Self-service tills - how honest are we?

[Maydup]

You're serving yourself at the self service till , you have five or six medium to low cost items and a one of them won't scan properly. After trying a couple of times do you just pop it in the bag?

[ummmm]

Yeah, it didn't last long. I think people were robbing left, right and centre. We don't have Safeways here anymore. They sold up to Morrisons.

[joggerjayne]

I just can't be arsed with those self service checkouts.

Why should we do the supermarket's job for free?

Before long, they'll ask us to restock the shelf with any items we've put in our trolleys.

I think the supermarkets want to "educate" customers into checking out themselves, so they can start cutting costs and sacking their checkout staff.

[NoMercy]

I do love you, JJ..

:-)

X x x

[joggerjayne]

Love ya back, HB ...

=0)

[Maydup]

I agree JJ and used to avoid the ss tills at all costs. But as each store is refurbished, the staffed tills reduce in number forcing us to use them. There wasn't a single till in B&Q when I went a few weeks ago that wasn't self service. Just had one girl supervising us but we all had to use them like it or not.

A new food store in town is similar. They have 6 SS, 6 basket only and just 3 staffed tills which is totally inadequate for the size of the place. Scanning a few items is one thing but a whole flippin trolley load takes all day. I won't go there for a big shop.

[NoMercy]

Cheers mate.

Bobjugs had a bang in his nee naw tonight in Brighton.

:-(

[JonnyBoy12]

I love you too, J.J. You have just put in a nutshell what we are all thinking. Why should we do the supermarkets job for free? I do not mind clearing my plates away in a restaurant as they are really pushed for staff, but supermarkets should get more staff.

[ladybirder]

9 times out of 10 I order via the t'internet. Waitrose don't charge for delivery. You don't have to drive to the spmkt, push a trolley round, pick stuff out of the trolley onto the checkout, pick off the CO into bags and back into trolley, out of trolley into car, out of car and lug up to flat. What's not to like?

[Ann]

No wouldn't dare! I would certainly be caught ...... if only by my guilty face leaving the shop!

[Ann]

I'm not keen on self service tills - they always seem to go wrong when I use them and I feel such an idiot. So if there is a choice I'd rather go to a proper human being with a till!
I really do like the new self scanning devices in our local Library though - very clever I think and much much quicker .........