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whats with these headsets on lidi staff

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  • 25-01-2019 9:05pm
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    Specialun
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    i see lidl staff wearing these headsets, but they just talk **** to eachother while packing the shelves. does your local lidi staff have these?. shirley the point of these yokes so they can chat about work stuff not yip yapping about the nights there going out over the weekend


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    BrokenArrows
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    Specialun wrote: »
    i see lidl staff wearing these headsets, but they just talk **** to eachother while packing the shelves. does your local lidi staff have these?. shirley the point of these yokes so they can chat about work stuff not yip yapping about the nights there going out over the weekend

    What difference does it make to you what they use it for?


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    Signore Fancy Pants
    Registered Users Posts: 3,685 ✭✭✭Signore Fancy Pants


    Its for slagging the punters...especially the specialuns.


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    Sam Quentin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭Sam Quentin


    Mayday mayday we have a live one at till 3.. HELP HELP HELP WHAT IS THE CODE FOR THE POPCORN,.PLEASE HURRY.


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    sonofenoch
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    Specialun wrote: »
    i see lidl staff wearing these headsets, but they just talk **** to eachother while packing the shelves. does your local lidi staff have these?. shirley the point of these yokes so they can chat about work stuff not yip yapping about the nights there going out over the weekend

    You speak Polish? :rolleyes:


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    Specialun
    Registered Users Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    What difference does it make to you what they use it for?


    you must be a right laugh at parties


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    Agricola
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    "Operator 4, your pulse has dropped below 100bpm und your efficiency is no longer optimum. Vork harder!"


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    AllForIt
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    Aldi have an announcement system where all the customer can hear 'manager to till 3' for example, whereas in Lidl transmission are private, hence headsets. Never though i'd say that - hence headsets.

    I prefer the Aldi systems where you hear 'till 3 is now opening' and you run to it bypassing ppl who were in front of you. It's that 'couldn't care less you were in front of me, I got there first' feeling that I enjoy.


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    Wanderer78
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    Specialun wrote:
    i see lidl staff wearing these headsets, but they just talk **** to eachother while packing the shelves. does your local lidi staff have these?. shirley the point of these yokes so they can chat about work stuff not yip yapping about the nights there going out over the weekend


    Increases productivity, hence increases profits. 'Arbeit macht frei'!


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    Tails142
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    Also, the tills don't have screens to save money, just a single line screen that shows a bit of text, price of an item as it scans etc. I think the tills talk messages to the operators as they're scanning through the headset.


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    Boom_Bap
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    When they are talking to you, but then you realise they aren't talking to you, and you go home and cry while unpacking your groceries.


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    4068ac1elhodqr
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    The barcodes on their goods are oversized so they can put the products through at breakneck speed (would like to see this become an olympic sport)
    this and the walkie talkies banterz, all likely aid to greater efficency.

    Ideally they should use 10-codes for even quicker status reports: e.g. 10-18 (Complete assignment quickly!)


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    [Deleted User]
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    Agricola wrote: »
    "Operator 4, your pulse has dropped below 100bpm und your efficiency is no longer optimum. Vork harder!"

    That time will come. And it's not at all far off.


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    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Deleted User wrote: »
    That time will come. And it's not at all far off.

    'Emotional surveillance technology' already exists in places such as China, and the profits are up at State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power.

    Headsets today, Neuro Caps tommorow.
    If you're hoping for a bit of Alpha wave mellow mindfulness time around 10hz, prepare to be zapped stimulated back into the productive Beta zones of 14-40Hz.


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    Mister Vain
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    They're for voice picking.


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    fullstop
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    Specialun wrote: »
    you must be a right laugh at parties

    Ohhhh, we got a Conor McGregor over here


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    Badly Drunk Boy
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    I was in Woodies a while ago, asking at customer service about a shed I'd ordered, and as the girl was responding to me, she kept talking without a break but what she was saying didn't make any sense until I realised she had started talking to a colleague through her earpiece (which I hadn't noticed since it was on her other side). "Boo-urns!!" sez I.
    AllForIt wrote: »
    I prefer the Aldi systems where you hear 'till 3 is now opening' and you run to it bypassing ppl who were in front of you. It's that 'couldn't care less you were in front of me, I got there first' feeling that I enjoy.
    But then the person doesn't actually come out to the till for five minutes, as you see the people at your original till walk out the door...


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    [Deleted User]
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    Breaker one nine, this here's the rubber ducky


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    [Deleted User]
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    Lucian Grumpy Lemonade wrote: »
    'Emotional surveillance technology' already exists in places such as China, and the profits are up at State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power.

    Headsets today, Neuro Caps tommorow.
    If you're hoping for a bit of Alpha wave mellow mindfulness time around 10hz, prepare to be zapped stimulated back into the productive Beta zones of 14-40Hz.

    Ah yeah I know. and just a matter of time over here.


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    worded
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    They are phasing in the headsets for everyone in all stores starting initially with the staff ....

    Customer and staff alike can now alert everyone to a “spillage at isle 3” or plans for the weekend etc ...

    Full VR sets are planned for the future where you can virtually shop from home or in store and get it delivered by drone


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    thesandeman
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    Boom_Bap wrote: »
    When they are talking to you, but then you realise they aren't talking to you, and you go home and cry while unpacking your groceries.

    I've been caught like that a few times. I didn't catch what he was saying so I just nodded and smiled. Then I realised he's looking at me thinking "what's this feckin' idiot doing staring at me with a stupid grin on his face".


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    spurious
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    They always say hello in LIDL.


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    Cee-Jay-Cee
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    Someone jump on till 4.

    What’s the code for cauliflower?


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    Zorya
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    I genuinely feel sorry for them having to wear those cyborg headsets. All the time that electromagnetic crap zapping into the brain. It would freak me out if I was told to wear one.


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    Dakotabigone
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    It wouldn’t surprise me if they have a remote controlled dildo and some fat yoke at the desk dogging the controls.


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    Stephen15
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    Specialun wrote: »
    i see lidl staff wearing these headsets, but they just talk **** to eachother while packing the shelves. does your local lidi staff have these?. shirley the point of these yokes so they can chat about work stuff not yip yapping about the nights there going out over the weekend

    What Lidl is that do you me asking? I have yet to across one of those highly rare and endangered species. I have tried on many attempts to catch one of these rare beasts on any visit to a Lidl I try to be extra quiet in order not to disturb any of these creatures and have even tried dressing up as a pallet full of frosted flakes in order to blend into the enviroment but to no avail. Can you give me any advice?


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    Franz Von Peppercorn
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    Dakotabigone wrote: »
    It wouldn’t surprise me if they have a remote controlled dildo and some fat yoke at the desk dogging the controls.

    Honestly I’d find that surprising.


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    Ronaldinho
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    To help evacuate more quickly in the event of a digger ripping the building asunder


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    Johnny Red Cab
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    Härter arbeiten, schnell, schnell!


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    maxwell smart
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    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    I was in Woodies a while ago, asking at customer service about a shed I'd ordered, and as the girl was responding to me, she kept talking without a break but what she was saying didn't make any sense until I realised she had started talking to a colleague through her earpiece (which I hadn't noticed since it was on her other side). "Boo-urns!!" sez I.


    But then the person doesn't actually come out to the till for five minutes, as you see the people at your original till walk out the door...

    While those you thought you bypassed, as you see their faces going out the door, look at you with a little look of victory etched on their face.

    Until we meet again complete stranger who has got the better of me......


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    Lucian Grumpy Lemonade wrote: »
    The barcodes on their goods are oversized so they can put the products through at breakneck speed (would like to see this become an olympic sport)
    this and the walkie talkies banterz, all likely aid to greater efficency.

    Ideally they should use 10-codes for even quicker status reports: e.g. 10-18 (Complete assignment quickly!)

    Is this true?! This is why they race through scanning my goods to the point I have anxiety trying to match their speed to pack them away?


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