Hate, Hate, Hate.....self Service Checkouts!

[EcclesCake]

I went to supermarket at sparrowfart this morning.

I had three items and wanted to carry them rather than bothering getting a shopping bag from my handbag. No, can't do that have to put my shopping bag on the scales. So put my handbag on scales, no that doesn't work either as it was too heavy.

Assistant arrived and reprimanded me for having a heavy bag and adjusting the weight by removing my purse.

There was much to-ing and fro-ing as I tried to pay for just three items. I spent longer at the till than I spent picking up my shopping.

I detest these systems, absolutely hate them. However as the supermarket was 'quiet' they don't see the need to open 10 items or less tills. The manned, conventional tills, had queues reaching into next week.

Rant over.

Do any supermarkets offer sensible self service tills?

[emmie]

no they don't, i hate them as well, so no rant that i can see.

[rockyracoon]

I hate them, every single time that I use them, there is a problem. 'Unexpected item in the bagging area'..........no there effin isn't!

[Islay]

Don't bother me at all, am very happy to use them.

[emmie]

it was in the day of actually buying a newspaper which i don't now. It took the assistant, which defeats the object to sort me out, bloody things are a pain in the arris.

[Islay]

patience is a virtue!

[Cloverjo]

I can't stand them, either. I only use them if my son is with me. He seems to have no problems with the bloomin' things.

[emmie]

nothing to do with patience, they often don't work, and you can see those people struggling with a machine telling you to put your items in a bag, when you have one already,

[EcclesCake]

I once wanted a bottle of water. I popped into a Tesco and picked one up. The queues for manned tills were rammed, I only had one item, priced at a pound.

The random questions I was asked by the screen were extensive and daft beyond belief.

I stomped off in disgust, walked into a newsagent around the corner and picked up a bottle of water and handed the chap a quid and walked out. I will remember where this shop is as it is clearly a 'one man band' type of operation in central London where rates must be horrendous,

[Purist]

why would you put your handbag on the scale? just scan the items you are buying and put them on the scale, the only bag that should be weighed is a carrier bag. I have used them for years, no problem at all.

[Berniecuddles2]

Eccles agree ..but let islay do your shopping lol

[ferlew]

Short answer, I have self checkout rage!

[murraymints]

never use them

[Buenchico]

I will happily queue to use the self-service tills, even when there are half a dozen staffed tills with no customers at them. I simply prefer machines to people.

One of the reasons I don't like shopping in Aldi or Lidl is because they've not yet got any self-service tills. That really annoys me!

[anneasquith]

And a self service till doesn't want to engage you in conversation Chris ? :-)

[emmie]

our local shop only has a few and hardly anyone uses them by the looks of things.

[Buenchico]

>>> Exactly!

[jno]

I'm with Purist. Scan your purchases, put them in the bagging area, pick them up and walk out when you've paid. I've never been in a shop that demanded I put a bag on the scales. What supermarket did you go to??

[emmie]

it only took me minutes to queue at the basket only line, so i won't use these self service tills.

[Samjenko]

I always use them. They're simple.

[Buenchico]

Jean Paul Sartre provided the best reason for using only self-service tills:
"Hell is other people".