On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:23:16 +0100, Phil L wrote:

David.WE.Roberts wrote:
To be clear, I'm not at all against automated checkouts - when
properly implemented they can be very good and fast.

It is just that the voice and the timings on the B&Q checkout are
immensely irritating.

They can't possibly be more irritating that the ones they have in Morrisons,
as soon as you start scanning, it starts squawking, 'put the item in the
baaag' beep 'put the item in the baaag' beep 'put the item in the baaag' -
there's not a fraction of a second between the beep of the barcode and the
incessant drone of the most hideous voice you've ever heard - imagine Janet
Street-Porter holding her nose....I can't believe there were choices and
someone at head office decided, 'ah, that's the one'

I use Morrisons but I won't use those damned machines. Part of the reason
(other than I hate them) is that I use a rucsack that weighs about 1.5kg -
for some reason the machine nags me, but I'm not using carrier bags except
occasionally. I sometimes walk the last 2 miles home and the rucsack is just
a tad better than 15kg of shopping in placcy bags.
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Peter.
The gods will stay away
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