On 29/04/2015 03:41, Rod Speed wrote:

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On 28/04/2015 09:29, Rod Speed wrote:


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On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 07:35:02 +1000, "Rod Speed"
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On 26/04/2015 08:03, Rod Speed wrote:


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On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 13:21:43 +0100, Fredxxx
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On 25/04/2015 10:40, Rod Speed wrote:


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On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 14:18:39 +1000, "Rod Speed"
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I personally use self checkouts whenever I can.

The Aldis I frequent don't have them.

More fool Aldi.

No, more fool the other chains.

No need, as the checkouts are faster
anyway than any self-checkout.

You don't frequent Aldis very much do you. The checkout operators
are
like lightening. I'm happy to stand in a line there knowing
that the
goods on the belt will be placed back in the trolley in a near
flash.

Last time at Morrisons, I counted 13 people in my queue and it
took 10
minutes just to get to the till. The self-service side was
queued well
into an isle.

Exactly.

Only because they don't have enough self checkouts, stupid.

You're missing the point.

Nope.

An Aldi checkout operator can outperform by a factor of 2 or 3
those at
other grocers.

I don't believe that. Yes, they are faster but not that much faster.

Oh yes they are!

Oh no they aren't.

They see it as a kind of battle which they always win.

Sure, but that only means that they are faster, NOT 2 OR 3 TIMES
FASTER.

The difference is simple, on the one hand you have an operator working
as fast as they can, and where the bar codes actually seem to work.

On the other, the operator waits for the customer they've just served to
leave, say hello to the new one, then ask if they need packing, and then
wait for the customer to open a bag which doesn't and to wait until the
customer has finished filling their bags. If there is any issue a
request to a supervisor.

I can go on. They really just don't compare. 2 - 3 times faster will be
about right.

Thank you. I rest my case, m'lud.

You never had a case, y'dud.

It helps to view the evidence rather than taking a blinkered view of a
case. It makes denial look less obvious.