Tesco Self Service Tills

hoodwinked · 16-07-2011 02:15PM

stovelid wrote: »

You can't run drink through the self-service tills so the dread grip of the retail apocalypse is not yet fully upon us.

yes you can! although it always pisses me off because the assistant comes up scans their barcode thing and tap's "yes the customer looks over 25" i look well under 25 thank you ID ME!!! :mad:

2 stroke · 16-07-2011 02:17PM

If you want to remove items from tesco, pay for them, then compare your till receipt against shelf prices. Any item you are overcharged on, they give you for free.

johngalway · 16-07-2011 02:21PM

hondasam wrote: »

you should shop in M&S.

I was in M&S in Galway recently, the amount of items there that come directly from the UK is awful, there's no supporting the Irish economy in that place. Tesco isn't a lot better.

The thing I like about self service check outs is you don't get delayed by a couple of wagons chattering away holding up the line.

Mickeroo · 16-07-2011 03:04PM

Meh, if you really feel you want to steal food from tescos the trick is not to bring it to the til.

knird evol · 16-07-2011 03:22PM

You gotta do surveillance first. Know where all the cameras are and where they look. The positioning of security guards. All entry and exit points.

You'll need a good brief.

During your first spell in prison it's important that on the first day you take out the toughest motherfxcker in the place, send out a message.

The most important thing On the street you wanna be makin' roves, you don't put anything in your life you can't walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot heat around the corner.

silvine · 16-07-2011 03:40PM

I shop in Lidl. Problem solved.

cosanostra · 16-07-2011 03:40PM

razor blades are the thinks to not scan there expensive and not bulky but make sure you have the money to cover the entire bag of shopping just incase you get caught

OutlawPete · 16-07-2011 03:40PM

I love them.

Superquinn is where I use them most (but Tesco in Parnell St now also). No minimum charge when you use Credit or Debit cards, no twat telling you to enter your pin and the machines don't start chatting to each other either, bliss.

CorkMan · 16-07-2011 03:57PM

I stole from a tesco once, well I was sorta coerced. I was with a scumbag whom my friend new. My friend had to leave in town and I was stuck with the man. I had to stay with him a bit due to the occasion, but there was a Tesco's around half way to where I would stay with my friend for the night.

The scumbag came up with the idea of stealing some wine, "I'm a professional robber, bruv", he said. Anyway I went into the store with him and he told me to keep an eye out for security, which I did. He obviously knew what he was doing, I had no idea, I never robbed before. In the end we both snuck a bottle of wine into our jackets and walked out of the place. I never robbed since, but I hear ya man is in prison for violent robbery.

You wouldn't mind, the bottles were only €10 each, I could have paid for them no problem, but I didn't want to have to show my wallet to him.

Conor108 · 16-07-2011 03:58PM

I always have to try not say thanks to it as I walk off.

onion rings · 16-07-2011 04:22PM

they are great for getting rid of spare change, they start making odd noises when you throw too much in though.

mikemac · 16-07-2011 04:25PM

2 stroke wrote: »

If you want to remove items from tesco, pay for them, then compare your till receipt against shelf prices. Any item you are overcharged on, they give you for free.

Not anymore, that policy has changed

Naikon · 16-07-2011 04:33PM

I hate when those "assistants" come over. Not much point investing in a self service system when realiability is compromised. Leave me the fcuk alone. Lordy.

jack presley · 16-07-2011 04:41PM

brummytom wrote: »

'unexpected item in bagging area'

Frank Skinner had a good rant about this on his radio show. He put his bag there and it went off and his argument to the woman was if there was one thing you'd expect to find in a bagging area, surely it was a bag?

nitromaster · 16-07-2011 08:44PM

One time, was buying like 3 cans of bulmers + 2 cans of druids.

The self service assistant scanned a can of druids and entered 5 for quantity :pac: (druids = 1.25, bulmers = like double that)

Would have only bought the one can of druids and maybe a couple more bulmers if knew that was gonna happen :pac:

Might have pointed out the mistake if she had scanned the bulmers......:cool:

ShadowGal · 16-07-2011 08:51PM

Ive had many a hissy fit at the self service tills.

Please wait for assistance

unauthorized item on tray (or whatever)

Ahhhhhhrrggh

Liam Byrne · 16-07-2011 08:52PM

bnt wrote: »

The way they work is strange, in that the computer knows the weight of everything as well as its price. After you scan something, that weight needs to appear on the scale, and if something appears on the scale that wasn't scanned, it sets off the alarm.

All well and good, but presumably the OP's point is that you simply DON'T scan it and DON'T put it on the scale ?

Standman · 16-07-2011 08:52PM

Do a Christopher Multisanti on it and jam a wedge of paper under the weighing scales

harry21 · 16-07-2011 08:58PM

Standman wrote: »

Do a Christopher Multisanti on it and jam a wedge of paper under the weighing scales

Ha. Now your talking?

Just shop in Lidl, no need to rob then!!

efb · 16-07-2011 09:02PM

I wish people who have difficulty using the service tills would just go to the checkout so those who can use them aren't unduly inconvenienced.

ShadowGal · 16-07-2011 09:04PM

Even the smug people have problems at the self service tills

lucozader · 16-07-2011 09:11PM

i love the self service, in my local tesco there is usually a big queue

the self service is usually unused, so i can avoid the queue

only thing i hate is when an auld one or auld lad tries to use it and messes up a few dozen times and the checkout girl had to repeatedly go over and fix the machine

it's also great for getting rid of change

what a great device

Lapin · 16-07-2011 09:16PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

The thing you put your items on weighs your shopping. Im sure they have a margin of error so you might get away with a packet of chewing gums

I wonder how I'd get on with a packet of Gilette razors. They're fairly light in weight but ridiculously expensive.

nitromaster wrote: »

One time, was buying like 3 cans of bulmers + 2 cans of druids.

The self service assistant scanned a can of druids and entered 5 for quantity :pac: (druids = 1.25, bulmers = like double that)

Would have only bought the one can of druids and maybe a couple more bulmers if knew that was gonna happen :pac:

Might have pointed out the mistake if she had scanned the bulmers......:cool:

Like why.

Mr.Crinklewood · 16-07-2011 09:17PM

Noticed some of them only take cards now, in my local outlet this leads to no-one using these tills and additional queue at the cash one. When i lived in Dundrum, Garlic was never one of the choice on the fruit and veg. This would lead be to having to drag the nice man with a beard to put in some code.

The nice man with a beard seems to be there all the time.

nitromaster · 16-07-2011 09:21PM

Lapin wrote: »

Like why.

change it to "about" then...my bad :pac:

up for anything · 16-07-2011 09:32PM

questionmark? wrote: »

btw I hate self service retards. self service checkouts are around years their not hard to use aaarrrgghhh >:(

The English language has been around for years too. It's not that difficult to use correctly. Aaaaaaargh.

danjo-xx · 16-07-2011 09:44PM

The only thing that really annoys me 'sometimes' is alcohol..... you need approval please wait for assistance and you wait and wait and wait till someone decides I'll wander down your way now.....

there should be a red light above each station that you activate by pressing a button to show you need assistance and staff should be timed as to how quickly they manage these red light problems!

efb · 16-07-2011 09:46PM

danjo-xx wrote: »

The only thing that really annoys me 'sometimes' is alcohol you need approval please wait for assistance and you wait and wait and wait till someone decides I'll wander down your way now.....

there should be a red light above each station that you activate by pressing a button to show you need assistance and staff should be timed as to how quickly they manage these red light problems!

If I have any 'tagged' or 'restricted' items I use the checkout

If it dont have a barcode, I dont buy it

mconigol · 16-07-2011 09:56PM

Millicent wrote: »

Nope, no margin of error. That's why they even freak out about bags you put down. Or elbows. Or keys. Or children. God, I hate the self scan checkouts.

Tesco are selling children now??

Liam Byrne · 16-07-2011 09:58PM

mconigol wrote: »

Tesco are selling children now??

And yet you managed to accept they were selling elbows ? :eek:

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