Oddly, @B3, a little local supermarket stocks the beans.
I've never counted the number of checkouts but there are 3 reserved for self scanning trolley loads and, at the other end, a group of 8 self scan tills where the customer does all the scanning. I keep to the traditional ones where someone scans while we pack.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I wish that people in supermarkets, not just the staff would realise that they might be the only person that a lonely person communicates with in a week. To be honest, if it wasn't for this forum ,I'd barely speak to anyone myself.
I'd speak to you @B3 I try to say hello to every individual I meet in the street.
I had a conversation the other day initiated by a lady asking if I could read out the price of loo rolls in front of me. Spent nearly 10 mins talking. She could have stayed silent and waited for me to move. Another time an elderly gent passed a comment and included the title 'Miss'. I of course responded and after a moment his wife joined us. Seems he takes any opportunity to start conversations because they're fun.
... they also have one lunchtime a week where the light levels are reduced and the sound system and announcements are turned off so that people with special conditions such as Aspergers or autism and so on can shop in peace.
Oh, how I long for this! 😕
In my Sainsbury's, the alarms at the SC tills and doors in/out are forever sounding and the volume is so loud. I feel rooted to the spot till these stop and sometimes have to cover my ears. When the fire alarm got trialled whilst I was in there once, I was so shaken I had to leave.
Many of the young people I worked with found that mouse-cancelling headphones really reduced their stress levels when they were out and about in busy places.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The Aldi where I was shopping, recently introduced a double row of self-serve tills. I hate the things because every till setup seems to be slightly different but I do use them. Aldi has a member of staff on duty to help customers out, they seem very well trained, new brooms sweeping clean because they have been very patient with me, and also polite and pleasant. At the moment they are not being used as much as the personal checkouts, the same in Lidl where for some reason I always end up in a fight with the wretched tills. Asda's self-serve tills seem more customer-friendly, not sure why.
I initially stopped to speak to the lady because I thought she was about to collapse. Our conversation opened with her telling me she suffered from OCP? and how difficult it has been for her to get portable oxygen, she has only been given nebulizers so far.
One elderly lady I knew used to keep her radio /TV on all the time because she was worried she would forget how to talk because she saw so few people. So sad.
Many of the young people I worked with found that mouse-cancelling headphones really reduced their stress levels when they were out and about in busy places.
They could really sting your ears if they cancelled a mouse when you were wearing the headphones.
The Tesco Metro at the end of my road has quiet days / times as Obelixx described. I've not particularly noticed them as I only pop in occasionally, but they advertise them on the door.
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I've never counted the number of checkouts but there are 3 reserved for self scanning trolley loads and, at the other end, a group of 8 self scan tills where the customer does all the scanning. I keep to the traditional ones where someone scans while we pack.
I try to say hello to every individual I meet in the street.
So, HELLO !!
Another time an elderly gent passed a comment and included the title 'Miss'. I of course responded and after a moment his wife joined us. Seems he takes any opportunity to start conversations because they're fun.
In my Sainsbury's, the alarms at the SC tills and doors in/out are forever sounding and the volume is so loud. I feel rooted to the spot till these stop and sometimes have to cover my ears. When the fire alarm got trialled whilst I was in there once, I was so shaken I had to leave.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I initially stopped to speak to the lady because I thought she was about to collapse. Our conversation opened with her telling me she suffered from OCP? and how difficult it has been for her to get portable oxygen, she has only been given nebulizers so far.
One elderly lady I knew used to keep her radio /TV on all the time because she was worried she would forget how to talk because she saw so few people. So sad.
They could really sting your ears if they cancelled a mouse when you were wearing the headphones.