Males on supermarket tills.... what do you think?

Lapin · 01-08-2011 09:32AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Op, that is assholic reasoning of yours. I'm male, did all of the above. I know women soldiers, male nurses, what's between the legs don't matter anymore, and that is the end of the reasoning.

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

OP - are you actually serious?

Come on FFS.

Who opens a thread in AH at 03.23 on a bank holiday about male check out assistants and expects a weighty philosophical discussion on the topic ?

Take it in the light hearted spirit it was intended and lighten up a little. :cool:

Gummy Panda · 01-08-2011 09:49AM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

How about nobody at the tills. Self service is the future.

"Problem in bagging area. Please wait for assistance"

I hate those tills.

Forest Master · 01-08-2011 09:54AM

Deleted User wrote: »

The handiest, easiest job, is the best job.

And with drive like that, I'd say you've gone really far since your checkout days.

biko · 01-08-2011 10:04AM

1938 is calling you OP, best pick up.

Rubberlegs · 01-08-2011 10:12AM

No problem with a fella on a till. But a fella bag packing, NOOOOOO!. Tins of beans on top of yoghurts, and fruit etc:mad:

Mr Benevolent · 01-08-2011 10:29AM

PseudoFamous wrote: »

Women on tills seem to judge me on what I buy.

Vaseline and a butternut squash, right?

Minstrel27 · 01-08-2011 10:48AM

SuperInfinity wrote: »

It's just that, any time I've seen a male at a supermarket till, they've always seemed a bit unhappy and really frustrated.

Oddly enough I notice this too. I nearly feel sorry for them.

Toby Take a Bow · 01-08-2011 11:10AM

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I think in general women are just much more skilled at pretending to be friendly.

they must be, when you think about it. How many girls do you know who you would swear absolutely love one of their 'friends' but then the minute her back is turned say to you, "God, what a b*tch?

Or the other classic, where YOU get on really well with a girl and she's really nice to you, but other girls (alleged friends) all insist behind her back that she's horrible, and "how could you possibly like her"?

When guys have an issue with you, on the other hand, they're more likely to just tell you you're a dickhead.

The REAL question is: Which would you honestly prefer?

Oh this is exactly how it is with women, exactly! Well, not so much now I'm an adult, more when I was 14.

OP, you should visit Marks on Grafton Street. There's a middle-aged bloke who is on those tills for small amounts of shopping (so he's standing all day) and he's absolutely the nicest, friendliest person I've encountered in retail in a long long time. A big hello, asks you how you are, makes a bit of small talk, wishes you a nice weekend (or whatever), and on to the next one.

I was in retail myself, and absolutely loved it, and I know I was good at it.

Chris P. Bacon · 01-08-2011 11:29AM

One of my best friends is working on the till in Aldi,and he is a blocklayer by trade,he got married in June so it has to be done,nobody looks at him differently its a job that pays the bills,who cares if its male female or shemale!!

pappyodaniel · 01-08-2011 12:09PM

watna wrote: »

Normally I'm really laid back about these kind of things - I like to think I have a pretty good sense of humour and it's not often I get annoyed by things but there is a serious amount of threads in AH at the moment where some witty soul says "bitches be ......". It's not funny, or clever or original - in fact it's becoming offensive.

^^^Bitches be moaning

Just ignore it.

KilOit · 01-08-2011 12:23PM

I worked in retail for about 3-4 years from 18 to 22ish and I loved working the tills, I enjoyed dealing with people, it was a big shop but had no supermarket.

7Sins · 01-08-2011 12:26PM

Yea they come across as having given up on life, depressed look on their faces and half the time they won't even make eye contact, sad

ordinary_girl · 01-08-2011 12:36PM

When I worked in retail I wasn't till trained, I just used to work on the shop floor and bring out stock from the stockroom. However all the lads I worked with were till trained, and no one gave a fcuk who was on the till as long as they knew what they were doing. I don't see why it'd matter to customers either, I doubt very much that guys are anymore unhappy about being on tills than women are. Women are just better at hiding it - that's what years of repression will do to ya!

Mickeroo · 01-08-2011 01:35PM

I used to work in a supermarket, it's been about 4 or 5 years since I left it. Unlike tesco's or dunnes they only ever trained the girls for the tills which I never understood. I asked the manager one day why they never trained us for the tills, surely it would be handy when it got busy and that, his reply was simply "The last time we had lads on the tills money went missing". Men sexist towards men, who would have thought?

joshrogan · 01-08-2011 02:00PM

I'm male and work the till's the majority of days in my local shop, I enjoy it and find it easier than other activities they'd have me do if I wasn't on the till's

7Sins · 01-08-2011 02:05PM

So I won't name names here, but there's a supermarket chain where the staff are not allowed serve people they know, keeping in line with the policy of staff working on tills not being allowed talk to customers

Bloody Nipples · 01-08-2011 02:11PM

7Sins wrote: »

So I won't name names here, but there's a supermarket chain where the staff are not allowed serve people they know, keeping in line with the policy of staff working on tills not being allowed talk to customers

Dunnes have that policy, dunno about others. I worked on tills for a year in dunnes before getting moved to the shop floor. Tills was infinitely cushier and you could count on getting out within 30 mins of your rostered finishing time unlike the floor where you could be stuck for an extra hour or more of work on a regular basis.

So as a dude, I'd much rather work in the tills. Ergo, the OP is talking most eloquently out of his ass.

7Sins · 01-08-2011 02:17PM

Bloody Nipples wrote: »

Dunnes have that policy, dunno about others. I worked on tills for a year in dunnes before getting moved to the shop floor. Tills was infinitely cushier and you could count on getting out within 30 mins of your rostered finishing time unlike the floor where you could be stuck for an extra hour or more of work on a regular basis.

So as a dude, I'd much rather work in the tills. Ergo, the OP is talking most eloquently out of his ass.

Yup t'was dunnes, I was schocked when I heard but then again I'm easily shockable :eek:

DOC09UNAM · 01-08-2011 02:19PM

watna wrote: »

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

look men do all the heavy liften cause them bitches be complain about braking nails

true story

Normally I'm really laid back about these kind of things - I like to think I have a pretty good sense of humour and it's not often I get annoyed by things but there is a serious amount of threads in AH at the moment where some witty soul says "bitches be ......". It's not funny, or clever or original - in fact it's becoming offensive.

Biggins · 01-08-2011 02:22PM

SuperInfinity wrote: »

"you discriminatory chauvanistic bastard"... yeah yeah...

It's just that, any time I've seen a male at a supermarket till, they've always seemed a bit unhappy and really frustrated...

Don't bother me one bit or give it the slightest thought.
There is a couple of lads on the tills in my own home town Tesco's and to be honest, they come across as happy and helpful as others of the opposite sex most days.

Chris P. Bacon · 01-08-2011 02:25PM

7Sins wrote: »

So I won't name names here, but there's a supermarket chain where the staff are not allowed serve people they know, keeping in line with the policy of staff working on tills not being allowed talk to customers

Lidl are the same i think,i remember a woman walking out of there because she said hello how are you to the checkout girl,and she just blankly ignored her.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 01-08-2011 02:44PM

biko wrote: »

1938 is calling you OP, best pick up.

I'll take that.

...

What's that, prime minister? Peace for our time? Oh hallelujah!

01-08-2011 02:59PM

Forest Master wrote: »

And with drive like that, I'd say you've gone really far since your checkout days.

You don't need to take the hard and rough route to accomplish things.

cassid · 01-08-2011 03:10PM

Does not bother me who works on a till. When I was in my early teens, probably would have been a bit embrassed if a bloke served me if I was buying "ladies things" like sanitary towels or tampax.

I often buy a sambo for lunch in M&S in Dublin city centre and after a few weeks, you get to know who is slow, who nearly reads the ingredient list as the swipe an item through. There are one or two people I avoid, if am in a hurry and have to get to work asap.

Mickeroo · 01-08-2011 03:47PM

7Sins wrote: »

So I won't name names here, but there's a supermarket chain where the staff are not allowed serve people they know, keeping in line with the policy of staff working on tills not being allowed talk to customers

My local(not a dunnes) is the same, I didn't know about the not being allowed to talk thing though? that sounds bizarre. I think they just enforced the no serving people you're pals with because of a fe people who were putting stuff through for free.

Lady Chatterton · 01-08-2011 03:51PM

I, along with three of my closest friends were checkout girls in Dunnes Stores during our school/college days. It was a great job, we would have loads of craic with the customers and the banter with the guys working on the shop floor was really great.

We mostly worked the weekend shift which was great, we'd love Thursday and Friday nights especially as that is when the guys would come in to buy their shower gels, deodeorants, energy drinks, beer etc.. We used to use it as an opportunity to chat them up and find out there they were hanging out etc. It was our very own form of speed dating actually

We used to get invited to loads of parties, it was mighty craic.

Anyway to answer the OP's question, my local supermarket, Supervalu has quite a few men working on their checkouts, I live in a small community so I tend to know all the staff and it is nice to have a quick chat at the checkout while I'm packing my shopping.

7Sins · 01-08-2011 04:01PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

I, along with three of my closest friends were checkout girls in Dunnes Stores during our school/college days. It was a great job, we would have loads of craic with the customers and the banter with the guys working on the shop floor was really great.

We mostly worked the weekend shift which was great, we'd love Thursday and Friday nights especially as that it when the guys would come in to buy their shower gels, deodeorants, energy drinks, beer etc.. We used to use it as an opportunity to chat them up and find out there they were hanging out etc. It was our very own form of speed dating actually We used to get invited to loads of parties, it was mighty craic.
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What year was all this boisterous fun to be had :pac:

Lady Chatterton · 01-08-2011 04:07PM

7Sins wrote: »

What year was all this boisterous fun to be had :pac:

Late 90's unfortunately. John Spillane even wrote a song about a Dunnes Stores girl :pac: :pac: :pac:

7Sins · 01-08-2011 04:09PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

Late 90's unfortunately. John Spillane even wrote a song about a Dunnes Stores girl :pac: :pac: :pac:

Ah, could be things have changed a lot since

or maybe it's just my local one.

Lady Chatterton · 01-08-2011 04:16PM

7Sins wrote: »

Ah, could be things have changed a lot since or maybe it's just my local one.

Things have definitely changed.

I think that some of the larger supermarkets only have a handful of staff on the checkouts because they are busy trying to cut costs instead of providing decent customer service.

With fewer people on the checkouts, the assistants that do work on them often find themselves under pressure to keep the queues down, while also having to deal with some irate customers who feel that it's the staff who are responsible for increased prices and longer queues.

Males on supermarket tills.... what do you think?

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