Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in Aldi
(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly and
feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a bar and
feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by putting my
shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to see if you
backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first. :-)

Cash

"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to
see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first.
:-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other bloke"
However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave a small gap.

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping down
without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer to the
checkout operative as this is really the only time they are needed.

"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
.236...
"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to
see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first.
:-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other bloke"
However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave a small
gap.

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping down
without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer to the
checkout operative as this is really the only time they are needed.

I'm sorry, but folks who don't (or refuse) to insert a separator seem to me
to be so far up their own arse that nobody else exists.
Sadly, the world is full of 'em.

On 8/6/2013 2:59 PM, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in Aldi
(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly and
feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a bar and
feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

Why?

In article , S Viemeister
wrote:
On 8/6/2013 2:59 PM, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in
Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind who
can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

Why?

Because he's alcoholic?

--
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Dave Plowman London SW
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DerbyBorn wrote:
"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to
see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first.
:-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other bloke"
However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave a small gap.

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping down
without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer to the
checkout operative as this is really the only time they are needed.



I put the bar in Aldi at an angle to see if it arrives at the checkout
at the same angle, it almost never does,someone just has to straighten it.

On 06/08/2013 23:26, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/6/2013 2:59 PM, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in
Aldi
(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly and
feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a
bar and
feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

Why?

Because in most supermarkets (IME exceptions are Aldi, Lidl and
Waitrose), you can't find a bar to use. So if he was trying this
anywhere else, it would not be a deliberate act (or at least, not be
seen as such) because it happens much of the time anyway.

--
Rod

"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
.236...
"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to
see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first.
:-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other bloke"
However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave a small
gap.

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping down
without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer to the
checkout operative as this is really the only time they are needed.

Sad *******s that need to go shopping. (Wimmin's work)
I send SWMBO in and I sit outside in the car reading my comic. (DM)
I help her put the shopping in the car.
Murder in there at the moment I'm told with screaming kids running amok.

The Welsh are even better organised. There is a pub outside most
supermarkets.

"bm" wrote in message
eb.com...

"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
.236...
"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to
see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first.
:-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other bloke"
However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave a small
gap.

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping down
without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer to the
checkout operative as this is really the only time they are needed.

I'm sorry, but folks who don't (or refuse) to insert a separator seem to
me to be so far up their own arse that nobody else exists.
Sadly, the world is full of 'em.

Damned right. A lot of them are reading this.

On 06/08/2013 19:59, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in Aldi
(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly and
feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a bar and
feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.


This is why we can never be like the Germans. Awkward by nature

"Cash" wrote in message
...
DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by putting
my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to see if you
backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first. :-)

Cash


Same here. I just love the look on the idiots face in front when I shove my
stuff right up against theirs. You can see the look that says, why did you
do that and you know that the till operator is going to think it's all my
shopping. And I give them a smile to say yep, that is the plan, but you can
stop it from happening by putting a divider down.

That usually works most times or I can see the stress building up as they
get ready to stop the assistant the moment their last item has gone through.
Whichever way it goes, I can the fun of standing back and seeing them
stress/have to do the right thing.

On Tue, 06 Aug 2013 18:59:48 GMT, DerbyBorn
wrote:

Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in Aldi
(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly and
feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a bar and
feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

Oh, how I'd love to punch you in the face

Worse than you, is the old ******* who set out the red 'till closed'
bar to make sure the conveyer was empty by the time his wife came up
with the trolley.

On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:47:44 +1000, F Murtz wrote:

I put the bar in Aldi at an angle to see if it arrives at the checkout
at the same angle, it almost never does,someone just has to straighten it.

I do the same with the higher bars at other shops, as the conveyor often
causes the bar to fall over if it's straight. The person behind usually
'corrects' the 'fault' and the bar falls over.

On the conveyor is a notice about laying down any bottles; on bottles of
bleach etc. the instruction is to keep upright. Oh dear.
--
Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

F Murtz :
I put the bar in Aldi at an angle to see if it arrives at the checkout
at the same angle, it almost never does,someone just has to straighten
it.

It must be nice to be so easily amused. It's quite possible that the
straightener enjoys the experience as well, so it's a win-win.

--
Mike Barnes

On Wednesday 07 August 2013 08:59 Road_Hog wrote in uk.d-i-y:


"Cash" wrote in message
...
DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by putting
my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to see if you
backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first. :-)

Cash


Same here. I just love the look on the idiots face in front when I shove
my stuff right up against theirs. You can see the look that says, why did
you do that and you know that the till operator is going to think it's all
my shopping. And I give them a smile to say yep, that is the plan, but you
can stop it from happening by putting a divider down.

That usually works most times or I can see the stress building up as they
get ready to stop the assistant the moment their last item has gone
through. Whichever way it goes, I can the fun of standing back and seeing
them stress/have to do the right thing.

Or you could just drop a divider down as you unload. Jeeessus - I thought I
was an awkward old *******!

--
Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/

http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage

Reading this on the web? See:
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Usenet

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...

Or you could just drop a divider down as you unload. Jeeessus - I thought
I
was an awkward old *******!

--
Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/



Yes, you could do that. But I prefer to take measures that might educate and
persuade people to do the right thing, it's is only manners, after all.

Done your way, they will never change.

On Wednesday 07 August 2013 11:31 Road_Hog wrote in uk.d-i-y:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...

Or you could just drop a divider down as you unload. Jeeessus - I thought
I
was an awkward old *******!

--
Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/



Yes, you could do that. But I prefer to take measures that might educate
and persuade people to do the right thing, it's is only manners, after
all.

Done your way, they will never change.

True. But I will also not have an aneurysm...

--
Tim Watts Personal Blog: http://squiddy.blog.dionic.net/

http://www.sensorly.com/ Crowd mapping of 2G/3G/4G mobile signal coverage

Reading this on the web? See:
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Usenet

I put the bar in Aldi at an angle to see if it arrives at the checkout
at the same angle, it almost never does,someone just has to straighten it.


LOL... what other little things do you do to see how the world reacts
to your personal games?

On Wednesday, August 7, 2013 1:03:17 PM UTC+1, alo wrote:




I put the bar in Aldi at an angle to see if it arrives at the checkout

at the same angle, it almost never does,someone just has to straighten it.





LOL... what other little things do you do to see how the world reacts

to your personal games?

games? idiosyncracies at best

Jim K

Tim Streater :
In article ,
Tim Watts wrote:

On Wednesday 07 August 2013 11:31 Road_Hog wrote in uk.d-i-y:

"Tim Watts" wrote in message
...

Or you could just drop a divider down as you unload. Jeeessus - I thought
I was an awkward old *******!

Yes, you could do that. But I prefer to take measures that might educate
and persuade people to do the right thing, it's is only manners, after
all.
Done your way, they will never change.
True. But I will also not have an aneurysm...

Is this one of those things where some people think they should be
putting a divider after the previous person as they start to unload
(and therefore don't see they should put one after), others think it's
the previous klod's job to do that (and their job is to put one after)?

Different views as to what constitutes the right thing?

Well it does say NEXT CUSTOMER, not THIS CUSTOMER.

But it's more likely that "this" customer can reach, and it's mainly in
their interest to have it in place. I usually put it there after my
shopping, unless I'm distracted.

--
Mike Barnes

On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:47:34 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:


Is this one of those things where some people think they should be
putting a divider after the previous person as they start to unload (and
therefore don't see they should put one after), others think it's the
previous klod's job to do that (and their job is to put one after)?

Different views as to what constitutes the right thing?

The one who is closest to a divider or with freedom of movement to retrieve a
divider should be reponsible, most of the time that is the person towards the
front of the queue. Of course there will always be some that are so stupid they
don't do anything with the dividers regardless of the inconvenience to those
behind them in the queue. They are the same type of arseholes who insist on
reversing, often extremely badly into parking places in the carpark rather than
just driving in.

--

On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 7:59:48 PM UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in Aldi

(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly and

feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a bar and

feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

I don't shop at Aldi with poor people like you, so I shall never participate in your dullard mind games.

I don't think I'll be missing much.

"Onetap" wrote in message
...
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 7:59:48 PM UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in
Aldi

(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly and

feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a bar
and

feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

I don't shop at Aldi with poor people like you, so I shall never
participate in your dullard mind games.

I don't think I'll be missing much.

Intelligent people shop at Aldi these days.
Apart from their own coffee, which is bloody awful, everything else is just
as good as Tesco etc.

In article ,
The Other Mike wrote:
The one who is closest to a divider or with freedom of movement to
retrieve a divider should be reponsible, most of the time that is the
person towards the front of the queue. Of course there will always be
some that are so stupid they don't do anything with the dividers
regardless of the inconvenience to those behind them in the queue. They
are the same type of arseholes who insist on reversing, often extremely
badly into parking places in the carpark rather than just driving in.

A supermarket etc car park is one of the few places where parking nose in
makes sense. As with most cars you'll want easy access to the boot. In
other places it may not be the best way.

--
*Am I ambivalent? Well, yes and no.

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
Onetap wrote:
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 7:59:48 PM UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in
Aldi

(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly
and

feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a
bar and

feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

I don't shop at Aldi with poor people like you, so I shall never
participate in your dullard mind games.

I don't think I'll be missing much.

Absolutely. They don't even have any stores round here. So Lidl it is.
Aldi appear to stick to the low rent areas.

--
*A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.

Dave Plowman London SW
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alo wrote:



I put the bar in Aldi at an angle to see if it arrives at the checkout
at the same angle, it almost never does,someone just has to straighten it.


LOL... what other little things do you do to see how the world reacts
to your personal games?


What else is there to do at the long Aldi belt?

Road_Hog wrote:
"Cash" wrote in message
...
DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by putting
my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to see if you
backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first. :-)

Cash


Same here. I just love the look on the idiots face in front when I shove my
stuff right up against theirs. You can see the look that says, why did you
do that and you know that the till operator is going to think it's all my
shopping. And I give them a smile to say yep, that is the plan, but you can
stop it from happening by putting a divider down.

That usually works most times or I can see the stress building up as they
get ready to stop the assistant the moment their last item has gone through.
Whichever way it goes, I can the fun of standing back and seeing them
stress/have to do the right thing.


What about the ****s that leave long empty spaces and stay put with
their trolley blocking everyone till the last minute?

In message , The Other Mike
writes
On Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:47:34 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:


Is this one of those things where some people think they should be
putting a divider after the previous person as they start to unload (and
therefore don't see they should put one after), others think it's the
previous klod's job to do that (and their job is to put one after)?

Different views as to what constitutes the right thing?

The one who is closest to a divider or with freedom of movement to retrieve a
divider should be reponsible, most of the time that is the person towards the
front of the queue. Of course there will always be some that are so stupid they
don't do anything with the dividers regardless of the inconvenience to those
behind them in the queue. They are the same type of arseholes who insist on
reversing, often extremely badly into parking places in the carpark rather than
just driving in.

Huh! There was I thinking you knew about 4/4 driving. Try driving
forward into a parking space laid out for Fiestas in a Hilux.


--
Tim Lamb

In message ,
DerbyBorn writes
"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to
see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first.
:-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other bloke"
However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave a small gap.

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping down
without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer to the
checkout operative as this is really the only time they are needed.
I think you need to get a life.
--
bert

In message k,
Road_Hog writes

"Cash" wrote in message
...
DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by putting
my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to see if you
backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first. :-)

Cash


Same here. I just love the look on the idiots face in front when I shove my
stuff right up against theirs. You can see the look that says, why did you
do that and you know that the till operator is going to think it's all my
shopping. And I give them a smile to say yep, that is the plan, but you can
stop it from happening by putting a divider down.

That usually works most times or I can see the stress building up as they
get ready to stop the assistant the moment their last item has gone through.
Whichever way it goes, I can the fun of standing back and seeing them
stress/have to do the right thing.


Maybe they're mentally ill and will pull out a knife and stab you.
--
bert

In message , polygonum
writes
On 06/08/2013 23:26, S Viemeister wrote:
On 8/6/2013 2:59 PM, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in
Aldi
(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly and
feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a
bar and
feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

Why?

Because in most supermarkets (IME exceptions are Aldi, Lidl and
Waitrose), you can't find a bar to use. So if he was trying this
anywhere else, it would not be a deliberate act (or at least, not be
seen as such) because it happens much of the time anyway.

Never have a problem in Sainsburys or Morrisons.
--
bert

"bert" wrote in message ...

In message k, Road_Hog
writes

"Cash" wrote in message
...
DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting
my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait to see if
you
backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink first. :-)

Cash


Same here. I just love the look on the idiots face in front when I shove
my
stuff right up against theirs. You can see the look that says, why did you
do that and you know that the till operator is going to think it's all my
shopping. And I give them a smile to say yep, that is the plan, but you
can
stop it from happening by putting a divider down.

That usually works most times or I can see the stress building up as they
get ready to stop the assistant the moment their last item has gone
through.
Whichever way it goes, I can the fun of standing back and seeing them
stress/have to do the right thing.


Maybe they're mentally ill and will pull out a knife and stab you.

May be you should just ask them to pass a divider or they may think your
sanity should be questioned

AWEM

DerbyBorn wrote:
"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait
to see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink
first. :-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other
bloke" However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave
a small gap.

Damn, and I thought I could get away with a 'free' bottle of hooch then!

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping
down without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer
to the checkout operative as this is really the only time they are
needed.

I must admit, the separator issue really doesn't bother me as normally in
the store I use, once the checkout operator has pushed the separators up
high enough, the person behind (or even myself) will slip the thing onto the
belt.

The one thing that does irritate me, is if the person in front of me knows
the checkout operator and they decide to have a chat about the previous
nights booze-up etc - (and that generally takes place in the other major
stores rather than Aldi's, where the checkout operators are actually
electronically timed on how fast the items are processed through the till,
and they get a rollicking if they hang about when serving the customers).

Cash

In article ,
Cash wrote:
The one thing that does irritate me, is if the person in front of me
knows the checkout operator and they decide to have a chat about the
previous nights booze-up etc - (and that generally takes place in the
other major stores rather than Aldi's, where the checkout operators are
actually electronically timed on how fast the items are processed
through the till, and they get a rollicking if they hang about when
serving the customers).

It's a difficult one. When the checkout person is chatting to some old
biddy I sometimes think it might be the only person she speaks to all day.
So just whistle under my breath. ;-)

--
*If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

Dave Plowman London SW
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harry wrote:
The Welsh are even better organised.

Not something I thought I would ever read.

There is a pub outside most
supermarkets.

The Irish are even better. The shop's inside the pub :-)

Owain

"Cash" wrote in message
...
DerbyBorn wrote:
"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait
to see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink
first. :-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other
bloke" However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave
a small gap.

Damn, and I thought I could get away with a 'free' bottle of hooch then!

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping
down without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer
to the checkout operative as this is really the only time they are
needed.

I must admit, the separator issue really doesn't bother me as normally in
the store I use, once the checkout operator has pushed the separators up
high enough, the person behind (or even myself) will slip the thing onto
the belt.

The one thing that does irritate me, is if the person in front of me knows
the checkout operator and they decide to have a chat about the previous
nights booze-up etc - (and that generally takes place in the other major
stores rather than Aldi's, where the checkout operators are actually
electronically timed on how fast the items are processed through the till,
and they get a rollicking if they hang about when serving the customers).

Aldi checkout staff are like lightening.
To a point they are too fast, you have to literally throw your shopping into
the trolley.

On 07/08/2013 14:47, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Onetap wrote:
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 7:59:48 PM UTC+1, DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor in
Aldi

(Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand nonchalantly
and

feel the irritation building in the person behind who can't reach a
bar and

feels unable to put their shopping on the belt.

I don't shop at Aldi with poor people like you, so I shall never
participate in your dullard mind games.

I don't think I'll be missing much.

Absolutely. They don't even have any stores round here. So Lidl it is.
Aldi appear to stick to the low rent areas.

Funnily enough, round the corner to my mother's house there are two
supermarkets. Aldi and Waitrose. Right next to each other.

--
Rod

In message , Cash
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DerbyBorn wrote:
"Cash" wrote in
:

DerbyBorn wrote:
Oh I do like to annoy people by putting my shopping on the conveyor
in Aldi (Wine) and not using a "Next Customer" Bar. I just stand
nonchalantly and feel the irritation building in the person behind
who can't reach a bar and feels unable to put their shopping on the
belt.

It's a good job your not in front of me then, as I'd annoy you by
putting my shopping (Bourbon) right up next to your bottle and wait
to see if you backed out of paying for the lot - I bet you'd blink
first. :-)

Cash




Of course I wouldn't pay - I would say "That belongs to the other
bloke" However, I would expect an intelligent bloke like you to leave
a small gap.

Damn, and I thought I could get away with a 'free' bottle of hooch then!

However, my main irritation is those who cannot put their shopping
down without a bar. I feel less irritation when they use one closer
to the checkout operative as this is really the only time they are
needed.

I must admit, the separator issue really doesn't bother me as normally in
the store I use, once the checkout operator has pushed the separators up
high enough, the person behind (or even myself) will slip the thing onto the
belt.

The one thing that does irritate me, is if the person in front of me knows
the checkout operator and they decide to have a chat about the previous
nights booze-up etc - (and that generally takes place in the other major
stores rather than Aldi's, where the checkout operators are actually
electronically timed on how fast the items are processed through the till,
and they get a rollicking if they hang about when serving the customers).

Cash



That's more or less standard practice though the way the results are
used may differ a bit. But I agree it is irritating. Happened to me in
Sainsburys yesterday.
--
bert

In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes
In article ,
Cash wrote:
The one thing that does irritate me, is if the person in front of me
knows the checkout operator and they decide to have a chat about the
previous nights booze-up etc - (and that generally takes place in the
other major stores rather than Aldi's, where the checkout operators are
actually electronically timed on how fast the items are processed
through the till, and they get a rollicking if they hang about when
serving the customers).

It's a difficult one. When the checkout person is chatting to some old
biddy I sometimes think it might be the only person she speaks to all day.
So just whistle under my breath. ;-)

That's a different matter. A supermarket checkout must be one of the
least tolerant place on the planet. I was in discussion with someone
last week from the Dementia Action Alliance who is trying to educate
supermarket staff on the symptoms of dementia and hopefully persuade
some to open slow-go lanes.
--
bert