Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 13018494)

Spouse of Scouse - mild mannered, flip flop wearing concierge

;)

Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 13018398)

The old 'no one will lose their job' thing. A local store said the same thing, even had the employees saying it. A year later and their staff numbers have halved. I don't shop there anymore.

If they had to keep the same number of staff they wouldn't go to the expense of installing self check-outs.

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 13018490)

Maybe I'm just an old fuddy duddy but I look at that photo and think, yes, there's plenty of room there compared to the self checkout areas I'm used to seeing.

And then I think about how I normally unload my items onto the conveyor belt without thinking of what should go first because the cashier will do that and by the time I've finished half my stuff is already scanned and bagged. As I lift the bagged stuff back into my cart a few more things have been scanned and then what's left is bagged by me and cashier, job done.

Now I imagine me and my full cart at that self checkout. What should I scan and bag first. I'd like to do that thing first but it's at the bottom of the cart as one of the first things I bought. Regardless it's me now scanning and packing and having to bend down to put 6 bags on the floor to make room on the stand for the other bags, oh bugger it, that bag just fell over as I lifted the one next to it, picks up items and put back in bag, puts that one on floor, carefully this time, and then I'm done.

Now to bend and pick up half a dozen bags...ooops...there goes my back from bending down (or maybe my blood pressure drops from down and up multiple times).

Aside from all that, I look at the space needed in that picture, consider how the cart needs to be backed out and all the rest...and I'm thinking that in the usual line and cash desk set-up where one goes through and is replaced by someone from behind, you could probably fit one cashier and two or three customers with carts, with the items scanned and bagged in a fraction of the time.

From the store's angle, how much do they lose by not having the tempting stock at the cash desks?
Unless the store is reducing employee number - as JG mentions - I can't see anything in it for them unless people buy less, perhaps visiting more often to make up for it.

Perhaps in future they'll have a 20 items or more lane. :lol:

Originally Posted by caretaker (Post 13019714)

It's going to be a long day.

Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 13021002)

Moncton's version of Stonehenge


https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...a66e2b9828.png

Originally Posted by Jsmth321 (Post 13021146)

I was thinking today, if I make it to 75, I will smoke pipes and drink vodka like it's water.

Originally Posted by spouse of scouse (Post 13021148)

A bit like my mum then, she's 88 and scoffs vanilla slices and chocolate every chance she gets (which is often!) :lol: