Good service
May 1st 2012 | 2:10 am
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Good service
In Mercadona at Palmones yesterday the checkouts were starting to back up so the call went out and they opened up a couple of extra tills.
Normally when this happens there is an unseemly rush to get there first with no thought as to who should be next - it's a case of the fastest and rudest wins.
This time however a young man came up to me (I was next in line, just about to put my stuff on the belt) and quietly led me to the next checkout which he then opened.
It struck me as a much better and more civilised way of doing things.
Normally when this happens there is an unseemly rush to get there first with no thought as to who should be next - it's a case of the fastest and rudest wins.
This time however a young man came up to me (I was next in line, just about to put my stuff on the belt) and quietly led me to the next checkout which he then opened.
It struck me as a much better and more civilised way of doing things.
May 1st 2012 | 2:12 am
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Re: Good service
And while we are on supermarket queues, the Carrefour in La Linea only has one queue for its 30 or so checkouts. It works very well.
May 1st 2012 | 3:07 am
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Re: Good service
They've introduced that (partially) at Los Patios Carrefour in Malaga. My OH nearly burst a bloodvessel waiting, though. The area which has a single queue sometimes has three, sometimes 8, tills so there's barely any benefit going to it. The autoservicio one is usually a good bet cos if anything whatsoever goes wrong - which it usually does - the girl has to help you out so it gets sorted pretty quickly
May 1st 2012 | 3:10 am
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Re: Good service
In Mercadona at Palmones yesterday the checkouts were starting to back up so the call went out and they opened up a couple of extra tills.
Normally when this happens there is an unseemly rush to get there first with no thought as to who should be next - it's a case of the fastest and rudest wins.
This time however a young man came up to me (I was next in line, just about to put my stuff on the belt) and quietly led me to the next checkout which he then opened.
It struck me as a much better and more civilised way of doing things.
Normally when this happens there is an unseemly rush to get there first with no thought as to who should be next - it's a case of the fastest and rudest wins.
This time however a young man came up to me (I was next in line, just about to put my stuff on the belt) and quietly led me to the next checkout which he then opened.
It struck me as a much better and more civilised way of doing things.
May 1st 2012 | 3:30 am
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Re: Good service
my local PAqui rarely needs the second till open, sometimes it gets a bit busy with 3 people waiting to be served
the off-licence over the road never has a queue, it takes longer to choose the week's wine than to pay for it.
the off-licence over the road never has a queue, it takes longer to choose the week's wine than to pay for it.
May 1st 2012 | 3:51 am
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May 1st 2012 | 3:53 am
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May 1st 2012 | 4:03 am
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Re: Good service
In Primark in Jerez they have one queue for all their checkouts and it works really well. You get through in no time 
May 1st 2012 | 7:01 am
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Re: Good service
I can assure you they would. Care to take a drive-by of the (pristine, white, of course) Chelsea tractors and view the size of handbag getting out? (oh, of course closely followed by said WAG and heels....
) I do accept that some have substitutes to do their dirty work. There's a fair number of Microcars driven by filipinas carrying a week's worth of stuff...........
) I do accept that some have substitutes to do their dirty work. There's a fair number of Microcars driven by filipinas carrying a week's worth of stuff...........
May 1st 2012 | 7:37 am
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Re: Good service
I can assure you they would. Care to take a drive-by of the (pristine, white, of course) Chelsea tractors and view the size of handbag getting out? (oh, of course closely followed by said WAG and heels....) I do accept that some have substitutes to do their dirty work. There's a fair number of Microcars driven by filipinas carrying a week's worth of stuff...........
) I do accept that some have substitutes to do their dirty work. There's a fair number of Microcars driven by filipinas carrying a week's worth of stuff...........
May 1st 2012 | 7:53 am
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May 1st 2012 | 7:56 am
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Re: Good service
Having one queue sounds a great idea ............|I always pick the wrong line
