I've Bought A Car A Lot Quicker

[pimplyteen]

Went into a Decathylen today got to the checkout, self service. At the checkout you place your items inside what I would call a black container /box, in turn this electronically reads and scans what you have bought without you actually scanning it, fine that's ok, until you have to navigate your way round the ruddy screen.

First question Do you have a voucher no, then it takes the screen forever to continue. Second question do you have an email address, well I do like many but i didn't want to give it to them or any other shop, so you then have to scan the screen yourself because there's not an obvious opt out button, manage to find it after several seconds had gone by, then it takes even more time for a new page to appear.
Third question, Whats your address, again same, play about until you find a way out of answering that one, wait again for a new page to appear.
Forth question. How much do you want to give to the charity below, it just went on and on before I finally got to pay, all this hassle while 3 young girls stood there in Decathylen uniforms do nothing but playing about.

This is the real joke I wanted one item that cost a massive £1.45, the receipt that came out of the checkout was 13" long and I'm not kidding.
Will I ever enter the place again. Naaaaa

[ToraToraTora]

I thought a "Decathylen" was an Olympic event.

[pimplyteen]

It is to pay^^:0)

[davebro]

I think it's DECATHALON.

I've been wanting to "Adopt an Elephant" but I really don't have room to keep one!

[pimplyteen]

Yep your right dave first time i've ever been in one, I was dizzy on leaving. :0)

[Old_Geezer]

If a company indicates that giving you service isn't something they're interested in, because you're just an annoyance, then shop elsewhere. First the High Street banks disappeared, then till servers (save for slow ones on 1 maybe 2 tills to encourage you to do it yourself gor free). What next ? Make a stand, vote with your feet (and buying power) before everything is lost.

[Old_Geezer]

...FOR...

[pimplyteen]

I think service is almost a thing of the past OG. There are only 4 checkouts left out of 20 at my Sainsburys for personal service.

[ToraToraTora]

Who goes to a shop anyway? why would you?, ditto the bank, haven't been for years.

[pimplyteen]

Who goes to a shop anyway? I do TTT. Why would you.
Because I wanted a weight to make a plumb line., and they sell small weights that people use to go fishing with. And I was passing so why not call in opposed to ordering this small cheap item on line and paying postage. Hope this answers your question.

[Ellipsis]

Was it a long weight?

[ToraToraTora]

you must have a 1000 things already to make a plumb line with.

[THECORBYLOON]

"Who goes to a shop anyway?" Millions do, is that all right with you?

[jno]

sadly, they will all miss out on seeing TTT, which must spoil their day out

[Tuvok]

Never heard of that shop.

[douglas9401]

Oh I'll bet Tora pops in now and again, mostly to tell folk where they're going wrong. :-)

[pimplyteen]

TTT. If I had a 1000 things to make a plumb line i wouldnt have had to buy such now would I.

[piggynose]

I used decathlon( well that's what it's called in Spain) recently and I was surprised how fast it was, I to placed my item in the black box area, and in split second it scanned it and asked if I wanted to pay by cash or card!! Job done!!