Does anyone else get put off by self-service checkouts? A third of people when asked in a

[Billy Goat Sverige]

recent survey said that they would leave a store if they were forced to use them.

I myself have done this. Went to buy lunch in M&S and put my sandwich and drink back because of the new self-service machines they had installed. I can't imagine what the poor people who do a full weekly shop go through :-(

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Pat Vegas]

'unexpected item in the bagging area'
'please place item in the bagging area'
'please wait for assistance'

'please wait for approval'

f**k off. It's particularly annoying when I want to buy cigarettes.
'Self service?' no I want to buy some cigarettes.

[Berni]

Unfortunately, you have to interact with one of 'them' if you're buying booze, which - let's face it - is always. That's annoying.

[PSRB]

of using a very simple piece of electronics...if supermarket cashiers can use the same system then surely anyone can?!

[ITSUPFORGRABSNOW]

And they don't believe the bottle of Dom Perignon was 9.99

[Norn Iron]

As I got nearer the till I realised there were 2 self service checkouts and one till. I nearly bottled it and left the queue. I was standing waiting and refused to use the self service. "I need to use the till, go you ahead"

[Pat Vegas]

as it seems if I touch anything before I pay the machine has a big song and dance and the man has to come over and punch some numbers in.

Though I was trying to pay for some fruit and veg and couldn't find the right things so I just picked whatever I could find.

**********FREE VEG*************

[Pat Vegas]

[Rich]

1. Poeple with more than 5 items should not use the self-service. It's inconsiderate.

2. I take great pride in the speed in which I swipe and bag my shopping and then process payment. People that faff about making the machines kick up a fuss time and time again deserve shooting.

3. Stop making me put my coins in one by one through a slot. I want to dump them all in a basket. Tesco used to have these but seem to have installed a slot system on top of the basket (especially in London).

4. Allow me to pay by contactless payment - otherwise don't put an option to do so on the screen.

[Pat Vegas]

it's a great way of getting rid of ****ty coins.

[Rich]

I am always commandeered to assist with the unloading of many, many wooden crates of wine. And then I don't receive any payment for my labour :-|

[ITSUPFORGRABSNOW]

Bugger that

[Billy Goat Sverige]

then you get a card that you swipe before you start your shop and you pick up a barcode reader that's paired to your card. Then you scan and bag everything as you go along and just put the barcode reader back when you're done. Then you go to the machine and swipe your membership card and pay.

[Mack]

Hated them at first - especially when you have to weigh your own fruit/veg! Am used to them now and I quite like them - can fly through ( unless some c**t decided to use one for the full weekly shop :-( )

[Norn Iron]

whole shop. Much less pressure using the till.

Although I'm scared of supermarkets. Too many women and children in them and I never know where things are.

[Classic Jorge]

[Classic Jorge]

[Pat Vegas]

'You may be fortunate enough to look under 25' blah blah

Yes but you have to be 18 not 25 to buy things.

If you can't tell the difference between someone who's 31 and 17 you need your brain examined.

And it's funny how they backdown. Do you have id? I am 31 oh ok.
So they are not really enforcing it at all.

[Peter]

[Snin]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

I go in to my local Sainsburys and pick up a bottle of Veuve Clicquot. Hold my laminated barcode over the actual one as I scan.

£5 for a bottle of Veuve Clicquot. Easy.

[Pat Vegas]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

Otherwise I'd scan a fcuking aubergine, wouldn't I?!?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Maravilloso Marvo]

Worrall Thomson?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

They were given to me about 10 years ago. They're fantastic, the best roasting tins ever.

wd aw-t.

[Fedor]