Lidl/aldi very annoying

hardCopy · 10-04-2012 01:57PM

krudler wrote: »

Anyone wrote: »

My local Lidl provides baskets.

Anyway, my only problem with Lidl is how eerily quiet it is in there.

its quiet because they dont have to pay IRMA for the rights to play music in the stores, it must drive the staff nuts, just hearing constant beeping and people complaining all day.

Can't be any worse than 30 minutes of corporate approved middle of the road music on a loop all day

WindSock · 10-04-2012 01:59PM

optimistic_ wrote: »

@Run, think you'll find you're talking out your @rse pal.
Lidl on Moore St in Dublin do indeed provide baskets. Aldi down the road from them provide two sizes of trolleys.
Yet more b*llocks talk from you.

Thats because its in the city centre.

I dont see why they wouldnt have self service check outs though.

snubbleste · 10-04-2012 02:01PM

My local Lidl also has baskets.
The Aldi has big signs above the start of the checkout belt that if the line reaches this far they'll open a new till.
Can you imagine what kind of country Ireland would be if Aldi&Lidl had not invaded?

KilOit · 10-04-2012 02:01PM

+1 for when you don't buy anything and can't get out, staff always look at you like you robbed something when you squeeze out, luckily I'm thin enough to squeeze past the closed barriers, fat women holding their fat asses up with the trolleys completely block the open tills, god I hate shopping! Should be a male only time to shop sometime in the day

narfsnonsense · 10-04-2012 02:06PM

I get pissed off when you judge which queue you're going to join and then some f*cker in front of you has a whole pile of stuff stored on the closed check out, or a box of stuff at the end of the isle because he didn't get a trolley in the first place and couldn't carry all his shopping.

This same b*stard who had the shopping on the next checkout, then went and finished his shopping picking up more stuff of the shelves. I was ready to punch.

Fart · 10-04-2012 02:06PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

Never happens in M & S darling.

True. But instead of being in a big queue with one checkout operator, you're standing behind aul wans counting their coppers for an eternity.

number10a · 10-04-2012 02:07PM

Their queues can be long, but they move really quick! And these Lidls and Aldis that only have one till open? I don't believe they exist. I've been in them all over Europe, and it's the same everywhere - if the queue goes beyond a certain point, another till gets opened until nearly all the staff are on checkouts. Compare a queue of four trollies to a queue for two trollies in Tesco/Super Valu and you'll see which one you'll get out of quicker. Tesco is hell on earth, but people seem to be able to see beyond this because you pay more in there. I just don't understand this.

dodderangler · 10-04-2012 03:32PM

number10a wrote: »

Their queues can be long, but they move really quick! And these Lidls and Aldis that only have one till open? I don't believe they exist. I've been in them all over Europe, and it's the same everywhere - if the queue goes beyond a certain point, another till gets opened until nearly all the staff are on checkouts. Compare a queue of four trollies to a queue for two trollies in Tesco/Super Valu and you'll see which one you'll get out of quicker. Tesco is hell on earth, but people seem to be able to see beyond this because you pay more in there. I just don't understand this.

What lidls have u been in their slow because the staff act like they ain't bothered and yeah when there's bout ten people in the que then they call someone and it takes another staff member bout 5 minutes to come down in no rush at all it's not good for business

davet82 · 10-04-2012 03:59PM

shoplifting is your friend in this situation

gosuckonalemon · 10-04-2012 04:04PM

Aldi are now selling selected fruit and veg for just 18c.

The queues might seem longer but move way quicker.

There is no debate here!

krudler · 10-04-2012 04:07PM

hardCopy wrote: »

Can't be any worse than 30 minutes of corporate approved middle of the road music on a loop all day

the one thing I loved about working for HMV was the infinite choice of music we could play, we used to play chat stuff at lunch once the place was busy but any other time it was whatever we felt like, got a real musical education working there. worked in a job before where all they played was a local limerick radio station with the same 15 songs over and over again all day, was torture.

The Big Red Button · 10-04-2012 04:08PM

It's not QUE, it's not Q, it's not CUE.

It's "queue."

That is all.

average_runner · 10-04-2012 04:11PM

dodderangler wrote: »

What lidls have u been in their slow because the staff act like they ain't bothered and yeah when there's bout ten people in the que then they call someone and it takes another staff member bout 5 minutes to come down in no rush at all it's not good for business

Lidl and aldi tills are way faster than the lazy staff at tesco and dunnes.

Dunnes is a total disaster.

ejmaztec · 10-04-2012 04:13PM

chatterpillar wrote: »

It's not QUE, it's not Q, it's not CUE.

It's "queue."

That is all.

Cue the spelling nazis.:P

phill106 · 10-04-2012 04:19PM

snubbleste wrote: »

My local Lidl also has baskets.
The Aldi has big signs above the start of the checkout belt that if the line reaches this far they'll open a new till.QUOTE]

I HATE THAT SIGN!
There I am, standing in a queue longer than the aforementioned sign, and only 2-3 lines open. Do they open another line! F*ck no!
And it isn't that there is not other staff around, they are off packing shelves, or on break whatever.
I know they have other duties, but if every line is at least a full trolley longer then that stupid sign, open another till or take down the sign!

Aldi in limerick, by the parkway in case anyone is wondering who I am venting at

Big Nasty · 10-04-2012 04:23PM

Lidl opposite Marlay Park is always busy and most tills open. I've dropped in to the one in Deansgrange a couple of times and it is dead quiet with one till syndrome. Dundrum would be halfways between the two, in both distance and service.

John Doe1 · 10-04-2012 04:34PM

wow I hope you will somehoe recover from this experience. I know a good counsellor PM me:)

A Primal Nut · 10-04-2012 04:37PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Lidl & Aldi don't want people going in there buying a handful of items, if they did they would provide shopping baskets and express outlets.

If you notice both these chains only provide large shopping trolleys. Everything is carefully planned and manipulated so that you will have to do a complete tour of the shop just to get the basics and fill up your large trolley as you spot other items that you may not necessarily need along the way.

Its called professional marketing.

Exactly. Lidl is designed for people who want to buy lots of things. Their margins are too low to care about people who want to buy one or two items.

It's not so much marketing as an important part of how the store operates. Calling it professional marketing suggests they are sly about it, which they aren't at all.

They were sly about other things. When I worked there, now and again they would have these specials, such as very cheap GPS systems or televisons (I'm sure they still do). In reality they would order about 8 (most of which the staff bought for themselves before the store opened). It was just a way to get people to queue outside at 8 in the morning and shop there as they had no notion of selling GPS systems to more than the first couple of people. The customers would complain to the staff about how there weren't enough GPS systems but they would still get their shopping done while they were at it so Lidl were happy. At least with a loss leader, the shop has the product in stock. Lidl just advertise the product while in reality ordering only a small handful.

krudler wrote: »

its quiet because they dont have to pay IRMA for the rights to play music in the stores, it must drive the staff nuts, just hearing constant beeping and people complaining all day.

I worked in Lidl and Dunnes; and preferred no music in Lidl to the same six Christmas songs playing over and over again in Dunnes. I'd rather hear the sound of beeping and people complaining than some of the s**** music they normally play in these stores.

Gummy Panda · 10-04-2012 04:56PM

I was in Marks & Spencers the other day and they sell Blueberry cheesecake ice cream. I regret not buying a tub now

skyflyer · 10-04-2012 05:16PM

Often there's problems with the tills in Lidl and they can't be used. But they vary wildly on how busy they are. Moore St for example is usually the busiest.

WindSock · 10-04-2012 05:34PM

chatterpillar wrote: »

It's not QUE, it's not Q, it's not CUE.

It's "queue."

That is all.

Huh?

Bambii_ · 10-04-2012 05:41PM

Why go to a supermarket to buy bread? :S Just go to the local corner shop or centra/spar etc. Bread costs the same everywhere and there'd be no queue in smaller shops where people go to get a few things for the day.

the_syco · 10-04-2012 05:43PM

dodderangler wrote: »

Anyone else annoyed going to these shops and the que is out the door yet only one person is serving and there's 5 tills there queuing for 10 mins for a loaf of poxy ****ty bread

Less staff, less cost.

You went there as it's cheaper. If you want more tills open, goto Tescos, but remember that the extra tills cost more, so be prepared to pay for the privilege! :pac:

Francie Barrett · 10-04-2012 05:53PM

Am I the only person who has never been to Lidl?

Jarren · 10-04-2012 06:02PM

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Am I the only person who has never been to Lidl?

Yes Darling

Mr Benevolent · 10-04-2012 06:37PM

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Am I the only person who has never been to Lidl?

Yeah, I prefer Aldi too.

WoollyRedHat · 10-04-2012 06:45PM

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Lidl & Aldi don't want people going in there buying a handful of items, if they did they would provide shopping baskets and express outlets.

If you notice both these chains only provide large shopping trolleys. Everything is carefully planned and manipulated so that you will have to do a complete tour of the shop just to get the basics and fill up your large trolley as you spot other items that you may not necessarily need along the way.

Its called professional marketing.

It's called sneaky, conniving Germans

mikemac1 · 10-04-2012 06:51PM

A Primal Nut wrote: »

When I worked there, now and again they would have these specials....... In reality they would order about 8 (most of which the staff bought for themselves before the store opened).

Bad form

That's just wasting customers time if the staff had it all organized between themselves

I don't blame the staff as people will push to what they get away with, that's managements fault

Pure time wasting

Ted_YNWA · 10-04-2012 07:00PM

Fart wrote: »

True. But instead of being in a big queue with one checkout operator, you're standing behind aul wans counting their coppers for an eternity.

Shops are only legally obliged to take 50 coins in one transaction

no party shall be obliged to accept more than 50 coins in any single
payment.

Source : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:1998:139:0001:0005:EN:PDF (article 11).

Pandora2 · 10-04-2012 07:03PM

Natasha_95 wrote: »

Why go to a supermarket to buy bread? :S Just go to the local corner shop or centra/spar etc. Bread costs the same everywhere and there'd be no queue in smaller shops where people go to get a few things for the day.

Sorry Natasha, ime you will pay the most for bread in a garage/M&S, little less in Spar/Centra/local corner shop, less again in Dunnes & Tesco, cheapest in Aldi/Lidl,. Same seems to apply to all basic provisions.

Lidl/aldi very annoying

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