morcus
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 04:42 PM |
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self service checkouts.
Seen and heard alot of things moaning about self service checkouts recently. Just wondering what the general consensus was because I love them since
they first popped up about 5 or so years ago and this is really the first I've heard of people actually hating on them.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 04:50 PM |
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like them untill they they be stuped and you have to get the 1 person looking after 10 tills to come over and sort the problem out
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MikeFellows
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 04:52 PM |
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I left about £100 of shopping on one last time i used it and just walked out
never ever again
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steve m
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 04:59 PM |
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I find them easy, but really only use them if ive got a handfull of stuff to buy
Steve
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mark chandler
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 05:02 PM |
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Only good for a few items, then they always argue for no bloody reason and staff have to saunter over, look at you blankly, sweep a card and wander
off.
I look for a free isle before moving to them
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 05:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeFellows
I left about £100 of shopping on one last time i used it and just walked out
never ever again
I avoid using them at all costs as they are doing at least 2 people out of a job, but had to use on last week. After 3 attempts to pay I left the
whole lot there.
Have now discovered a local Asda has an un-manned fuel station, I won't be using that neither.
Regards
Jon
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Canada EH!
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 05:08 PM |
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The local Walmart took them out after a year, seems their clientel weren't up to the challenge!
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morcus
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 05:22 PM |
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I'm currious to know what you guys have been buying because I rarely have any trouble and I always try and use one because it's normally
quicker.
Automated petrol stations are even better than the instore tills. no queing behind people buying a years worth of ciggerettes, no need to muck about
locking the car, I don't even take the keys out of the ignition if I'm usuing pay at pump (I turn the engine of obviously).
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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UncleFista
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 05:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
quote:
Originally posted by MikeFellows
I left about £100 of shopping on one last time i used it and just walked out
never ever again
I avoid using them at all costs as they are doing at least 2 people out of a job, but had to use on last week. After 3 attempts to pay I left the
whole lot there.
Have now discovered a local Asda has an un-manned fuel station, I won't be using that neither.
Regards
Jon
I don't like the self service checkouts, but 24 hour "pay at the pump" is brilliant for avoiding queues if you use them in the early
hours 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Slimy38
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 05:33 PM |
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I try to use the self service checkouts, but I only use cards. There have been a few too many occasions where it doesn't correctly recognise
cash. But they are fantastic for picking up my lunch and getting back to work quickly.
One thing that winds me up are the trolley users. Yep, you get people turning up with a trolley full of stuff which not only takes up it's own
checkout for the fifteen minutes or so, it also uses up the one to the side of it (and sometimes the other side as well!!). And the supervisor usually
only notices after they've started...
I've never had chance to use a 'pay at pump', they've always been either out of order or simply switched off.
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PSpirine
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 06:28 PM |
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I almost exclusively use pay@pump. It's infinitely better - much much quicker.
Self check-out is awesome when you've got a basket (<20 items, with no DVD's/security tagged alcohol/clothes etc.) and pay by card. I
never ever take my weekly shop to a self-checkout though!
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 07:18 PM |
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people who do their week shop on the self service are di*ks and p*ss me off
its there for handfull or basket of items
edit: pay at pump is the best thing ever
[Edited on 9/5/12 by tomgregory2000]
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morcus
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 07:22 PM |
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Maybe thats why I've missed why people hate them. I very rarely buy more than a baskets worth of stuff and avoid buying anything tagged on them.
I used to avoid buying my booze through them but they don't id me any more so they just have to swipe a card for me.
I'm with you though on nobs who buy loads of stuff or tagged stuff on them.
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kipper
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 07:35 PM |
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They re things from HELL and should be sent back there ASAP
Denis.
Where did that go?
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JoelP
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 07:40 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PSpirine
Self check-out is awesome when you've got a basket (<20 items, with no DVD's/security tagged alcohol/clothes etc.) and pay by card. I
never ever take my weekly shop to a self-checkout though!
+1
I love it when there is a queue of people waiting for the real til, and i stroll up, swipe a few things, literally throw in a handful of assorted
coins, and am heading for the door before their queue has even moved. The newest ones are very good, both in terms of weighing things and how they
take money.
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JoelP
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 07:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by slingshot2000
I avoid using them at all costs as they are doing at least 2 people out of a job, but had to use on last week. After 3 attempts to pay I left the
whole lot there.
Regards
Jon
I hope you walk around naked then, dont you know a modern weaving machine puts about 80 people out of a job!
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loggyboy
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 08:00 PM |
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They are great. And I cant see how anyone who doesnt like them can complain, as you dont HAVE to use them!!
What does annoy me is the numptys that have no clue how to use them, and never will but still try to use them, or that do more than about 10-15
items.
They even have them at DIY stores in the US i found out yesterday. (allthough I think B&Q have them too)
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tegwin
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 08:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
They are great. And I cant see how anyone who doesnt like them can complain, as you dont HAVE to use them!!
What does annoy me is the numptys that have no clue how to use them, and never will but still try to use them, or that do more than about 10-15
items.
They even have them at DIY stores in the US i found out yesterday. (allthough I think B&Q have them too)
Yes, the big B&Q here has them... have been in there a few times when the proper tills were not opperating... its ok if you have 2 boxes of screws
to put in the "bagging area"...but you try and scan an entire bathroom suit and place that in the bagging area....
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morcus
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 08:34 PM |
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I was at tesco's the other day and over heard an old lady asking how to pay with cash on one clearly marked Card payments only. It was the only
one in a block of about ten with a notice on ti aswell.
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 10:48 PM |
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I try to avoid them if there is a relatively small queue on a normal till.
There are a ouple reasons for this, none exciting enough to tell!
The one gripe I do have about them however, is that since there introduction, there is no longer a Basket/10 items or less normal tillin
operation...
So it's queue up half way round the store for the self-serve, or queue up behind 300 items in a couple trolleys (at lunchtime)...
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blakep82
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 10:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve Hignett
The one gripe I do have about them however, is that since there introduction, there is no longer a Basket/10 items or less normal tillin
operation...
we still get 2 basket/10 item checkouts in the 3 tesco's round here, as well as 6 self serves, and about 30 normal ones.
i like them, the only thing that gets me is the 'unexpected item in bagging area' and that if you buy 1 thing, you can't just scan
it and pay without putting it in the bagging big when you don't want a bag (since we're not supposed to take bags any more...) but aside
from that they don't cause me any problems for buying a few things
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ashg
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 11:17 PM |
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What are you all on about? I open the fridge and get the food out Job done. I give her money and it magically appears in the fridge.
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morcus
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 11:27 PM |
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We seem to be fairly evenly divided so far on this which is intresting.
We still have a basket till in our tescos but everytime I go there that one has the longest queue, normally the self service has either no queing or
just a short one.
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Madinventions
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| posted on 9/5/12 at 11:36 PM |
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Veering off topic slightly, but I felt that someone needed to mention Tesco home delivery...
- No need to go into any store.
- No need to get your car pranged in the car park.
- No need to wait behind people aimlessly jabbing at self service checkouts while the stupid machine repeatedly screams "Unexpected item in
bagging area."
We use the Tesco app on our phones to scan the barcodes of things as they run out, and add some odd bits and bobs as we fancy them. It all turns up
in a van on Saturday morning, which means that the weekly shop now takes less than 5 minutes. And we seem to be spending less too!
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loggyboy
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| posted on 10/5/12 at 01:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ashg
What are you all on about? I open the fridge and get the food out Job done. I give her money and it magically appears in the fridge.
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