Aldi and Lidl checkout system

Elliott S · 17-10-2016 08:23PM

Jenny Deafening Topaz wrote: »

Its improved compared to what it was and one is a lot handier now to get to than before so I do some of my shopping there now yes.

No, it's exactly the same as two years ago when you made the linked post. You just live closer to it now. How easily your principles go out the window.

the_pen_turner · 17-10-2016 10:31PM

what enfuriates me is when the muppet in front that has finished wont eff off out of the way . I cant take my position and cant be lined up to load as the stuff is scanned. what happens then is the fool on the till just starts scaning and stacking the stuff higher and higher. when I take my position I am too bar behind to be able to pack my stuff properly or quickly. it gets to a point where the till guy has to wait for me to make space. why cant he wait at the start and we would both be happy

bgr123 · 17-10-2016 10:35PM

Not as fast as they used to be.dunnes still as slow as Ciaran Clark.

9or10 · 17-10-2016 10:35PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

why cant he wait at the start and we would both be happy

Zat is not ze German way.

Irish Guitarist · 17-10-2016 11:16PM

If I'm using a basket I put it on the floor in front of the checkout. I'm not going to empty the basket, put the shopping back in the basket, then bring it to the window so I can take everything out of the basket again.

Means Of Escape · 18-10-2016 10:14PM

dfeo wrote: »

It shouldn't though. Why should people pack AT the till when there's a preparation are for that very purpose. It wastes time and hold up everyone.

Because it's a bigger waste of time handling the goods again after check out

Means Of Escape · 18-10-2016 10:18PM

Little CuChulainn wrote: »

Seems like it'd be a very awkward person that can't pack stuff as it is scanned at the til. I put my stuff on the conveyer, open up the bags in the trolley and put stuff in as it is scanned. I've never found that particular part to be the hold up. The hold ups happen when people are still unpacking their stuff on the conveyor and the staff member can't do any scanning because they have no space to put the items afterwards.

They scan as fast as they can as I'm sure their checkout volume is examined at the end of their shift

People don't go in to those ships for the quick check out surely ?

mansize · 18-10-2016 10:24PM

Red Kev wrote: »

Yeah, I like to race the till people as well.

There's a few simple tricks tobeating Tillman or his female sidekick Tillwoman. First of all get the smaller trolley with the higher loading level as it saves time bending down. Place open bags and/or cardboard box into this.

If it's Lidl I always put the bread around 2/3rds of the way down the conveyor belt, so they need a few seconds to look at the contents which gives me a few seconds to keep packing. Veg at the end as it never scans first time.

So by the time they turn around to put the last piece of veg on the counter I'm standing there with my hand open looking for it, the debit card in the other.

Ensures a defeated Tillman/Tillwoman and a slightly smug but very confident walk across the paving bricks to the car. Makes my week.

what is this "bread" and "veg" you speak of???

I have a wee woven bag I pack me bits into empty onto conveyor, heaviest items first, and fill the other end, pay by card, blip, wait for receipt and leave.

Going Forward · 18-10-2016 11:47PM

duffman3833 wrote: »

I go for lunch in tesco odd time and people with trolleys full going to self checkouts, i only want a sambo and have to wait for these ignorant people. shouldn't be allowed no more than 10 items.

They're spending a hundred euro in the place and you're buying a sandwich for how much?

Have you complained to the store manager?

Atlantic Dawn · 18-10-2016 11:54PM

Going Forward wrote: »

They're spending a hundred euro in the place and you're buying a sandwich for how much?

Have you complained to the store manager?

But in almost all cases they would be quicker going through the standard checkouts, makes no sense them self scanning, defeats the speed benefits of the self service. Most people I see with the trolleys look like illiterate fools who appear to get some kind of kick out of hearing the beep self scanning.

Going Forward · 19-10-2016 12:22AM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

But in almost all cases they would be quicker going through the standard checkouts, makes no sense them self scanning, defeats the speed benefits of the self service. Most people I see with the trolleys look like illiterate fools who appear to get some kind of kick out of hearing the beep self scanning.

I'd prefer to sell 10 trolleys worth rather than 10 sandwiches all the same.

I'm just struggling with how heated people are getting over being delayed for 1, 5 or 10 minutes in their day; it seems to be a new phenomenon.

This impatience people are openly admitting to having and this picture being painted of them being under so much time pressure, tripping over themselves to get out of the shop, get out of the next customer's way, and on to their next chore, it wasn't always like this.

Things just seemed a bit calmer. And better for it.

Most aldilidls I've been in only ever have a third of the checkouts open simultaneously anyway, the rest seem to be for show or for the week before Christmas.

darlett · 19-10-2016 12:22AM

Was in Super Valu yesterday. Had the most amazing queuing experience of my life. In a queue with only one till operating by the hands of an ould doddery one, old lady A. Oddly waiting at the next empty til was an ould time two, doddery times two, on old lady B. And while the first one was dodderily ringing another customers goods through B hollered at her is there no one gonna serve at this till. Us been Irish and in queue with a protest could only bury our heads as she repeated this call. B was holding a cornflakes box with a very full shopping basket on the ground. A could see that B was holding a corn flakes box and suggested that if that was all B had she would let her go. B said yes that was all she had despite the fact it clearly wasn't. I despite observing she had more than me said yeah fine she's in a bigger hurry than me. In she shuffled with out so much as nod to todays sap. She says to Lady A I'm in a rush because I only popped into the hardware shop next door, yet her basket must have taken a full half hour to pick out. I was happy to let an old lady out on her feet go ahead.

These two old ladies then preceded to show up Homer as a writer of short stories through their mammoth nattering on.After an inordinate amount of conversation for some ould yoke in a horrid hurry the woman paid a bill of about 40 euro with two 50s. And its there confusion started getting exponential. When she got her change back it turned out she wanted 2 20s and a 10. Then she wanted to add on a pack of 20 Carrolls. Then she wanted 10 euro 087. Meteor, Vodafone or what? No. 087. I was asked my opinion at this stage. I offered a polite one. Then the change came back. Hullaballoo. It was not correct. They got it sorted. Then old lady B said eggs. I forgot me eggs. Off went doddery lady A to fetch them for her.

Honestly I am patient and senior citizens deserve patience but this basket took about 10-15 minutes. And the rude ungrateful way she assumed her way in the queue...well I never and all that. By the end I was scouring the ceiling for cameras and waiting for that annoying prick with the folded up newspaper who whistles to come out and prank me, and possibly for that reason alone did I control my tantrum. I've never seen ought like it.

So fair play to the Germans and their window sills.

wuzziwig · 19-10-2016 12:25AM

I become a nervous wreck at the checkouts in Aldi and Lidl. I lose the proper use of my hands. I become all thumbs and can't lift the stuff into the trolley without fumbling. I'm sure there's a medical term for it.

Going Forward · 19-10-2016 12:25AM

darlett wrote: »

Was in Super Valu yesterday. Had the most amazing queuing experience of my life. In a queue with only one till operating by the hands of an ould doddery one, old lady A. Oddly waiting at the next empty til was an ould time two, doddery times two, on old lady B. And while the first one was dodderily ringing another customers goods through B hollered at her is there no one gonna serve at this till. Us been Irish and in queue with a protest could only bury our heads as she repeated this call. B was holding a cornflakes box with a very full shopping basket on the ground. A could see that B was holding a corn flakes box and suggested that if that was all B had she would let her go. B said yes that was all she had despite the fact it clearly wasn't. I despite observing she had more than me said yeah fine she's in a bigger hurry than me. In she shuffled with out so much as nod to todays sap. She says to Lady A I'm in a rush because I only popped into the hardware shop next door, yet her basket must have taken a full half hour to pick out. I was happy to let an old lady out on her feet go ahead.

These two old ladies then preceded to show up Homer as a writer of short stories nattering on.The woman paid a bill of about 40 euro with two 50s. And its there confusion started. When she got her change back it turned out she wanted 2 20s and a 10. Then she wanted to add on a pack of 20 Carrolls. Then she wanted 10 euro 087. Meteor, Vodafone or what? No. 087. I was asked my opinion at this stage. I offered a polite one. Then the change came back. Hullaballoo. It was not correct. They got it sorted. Then old lady B said eggs. I forgot me eggs. Off went doddery lady A to fetch them for her.

Honestly I am patient and senior citizens deserve patience but this basket took about 10-15 minutes. And the rude ungrateful way she assumed her way in the queue...well I never and all that. By the end I was scouring the ceiling for cameras and waiting for that annoying prick with the folded up newspaper who whistles to come out and prank me, and possibly for that reason alone did I control my tantrum. I've never seen ought like it.

So fair play to the Germans and their window sills.

Stay young, don't get "old and doddery"

Atlantic Dawn · 19-10-2016 12:28AM

Going Forward wrote: »

I'd prefer to sell 10 trolleys worth rather than 10 sandwiches all the same.

I'm just struggling with how heated people are getting over being delayed for 1, 5 or 10 minutes in their day; it seems to be a new phenomenon.

This impatience people are openly admitting to having and this picture being painted of them being under so much time pressure, tripping over themselves to get out of the shop, get out of the next customer's way, and on to their next chore, it wasn't always like this.

Things just seemed a bit calmer. And better for it.

Most aldilidls I've been in only ever have a third of the checkouts open simultaneously anyway, the rest seem to be for show or for the week before Christmas.

For me I think what has happened is the LIDL/ALDI checkout experience has given me no patience for the other supermarkets, I don't want to be waiting in line while the checkout operator begins discussions with the customer on their individual purchases or talk about the weather or their soon to be born child etc etc, if it's a chat they want they should call The Samaritans.

darlett · 19-10-2016 12:29AM

Going Forward wrote: »

Stay young, don't get "old and doddery"

Ha yeah. I know, if I live long enough it's a date with destiny. A life of pains and aches surrounded by the youthful wasters of the worlds never once considering your life's toils. I guess what annoyed me was this old bat seemed a real ungrateful pain in the hole. :P

shedweller · 19-10-2016 12:41AM

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

i just throw it in the basket, then have the bags in the boot of car then pack into bags there, because i like the challenge of keeping up with the till operator,i wont be bet!

I have three or four bags in the trolley and load them as quick as yer man/wan can scan them. Challenge accepted!
Note: only works for small trolleys. Large trolleys are chosen because i have to do ALL the shopping and i need a dumper truck to load the car afterwards. I then just reload the trolley and go to the window shelf, or get the wife/child/slave to carry a few out to the clapped out estate with intergalactic kms on the clock.
I hate bottlenecks as much as anyone but i can still load bags like a mofo. Even keep meat etc in the chilly bag (i keep them together on the conveyor first, so they scan together and end up coming out to me together and into the chilly bag together). Oooh and bread last because it squashes.
But yeah, most people just drift through life and slow me the fcuk down.

shedweller · 19-10-2016 12:44AM

foggy_lad wrote: »

I can't really see that little box yoke holding €230 worth of Aldi shopping for a family of 9.

People who claim that they don't delay others at the till while they are packing their many shopping bags are either ignorant of the others they are delaying or they are only buying for 1-2 people, not enough to fit in even one large shopping bag!

By the time you get a weeks shopping into bags there is a Q behind you and the only way to avoid that is to be a good German and use the packing shelf provided or find that the next day you put all your shopping on the belt the staff immediately close that till:D:pac:

But if im taking the stuff away as fast as its being scanned....??

Muahahaha · 19-10-2016 01:14AM

73Cat wrote: »

I'm a ninja at the checkout at Lidl. Bank card/ cash in back pocket. I pack as the items are being scanned through, directly into open bags in trolley. I'm determined to be packed before he/she tells me how much I owe. I will not be beaten! I have yet to see anyone packing at the shelf in my local Lidl. I don't see the sense in essentially putting twice the work on yourself.

A true till ninja puts the card in the reader as soon as the first item is scanned. Lots to learn, daniel-san

mansize · 19-10-2016 06:40AM

Muahahaha wrote: »

A true till ninja puts the card in the reader as soon as the first item is scanned. Lots to learn, daniel-san

Card in reader???

Swipe on/Swipe off

somesoldiers · 19-10-2016 08:29AM

One big annoyance for me is people (I have only ever witnessed women at it) standing around in the aisles having conversations. I have often gone around the shop, filled my basket, paid & am heading for the door and some of the ones I met in the first aisle are still standing there gabbing & blocking up the aisle

Allinall · 19-10-2016 08:36AM

somesoldiers wrote: »

One big annoyance for me is people (I have only ever witnessed women at it) standing around in the aisles having conversations. I have often gone around the shop, filled my basket, paid & am heading for the door and some of the ones I met in the first aisle are still standing there gabbing & blocking up the aisle

That's a bit harsh.

Some of these women can be lonely, and that conversation could be the only interaction they have had with another human being in the last 20 minutes.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 19-10-2016 08:57AM

I pack my bags as they're firing my shopping at me. I am not going to load trolley, unpack, load trolley, unpack, pack. What a liberty.

wuzziwig · 19-10-2016 10:55AM

somesoldiers wrote: »

One big annoyance for me is people (I have only ever witnessed women at it) standing around in the aisles having conversations. I have often gone around the shop, filled my basket, paid & am heading for the door and some of the ones I met in the first aisle are still standing there gabbing & blocking up the aisle

Funnily enough the blockage at the super 6 the last time I was in Aldi was caused by two men gabbing about hurling. Fecking GAA. :rolleyes:

HeidiHeidi · 19-10-2016 11:12AM

somesoldiers wrote: »

One big annoyance for me is people (I have only ever witnessed women at it) standing around in the aisles having conversations. I have often gone around the shop, filled my basket, paid & am heading for the door and some of the ones I met in the first aisle are still standing there gabbing & blocking up the aisle

It's the ones who abandon their trolley (usually crossways, beside some other obstruction) and wander off looking for their next item, thus completely blocking the aisle, who drive me mad.

I recently had to push a trolley containing a baby out of the way :eek: Just left there, nobody in the vicinity to claim it.

archer22 · 19-10-2016 11:57AM

Ah the things you see in Ireland, a few days ago in the local Aldi there was total confusion when an auld wan tried to return a defective product.Manager and all appeared to sort the problem...eventually after 10 minutes the problem was solved....the product was from the Lidl store down the road!!.

foggy_lad · 19-10-2016 12:45PM

shedweller wrote: »

But if im taking the stuff away as fast as its being scanned....??

Many people try that with full large trolleys and it just doesn't work. It can work very well when people are awake and have a couple of bags of shopping to get.

wuzziwig wrote: »

Funnily enough the blockage at the super 6 the last time I was in Aldi was caused by two men gabbing about hurling. Fecking GAA. :rolleyes:

I'd be telling them the hurleys are in the centre aisle and if they don't get outa my road I'll be testing the quality of the hurleys on them:D

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

It's the ones who abandon their trolley (usually crossways, beside some other obstruction) and wander off looking for their next item, thus completely blocking the aisle, who drive me mad.

I recently had to push a trolley containing a baby out of the way :eek: Just left there, nobody in the vicinity to claim it.

Ah the auld child abandonment in the supermarket. Many parents try but few get out of the car park free and clear:D

somesoldiers · 19-10-2016 01:10PM

archer22 wrote: »

Ah the things you see in Ireland, a few days ago in the local Aldi there was total confusion when an auld wan tried to return a defective product.Manager and all appeared to sort the problem...eventually after 10 minutes the problem was solved....the product was from the Lidl store down the road!!.

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Being stuck behind someone returning something obscure at a LIDL till.

Is there anything more soul destroying??

I was behind a woman a few weeks ago in LIDL who wanted to return something but she didn't have a receipt (kid you not)
manager was called up, gave the freephone number she could call etc etc

manager walked away, but then copped that the goods had been bought in Aldi, not LIDL and came back to tell her.

same woman?

archer22 · 19-10-2016 04:17PM

somesoldiers wrote: »

same woman?

Maybe..the one in Aldi had no receipt either.

vandriver · 19-10-2016 08:20PM

Put the veg that they have to type in a code for at about the 70% mark on the belt .This gains vital seconds to clear everything and perfect your 'is that all the speed you have' look.

Aldi and Lidl checkout system

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