In message , Nightjar
writes
Reducing staffing by one person in every store for every hour they are
open, assuming adult minimum wage, will save them around £10 million a
year.

Saved me a bit of cash, too.

Last time I took SWMBO there for her to look at the potted plants or
something, I picked up a bag of stainless bolts thinking they would do
for the electric winch. Got to the checkout to find no staff, just a
machine. They must have had to carry the bolts back to the shelf, and I
came home and bought them for 25% of the price off ebay.

In my current paint quest, I have been actively ignoring all those
saying to me "Everyone else just goes to B & Q and buys it off the
shelf".
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Bill