Checkout staff are annoying.

[knowitallstrikesagain]

Management who set 'chat' targets are inconsiderate.
Customers are miserable.
People who smile and chat are intrusive.
People who ignore you are rude.

You We are all unreasonable.

we should all just shop online and never come into contact with anybody ever again

Do you work on a checkout knowitall?

I think its a reaction to the supermarket chatty cashier thread chaos .

FFS this is the 4th thread on this subject in the last few days. Do you work on a checkout knowitall

Why start a thread about a thread which was actually about another thread.

Its the topic of the week

I try to join in with the freindly chat because I know they are just doing their job and they have secret shoppers who can report them if they don't do this.

However - if they will insist that their checkout staff talk to the customers then supermarkets should train them in the art of polite conversation. This is an actual conversation I had with a girl on the checkout recently:

girl - "Doing anything nice this weekend?"
me - "Yes actually my daughter has just had a baby so I am going to see her after I've done the shopping".
girl - "Oh lovely, is it her first baby?"
me - "No, it's her third actually"
girl - "Really? Do they all have the same Dad?"

I was speechless!

I've tried the shopping on line thing thinking I won't have to chat to people, the bloody delivery driver had the cheek to not only ring the doorbell but also offered to take the shopping into the kitchen. He asked how I was and was all pleasant and friendly, the bastard.

I will be complaining to Sainsbury's about their pleasant helpful staff!

Glasscompletelybroken just snorted coffee out my nose reading your post.

Shopping online is unreasonable

Delivery driver should carry everything in and put it away
Delivery driver shouldn't make eye contact

Etc

You can't win

How common! The girls at Waitrose would never make such an assumption re: paternity. Clearly you shop in Asda, birken'ead! ;)

Actually that's really making me laugh, I think is have replied with "yep, all the same dad, fancy eh!?".

It was asda...

Sainsbury's staff have to now inform customers how much they have saved, I just want to get ou,t not have a big conflab. I do talk to them though as like mentioned they are just doing their job.

DD workjs in sainsbury she has to tell them how much points they have or the saving imagine her having to do her job eh Oh glens next time ask for shopping to be left at gate then you can go out like a ninga pick the shopping up and then nobody will talk to you ,

I do mine on-line sometimes but can't get my head around the random substitutions I seem to get. I don't know who is "picking" my shopping but I do know they have never shopped in real life for themselves!

We live in an automated disposable society. If you don't like chatting to the chatty staff then shop online or use the self service check out. Problem solved. You don't have to/need to interact with anyone in life if you don't want to.

Asda did great substitutions, I once ordered nappies for DD and they sent Tenna Ladies. Also a pack of malted milk biscuits instead of a pint of milk. It was really exciting getting my shopping, I didn't know what would turn up!!

I'm liking the idea of ninja style collection from the bottom of the street!