I'm unfamiliar with all this self-scan business. I see they have them at a little Tesco Express I pass on the way to work, but I'd rather be served by a bit of peroxide blonde male rough-trade at the counter.
It seems to me that if the small selection of people here have all tried to cheat the system (albeit in a very minor way) then that really answers why they shouldn't have them in store - after all its only the stores trying to get away with a minimum number of paid staff doing the job for you.
There's one very unpleasant girl in Scotmid at the moment. She talks incessantly (in Urdu) to the other staff, breaking her smile only to turn and scowl at me. She stares off into middle distance when scanning the goods so that she either scans twice or not at all, and pauses inexplicably to watch people being served in other queues.
Frankly she could be replaced by a stiff on a piece of elastic, and I'd still get home faster. I daren't buy milk when I see her on the till or it would be a heady gouda by the time I get it in the fridge.
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I have to say I'm a bit of a fan of these, but that's mainly as I'm a freak and it involves little human interaction. The ones installed at Sainsbury's in Sale always used to crash, there was always at least 1 of the 4 out of action, if not 3. They have however had their software updated recently and this has improved them dramatically in many ways, not just in solving the crashing problem, but also eliminating the "please place the item in the bagging area" message. (They also no longer announce the price of every item).
My main way of getting free items is actually to be too fast for the scanner so and so get two items in the bag, the machine realises and announces "unexpected item in the bagging area" and the assistant comes over and does his tapping of numbers thing assuming it's the computer at fault and gives you the item for free.
The one thing I do see quite often though, is people forgetting about their change in notes. As it comes out under the scanner, they forget and just get their coin change and leave.
My main way of getting free items is actually to be too fast for the scanner so and so get two items in the bag, the machine realises and announces "unexpected item in the bagging area" and the assistant comes over and does his tapping of numbers thing assuming it's the computer at fault and gives you the item for free.
The one thing I do see quite often though, is people forgetting about their change in notes. As it comes out under the scanner, they forget and just get their coin change and leave.
*whistle*
only my local tesco has the belts for the self scan machine, ( But the 2 Asda's don;t have belts)
A riots started one day at the tesco because of que jumping because the staff told people to stand away from the machince so there keep the area clear. I'm surprised the police were never called
A riots started one day at the tesco because of que jumping because the staff told people to stand away from the machince so there keep the area clear. I'm surprised the police were never called
One thing you should never do is peel bar codes off items you've already got in your cupboards at home, cunningly conceal them in your palm with a dab of Pritt Stick attached before entering the shop, and then while placing items in your trolley, stick the bar code over the real bar code on a product that weighs the same but costs vastly more.
Like, ooooh, I dunno, of the top of my head, sticking a bar code from a 1 litre bottle of Shloer onto a 1 litre bottle of Glenfiddich whisky.
Cos then you'd end up getting a big bottle of premium brand whisky for £1.99, and it would of course be totally illegal and immoral.
Like, ooooh, I dunno, of the top of my head, sticking a bar code from a 1 litre bottle of Shloer onto a 1 litre bottle of Glenfiddich whisky.
Cos then you'd end up getting a big bottle of premium brand whisky for £1.99, and it would of course be totally illegal and immoral.
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Nearly as bad as getting a 75cl bottle of £17.99 wine for £3.49.rdobbie wrote:Cos then you'd end up getting a big bottle of premium brand whisky for £1.99, and it would of course be totally illegal and immoral.
Mind you, you don't get the quantity discount till you've put through six bottles of the £17.99, all at £3.49 each.
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rdobbie wrote:One thing you should never do is peel bar codes off items you've already got in your cupboards at home, cunningly conceal them in your palm with a dab of Pritt Stick attached before entering the shop, and then while placing items in your trolley, stick the bar code over the real bar code on a product that weighs the same but costs vastly more.
Like, ooooh, I dunno, of the top of my head, sticking a bar code from a 1 litre bottle of Shloer onto a 1 litre bottle of Glenfiddich whisky.
Cos then you'd end up getting a big bottle of premium brand whisky for £1.99, and it would of course be totally illegal and immoral.
I have never used one and never thought i ever would. I fear things like this as i'd probably end up breaking it.
Now you've put that little idea in my head Robbie i might just have to try using one of these tills.
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I just went out to use self-checkout and did my usual remove-bag-and-not-give-a-fuck-about-the-machine activity, and suddenly a button appears called Bag Remove.
Plus I got 50 clubcard points and didn't have to hand over the coupon, so everyone's a winner.
I just went out to use self-checkout and did my usual remove-bag-and-not-give-a-fuck-about-the-machine activity, and suddenly a button appears called Bag Remove.
Plus I got 50 clubcard points and didn't have to hand over the coupon, so everyone's a winner.