Minor complaints thread (24 Viewers)

[magicbastarder]

there are aspects of them i dislike. the middle aisle 'let's buy shit because it's cheap even though we don't need it' annoys me.
i might be revealing prejudices there though.

 

[nuke terrorist]

I meet the odd person who has an irrational hatred of german supermarkets.

Wierdos.

when I quit the fruit and veg shop and the small village grocery shop, the Germans were my only choice.
the only reason to go to a supermaket is to save (lots of) money. I buy nothing unusual there.
If people have more money and want to be ethical then support small businesses not supermarkets.

at Lidl the veg, porridge and cans of beans sections are all close to the entrance and I don't go any further.

EDIT:
complaint - this year my local Lidl has developed a bad habit of being very reluctant to open more than two tills at a time. this has to be a management policy. If this continues by the end of the year I will be complaining.

 

[magicbastarder]

We've found that lidl fruit and veg does not last well at all.

 

[Space]

We've found that lidl fruit and veg does not last well at all.

Same.

 

[Space]

I meet the odd person who has an irrational hatred of german supermarkets.

Wierdos.

Brit propaganda.

 

[therealjohnny]

complaint - this year my local Lidl has developed a bad habit of being very reluctant to open more than two tills at a time. this has to be a management policy. If this continues by the end of the year I will be complaining.

this is universal and it pisses me off. I've left my shopping and walked out many times

 

[magicbastarder]

we're not far from tesco in clearwater, which has an eyewatering number of tills - 24, i think?
i don't think we've ever seen more than two open at a time.

 

[nuke terrorist]

this is universal and it pisses me off. I've left my shopping and walked out many times

yeah - done this a few times inc. twice recently.

 

[rettucs]

EDIT:
complaint - this year my local Lidl has developed a bad habit of being very reluctant to open more than two tills at a time. this has to be a management policy. If this continues by the end of the year I will be complaining.

the policy is that one till remains open at all times. The person on that till is responsible for opening additional tills if it gets busy. If a second till is slow to open, thats on the person on the first till, not on management. I've seen that system work quite well in my local lidl, particularly at quieter times when it can get busy in bursts. Rather than having people scratching their holes at empty tills, they're out doing other stuff on the floor.

 

[nuke terrorist]

the policy is that one till remains open at all times. The person on that till is responsible for opening additional tills if it gets busy. If a second till is slow to open, thats on the person on the first till, not on management. I've seen that system work quite well in my local lidl, particularly at quieter times when it can get busy in bursts. Rather than having people scratching their holes at empty tills, they're out doing other stuff on the floor.

OK but something is wrong somewhere.
I often see queues getting quite long at TWO tills - always Till 1 (which backs into the cordoned off alcohol section) and Till 2 which backs on the end of a block of shelves between Aisle 1 and 2 - so yer not even sure where to stand.
there is a major lack of awareness here. there are 6 tills and they insist on opening two tills that are difficult for a long queue to form at.

now that looks like a policy to me. the staff can't all be that clueless.

 

[therealjohnny]

'Not Aldi as well?!' - store to replace checkouts with self-scan tills

Shoppers fear Aldi will “become like Tesco" after a Kent store announced plans to replace some of its checkouts with self-service tills.

www.kentonline.co.uk

 

[nuke terrorist]

'Not Aldi as well?!' - store to replace checkouts with self-scan tills

Shoppers fear Aldi will “become like Tesco" after a Kent store announced plans to replace some of its checkouts with self-service tills.

www.kentonline.co.uk

used them in Tesco a few times. they slow things up even more. they're awkward unless yer used to using them.
Tesco do a 15 euro for 28 days non contract mobile phone top up which I use.

 

[therealjohnny]

used them in Tesco a few times. they slow things up even more. they're awkward unless yer used to using them.
Tesco do a 15 euro for 28 days non contract mobile phone top up which I use.

Self-scan tills are fine when they work, but when something goes wrong, which it too often does, they are a proper pain

 

[David Kronenbourg]

self scan tills are good if you have a small basket, but if you have a whole trolly full they're a pain and they hold everyone up

 

[Space]

They're just doing people out of jobs, fuck em.

 

[rettucs]

They're just doing people out of jobs, fuck em.

ALDI to recruit 450 staff across Ireland | ThinkBusiness

Supermarket chain ALDI has begun a recruitment drive to fill 450 vacancies across 153 stores in Ireland.

www.thinkbusiness.ie

 

[Space]

ALDI to recruit 450 staff across Ireland | ThinkBusiness

Supermarket chain ALDI has begun a recruitment drive to fill 450 vacancies across 153 stores in Ireland.

www.thinkbusiness.ie

Looking for an average of three staff per store. Not sure what point you're making there but I didn't say they have zero employees due to the self service check outs.

 

[rettucs]

Looking for an average of three staff per store. Not sure what point you're making there but I didn't say they have zero employees due to the self service check outs.

I don't think they're doing anyone out of a job

 

[Space]

I don't think they're doing anyone out of a job

How so? More self service equals less staff needed to man checkouts. Why spend money on getting them in otherwise?

 

[Space]

Just to back myself up here. From the people who make the things explaining that it's their intended purpose to reduce the number of employees:

"Reduce the payroll costs
Self-Checkouts make it possible to serve the customer better with less staff involvement. One staff member can take care of multiple self-checkouts simultaneously. Therefore, it is possible to reduce payroll costs."

Benefits of Self-Checkout for Retailers

Self-checkout allow consumers to register and pay for their purchases unassisted. Benefits of Self-Checkout for Retailers

www.retailsolutions.ie

"Decreased costs and
increased sales
It is possible to readjust the functions of cashiers to other activities. It contributes to the reduction of costs with operations and increase the usage flow of the available self-checkout kiosks."

SelfCashy | PARTTEAM & OEMKIOSKS

Thinking on the customer satisfaction. The SELFCASHY digital kiosks is designed for use indoors and to function as a self-service kiosk.

oemkiosks.com