’s likely that in every one of their stores I have been in.

DeanAustin

duffman13 wrote: »

The staff in local Aldi are very friendly, they speak to me as opposed to shouting over me to their co-workers about how they cant wait to finish for the weekend.

Agree with this. My local Aldi has also hired a couple of girls that manage to look very attractive even in their Aldi uniform. I can only imagine they are stunners in real life.

Aldi all the way.

meeeeh

I don't know about M&S, I'm not that often I there and the one I go to is empty most of the time so there isn't much of a problem. However Dunnes are absolutely awful. I made a mistake of going to one on Friday with a small child. I was stuck in the queue for about 25 minutes while the shop assistants scanned things at glacial pace and customers spent about 30 seconds per item contemplating into which bag should they put it. By the end I was ready to abandon the trolley and my son in the store (he was slightly testing till he was three ). And that is after I spent 20 minutes looking for chillies and then realised they don't stock them because they don't go with Sunday roast.

Anyway for me the local Aldi is by far the best, better than Lidl but that could depend on the store. Tesco has less annoying customers but staff isn't much better. I usually go to self service cashiers.

TerrorFirmer

Lidl and Aldi are the best for not messing about, but it can be painful if you're only picking up a few small items, not everyone has the grace to let you go ahead of their trolley for a family of 6 unfortunately.

Dunnes though have the art of the aul' wan chat down to a fine art. The amount of times I've been buying stuff in my local one and a good 30 seconds lapses between my arrival and any sort of acknowledgement that I'm even there because they're in the middle of talking about something non-work related. "Sure I was supposed to have my lunch half an hour ago...yeah, I know...yeah, yeah, arra yeah....will Mary come down and cover me maybe and we'll go then....did you get that thing you were on about earlier....ah, yeah, yeah, that's great...oh I will yeah, that's on Friday isn't it"

Doesn't happen in Tesco, Lidl, Aldi at all...or even with younger staff in Dunnes. I mean obviously all staff chat in between customers, or with customers themselves, or say stuff in passing, all that's totally normal....but no idea why it's such an older Dunne's staff thing to actually refuse to let a customer interrupt your conversation.

c.p.w.g.w

Kylie High Shootout wrote: »

Do you talk in work? Well then shut up

I do but not when I'm with customers, it's common courtesy

Grandeeod

All Supermarket workers are Gods! From the till's to the deli to the stores. Even the feckin delivery drivers are gods. Where would we be without these brilliant people that work for crap wages. I started out in a supermarket for 1 fookin pound 33 pence an hour. I appreciate them all, be they from Ireland, Poland, Latvia or wherever.

Water John

When I saw the thread name, Dunnes oul ones on the tills, I thought Margaret herself was doing it.

Ursummupet

Water John wrote: »

When I saw the thread name, Dunnes oul ones on the tills, I thought Margaret herself was doing it.

I thought it was a new porn film. Irish style.

Water John

The shopper rings twice!!

Ursummupet

Water John wrote: »

The shopper rings twice!!

A reminder to all customers our new and exclusive vibrator range can be tried and tested at the checkout with a till registrar of your choice for free today.Available in store.
Frig Em Friday, because we care.

Feisar

Sky King wrote: »

Aldi / Lidl for the win.

Plus people let you skip ahead if you're only getting one or two things and these are the only supermarkets I've ever seen that in

It's like there is this Aldi/Lidl code! I love it. I always make sure to let people by and I'm always let by if I've only got a few bits.

Spanish Eyes

Feisar wrote: »

It's like there is this Aldi/Lidl code! I love it. I always make sure to let people by and I'm always let by if I've only got a few bits.

Yep, never fails. It's a secret code of conduct.

Dakota Dan

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Tesco accepts Dunnes vouchers.

But you have to shop in Dunnes to get the vouchers.

5starpool

Hitman3000 wrote: »

Tesco accepts Dunnes vouchers.

They do, but if you don't shop in Dunnes you won't get the vouchers from them to use in Tesco.

cbreeze

In my local supervalu a couple of years ago the cashier was chatting on her mobile phone while I was left waiting. I left the stuff there and walked out. Their customer awareness has improved since, though

Visconti

Feisar wrote: »

It's like there is this Aldi/Lidl code! I love it. I always make sure to let people by and I'm always let by if I've only got a few bits.

Happens in Dublin a lot but not always. Almost never happens in Meath or Kildare . The girls on the tills in Aldi and Lidl are usually nice but the guys seem happy to shout to each other in their own language (very bad manners) especially in a foreign language as they could be talking about the customer.
I found one instance quite annoying in Lidl. It was the time they had the stickies or whatever they were called, my daughter was collecting them. The guy in front of me got a huge handful of them for spending about €5 as he was chatting to the cashier in their own language. I was a few cents short of the €20 or whatever you needed to spend to get one and he would not give it. I mentioned the fact that he had given a handful to the previous customer and he repeated I needed to spend €20 and started to serve the next customer.
I really should have complained but could not be bothered its bad form though in my opinion.

Water John

I would say, in fairness, have not come across the poor service, being mentioned here, in a range of shops around Cork. Aldi/Lidl are my favourities though. Everything seem less uptight.

Are Am Eye

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

The self-service machines in Dunnes are worse.

"Please remove your items!" after about 5 seconds.
Yeah, give me a minute, will ya? At least the Tesco ones give you a chance to actually get your stuff without hassling you...

First button you press on screen.....

Capt'n Midnight

Sky King wrote: »

Aldi / Lidl for the win.

Plus people let you skip ahead if you're only getting one or two things and these are the only supermarkets I've ever seen that in

And the old trick of sticking some bananas at the end so you have a chance to get your items bagged and payment ready while they are weighing them.

Hitman3000

Dakota Dan wrote:

But you have to shop in Dunnes to get the vouchers.

Dunnes voucher in the Indo Sunday or the previous Sunday.

Bob Harris

Sky King wrote: »

Aldi / Lidl for the win.

Plus people let you skip ahead if you're only getting one or two things and these are the only supermarkets I've ever seen that in

I was in Lidl yesterday and it was a disaster. There were about 15 people in each of the two queues. I don't know why they put in 8 check outs when only two are ever open. Most people are buying a handful of items. If there was ever a supermarket that cried out for self service tills it was this one.

_Dara_

Sky King wrote: »

Aldi / Lidl for the win.

Plus people let you skip ahead if you're only getting one or two things and these are the only supermarkets I've ever seen that in

Really? I’ve seen that happen in any supermarket chain I’ve shopped in. And convenience shops too. Very common occurrence.

_Dara_

duffman13 wrote: »

The two Tescos nearest me are **** holes. All the staff need a good power housing and some retraining. Aldi for the win, M&S are awful too. It's possibly a union thing as Dunnes, Tesco and M&S are heavily unionised or it could be just poor management

This reminds why my summer working in Tesco whilst in college was hell. Customers regularly had barely-concealed comtempt for staff, often right from the off. Fun times. People really hate Tesco in this country.

c.p.w.g.w

_Dara_ wrote: »

This reminds why my summer working in Tesco whilst in college was hell. Customers regularly had barely-concealed comtempt for staff, often right from the off. Fun times. People really hate Tesco in this country.

I like tesco, find the staff are more helpful that the Dunnes ones. But lidl/aldi are miles ahead

Boom_Bap

_Dara_ wrote: »

This reminds why my summer working in Tesco whilst in college was hell. Customers regularly had barely-concealed comtempt for staff, often right from the off. Fun times. People really hate Tesco in this country.

I used to work in tech support for one of the larger ISPs in the country. People would ring up already angry at you, vent at you for about 10 minutes at 95c per minute and not really want to get their problem sorted, just to aire their contempt.

I don't mind the till jockeys chatting in supermarkets, they normally are great at including you into the natter as well.