robinhood69 Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I shop at Tescos nearly every day and when i come to join a q i try to pick one that i think is going to be nice and quick.BUT every time i join one i obviously give it the kiss of death cos it then becomes the very slowest out of all 32.Ive tried joining the q when theres a fairly fit checkout operator..no luck,then ive tried an older more experienced operator...no luck.Ive tries to judge which customer is likely to cause a slow down...no luck.It seems i have an inbuilt talent at choosing the very slowest checkout all of the time,its going along just fine and then i join the q and bang ..things go wrong.Ive even tried the self service ones but there even worse!! RH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 The trick is to choose the queue that looks least likely to be quick. Pick the one with a queue half way across the store, with a checkout operator that looks a little "Care in the Community" and at least 3 customers in front of you who look like stamp collectors - they're bound to have picked up the only products with no bar codes on them. They do this to be "quirky" because they read the Independent. You should be first out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambu13 Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 try not going to tesco! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Use the self srvice checkouts old people steer clear of them as they are technology. whenever i go into tescos i find the self service things completely vacant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) I don't shop in Tesco. They treat farmers and hunters badly, as well as delivering **** food out of date and going bad to home deliveries, so I'm not going to line their pockets. Their MD over here was on the radio yesterday, talk about up his own ****. If they disappeared tomorrow I'd not notice. Edited April 24, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vole Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 How about multiple single trips to the fag counter? ps Hardys White and Red wines £3 a bottle last night.I dont approve of their monopoly but cant afford the alternatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambu13 Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 coop is a really good shot if theres one near you!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinhood69 Posted April 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 How about multiple single trips to the fag counter? ps Hardys White and Red wines £3 a bottle last night.I dont approve of their monopoly but cant afford the alternatives. Me either...im barred from our only other supermarket Morrisons,apparently the manager told me every time i go there i hold the queues up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliebrown Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Use the self srvice checkouts old people steer clear of them as they are technology. whenever i go into tescos i find the self service things completely vacant. Funny that, everytime I go to to tescos I find the till staff completly vacant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Pick the checkout girl with the biggest rack, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I shop at Tescos nearly every day Can I ask why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 One would suggest that simply by putting the various goods inside your jacket (Poachers pockets are very good for this) and walking out without catching the security guards eye, this would avoid any problems with both queueing and your monthly budget, thereby killing two birds with one stone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Eat a jar of Mungler's own extra spicey hot pickled onions before going shopping. Once at your store of choice you will marvel at the reduced number of other shoppers nearby and gasp at the short ney express queues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 coop is a really good shot if theres one near you!? what, at clays or live quarry??? Pick the checkout girl with the biggest rack, of course. nope, just go for the best looking one and flirt like hell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 it's murphys law (or sod's) any queue you pick will always be the slowest, like the lane picking on the highway, choose the longest line as others have noticed it's moving quicker, the short queue is stuck. otherwise, keep an eye open for the new till opening. peace to all. M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 nope, just go for the best looking one and flirt like hell They have a lot of men on the checkouts in Ireland then? I bet you get money off everywhere like that.... your local builder, car dealer, barber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 J Sainsbury all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet hunter Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) TRY GOING TO LIDIL OR ALDI Edited April 24, 2009 by shootfirst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 TRY GOING TO LIDIL OR ALDI Except the queues are even worse because they don't employ as many staff. Morrison's automatic tills for me - when they are working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young airgunner Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 Except the queues are even worse because they don't employ as many staff. Morrison's automatic tills for me - when they are working you have obviously not experienced the speed they put your stuff through the till. wasnt it aldi where they made till operators wear wrist supports to stop RSI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 They have a lot of men on the checkouts in Ireland then? I bet you get money off everywhere like that.... your local builder, car dealer, barber exactly, if it works and saves me money why not you have obviously not experienced the speed they put your stuff through the till. wasnt it aldi where they made till operators wear wrist supports to stop RSI. i thought that was just shop assistants in essex... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Potter Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 coop is a really good shot if theres one near you!? Careful with the Co-op, didn't they start this "ethical" banking thing and closed accounts of shoots as they didn't approve of "bloodsports" Mr Potter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazman Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Try to avoid going to Tesco's if I can help it. If I have to go in there I guarantee at the till it will be quite quick untill "Coupon Man" loads up the belt, he will be the one in front of you. Does he tell the checkout person he has a mitt full of coupons? Nope! he waits until the end before presenting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Sweepy Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Their was me thinking it was the little woman. That did the weekly Shop. Am impress that we have so many modern(new)men on PW. B) Next you will be comparing your whites. xxxSuzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Their was me thinking it was the little woman. That did the weekly Shop. B) xxxSuzy No - the weekly shop gets done online, it's just the mobile phone requests from 'er indoors "Whilst you are out can you just pop in to Morrisons and get a ........" at which point I'm definitely looking at the most efficient way of completing the transaction. Anyway, Morrison's diesel is the cheapest around here Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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