Self Checkouts

Freebyrd · 21st November 2017, 09:43

Supermarket Self Checkouts:

Do you avoid them or are you a fan?

I avoid at all cost. Not enough space for goods, no room to park trolley to unload, infuriating voice (always female) stating "Unidentified item in bagging area".

Nick Greg · 21st November 2017, 10:02

If I have one or two items, none of which require any age authorisation I will use them. Otherwise prefer to see a person

greendriver · 21st November 2017, 10:06

ours are always busy with feisty ladies...Unidentified bag in item area.....

Nick Greg · 21st November 2017, 10:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by greendriver

ours are always busy with feisty ladies...Unidentified bag in item area.....

Very good

planenut · 21st November 2017, 10:33

Hate them, and why is that 75% of the items I need someone to attend. As I wanted to pass through an Asda quickly the other day, with one item, I chose the automatic tills, to then find that 90% of them word "card only".

The supermarkets must love them 'cos it means that you do all the work yourself and none of the staff have to, so they can reduce the manpower.

Lancpudn · 21st November 2017, 10:41

Hate them, I avoid them like the plague, I've tried them twice and.....Computer says No! I ended up just leaving the shopping there and went to Aldi on both occasions as I'd lost the will to live.

Nick Greg · 21st November 2017, 10:46

One I went to needed to have authorisation for a small box of liqueur chocolates. As if you are going to get hammered on those

Ravinder · 21st November 2017, 11:38

I always use them. The best one is sainsburys. Always works perfectly. Asda s are terrible. Never scans or comes up with asking for assistance etc. Morrisons too is a bit hit and miss. But, I do like the sainsburys one. I dont remember the last time I went up to a cashier and scanned there.

rustymotor · 21st November 2017, 13:01

We had a new Lidl built close to us, got a trolley full and found only one manned check out working, went to the auto..

Took 12 minutes to register a bag on the scales, 13 minutes to get my beer approved..then started feeding it with £20 notes, each time the money kept flying back out..tried different notes to no use another 6 minutes..got so fed up I just walked left it all there..

It's a really lovely shop too as good as M & S..back to Morrisons

mystabe · 21st November 2017, 13:29

Nothing wrong with them if you have a basket..... If I have a trolley full (especially if it contains bread/fruit/vegetables with no barcode) I always go to a manned checkout, preferably not an empty one though, as if you can load your food on the back as the previous persons food is going through it's a much more relaxing experience because you can be at the end to load it into bags as it comes through

35 years of supermarket shopping experience

21st November 2017, 09:43	#1
Freebyrd Posted a thing or two MG ZT-T Join Date: May 2010 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 1,667 Thanks: 992 Thanked 384 Times in 277 Posts	Self Checkouts Supermarket Self Checkouts: Do you avoid them or are you a fan? I avoid at all cost. Not enough space for goods, no room to park trolley to unload, infuriating voice (always female) stating "Unidentified item in bagging area". __________________ MG ZT-T 180+Sports Auto Date of Birth: 21 May 2002

21st November 2017, 10:06	#3
greendriver This is my second home MG ZTT 180 in Poseidon Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Croydon Posts: 3,745 Thanks: 44 Thanked 86 Times in 75 Posts	ours are always busy with feisty ladies...Unidentified bag in item area..... __________________ *None of my troubles are Rover*

21st November 2017, 10:41	#6
Lancpudn This is my second home MG ZS EV Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Lancashire Posts: 15,562 Thanks: 4,591 Thanked 3,427 Times in 2,565 Posts	Hate them, I avoid them like the plague, I've tried them twice and.....Computer says No! I ended up just leaving the shopping there and went to Aldi on both occasions as I'd lost the will to live. __________________ Blessed are the tea makers. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3b...auto-2000_auto

21st November 2017, 11:38	#8
Ravinder This is my second home Rover 75 saloon x2, Rover 75 Tourer x2, Rover 220 Coupe Turbo Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kirkcaldy, Fife Posts: 9,036 Thanks: 2,278 Thanked 2,852 Times in 1,718 Posts	I always use them. The best one is sainsburys. Always works perfectly. Asda s are terrible. Never scans or comes up with asking for assistance etc. Morrisons too is a bit hit and miss. But, I do like the sainsburys one. I dont remember the last time I went up to a cashier and scanned there. __________________ Wanted - Indian bride. Cash waiting. (All sorted - bargain) First name and forum name: Ravinder Rover 75 2.0 CDT Connoisseur SE 116 (160 remap) Royal Blue (JFM) This vehicle was the 50,481st 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381 This vehicle was the 2,238th 75 CDT Connoisseur SE to be made out of 3,775 This vehicle was the 5,002nd 75 in Royal Blue (code: JFM) to be made out of 14,420 Royal Blue 75s

21st November 2017, 13:29	#10
mystabe Posted a thing or two Mazda 6 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Wigan Posts: 1,384 Thanks: 266 Thanked 398 Times in 287 Posts	Nothing wrong with them if you have a basket..... If I have a trolley full (especially if it contains bread/fruit/vegetables with no barcode) I always go to a manned checkout, preferably not an empty one though, as if you can load your food on the back as the previous persons food is going through it's a much more relaxing experience because you can be at the end to load it into bags as it comes through 35 years of supermarket shopping experience Last edited by mystabe; 21st November 2017 at 13:34..

21st November 2017, 10:02	#2
Nick Greg Posted a thing or two Honda Insight Hybrid Join Date: May 2015 Location: Brighouse Posts: 1,157 Thanks: 691 Thanked 424 Times in 280 Posts	If I have one or two items, none of which require any age authorisation I will use them. Otherwise prefer to see a person

21st November 2017, 10:33	#5
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,948 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	Hate them, and why is that 75% of the items I need someone to attend. As I wanted to pass through an Asda quickly the other day, with one item, I chose the automatic tills, to then find that 90% of them word "card only". The supermarkets must love them 'cos it means that you do all the work yourself and none of the staff have to, so they can reduce the manpower.

21st November 2017, 10:46	#7
Nick Greg Posted a thing or two Honda Insight Hybrid Join Date: May 2015 Location: Brighouse Posts: 1,157 Thanks: 691 Thanked 424 Times in 280 Posts	One I went to needed to have authorisation for a small box of liqueur chocolates. As if you are going to get hammered on those

21st November 2017, 13:01	#9
rustymotor Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: May 2017 Location: Hull Posts: 1,848 Thanks: 216 Thanked 432 Times in 340 Posts	We had a new Lidl built close to us, got a trolley full and found only one manned check out working, went to the auto.. Took 12 minutes to register a bag on the scales, 13 minutes to get my beer approved..then started feeding it with £20 notes, each time the money kept flying back out..tried different notes to no use another 6 minutes..got so fed up I just walked left it all there.. It's a really lovely shop too as good as M & S..back to Morrisons

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