Hmmm. I always feel obligated to hurry because of the queue, and I do, but really I think that if I have spent my money there then I am entitled to a bit of time and courtesy. I find the checkout girls very nice on the whole, often exceptionally helpful and kind, but what else should you expect? It is not a production line, but a queue of real people with real needs.
One advantage of being a pensioner is that you don't have to hurry. I take my time at the checkout, and if I see someone with only one or two items I let them go ahead. I appreciate that when it happens to me too. Also, I try not to go shopping during the rush hour, the checkout girls are usually friendlier then as well.
Agreed G/G those girls and boys are also real people and luckily most do not take their own probelms to work although many shoppers seem to take all their bind ups to the tills and take it out on them. I have been almost atomic hearing some of the demands made of the checkout people and usually by people who should know better. Anyway rant, Scotch eggs for tea and I could only eat one plus no room for pie as yet, too full. That is what you get when eye's are bigger than "err" b no Tummy.
As I've said before, I do most of my shopping locally, within walking distance. But there are times when a supermarket shop is the way to go...bog rolls, washing powder etc. I try to schedule those times for when I've finished work (I work nights and there's a huge 24 hour supermarket which only means a 4 mile detour on my way home). You'd think it would be quiet, but the aisles are jammed up with staff filling trolleys with online orders. And there's only 1 or 2 tills open...but I always say 'Yes' to the offer of help with the packing, which means the operator has to navigate their way through my motley collection of shopping bags.
Swiss Sue, how dreadful!! This is utter madness and this lady should get all the publicity she can muster. I'm wondering whether her local MP can help.
This may contravene the letter of the plannning laws but surely not the spirit. The article says that she has used ten feet of green best land. She should threaten to sue the council if they damage anything not on those ten feet!
It's unbelievable, isn't it, I thought I was seeing things! It seems that that council is run by what is generally called "jobsworths". It's such a lovely garden and I'm sure the foxes and the birds and bees can still run/fly around in the field next door.
They are almost certainly in her garden! A similar thing happened in our area a couple of years ago - I don't know the outcome. That person had built some wooden structures though, more obtrusive.
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Hmmm. I always feel obligated to hurry because of the queue, and I do, but really I think that if I have spent my money there then I am entitled to a bit of time and courtesy. I find the checkout girls very nice on the whole, often exceptionally helpful and kind, but what else should you expect? It is not a production line, but a queue of real people with real needs.
One advantage of being a pensioner is that you don't have to hurry. I take my time at the checkout, and if I see someone with only one or two items I let them go ahead. I appreciate that when it happens to me too. Also, I try not to go shopping during the rush hour, the checkout girls are usually friendlier then as well.
What really annoys me is when something is marked down, say 50%, and the label is stuck over the original price so I can't compare.
Agreed G/G those girls and boys are also real people and luckily most do not take their own probelms to work although many shoppers seem to take all their bind ups to the tills and take it out on them. I have been almost atomic hearing some of the demands made of the checkout people and usually by people who should know better.
Anyway rant, Scotch eggs for tea and I could only eat one plus no room for pie as yet, too full. That is what you get when eye's are bigger than "err" b no Tummy.
Frank.
Now here's a lady who would surely love to have a rant on here, bureaucracy at its best! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290181/Grandmother-spent-10-000-turning-muddy-field-idyllic-garden-ordered-rip-breaching-greenbelt-planning-rules.html
As I've said before, I do most of my shopping locally, within walking distance. But there are times when a supermarket shop is the way to go...bog rolls, washing powder etc. I try to schedule those times for when I've finished work (I work nights and there's a huge 24 hour supermarket which only means a 4 mile detour on my way home). You'd think it would be quiet, but the aisles are jammed up with staff filling trolleys with online orders. And there's only 1 or 2 tills open...but I always say 'Yes' to the offer of help with the packing, which means the operator has to navigate their way through my motley collection of shopping bags.
SwissSue, that was a lovely garden, the planners are mad. How heartbreaking for her.
Swiss Sue, how dreadful!! This is utter madness and this lady should get all the publicity she can muster. I'm wondering whether her local MP can help.
This may contravene the letter of the plannning laws but surely not the spirit. The article says that she has used ten feet of green best land. She should threaten to sue the council if they damage anything not on those ten feet!
It's unbelievable, isn't it, I thought I was seeing things! It seems that that council is run by what is generally called "jobsworths". It's such a lovely garden and I'm sure the foxes and the birds and bees can still run/fly around in the field next door.
They are almost certainly in her garden! A similar thing happened in our area a couple of years ago - I don't know the outcome. That person had built some wooden structures though, more obtrusive.