To get annoyed if the person in front at the till......

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.....doesn't put the little divider thing after their shopping?

Obviously if someone has loads of kids or is otherwise distracted then fair enough, but for those who have time and are just standing there I find it infuriatingly rude that they don't do this.

AIBU?

Many (many) moons ago I used to work a till in a supermarket on Saturdays. It was one where you could bring in the parking ticket and get a refund.

So many people would rudely lay it on the conveyor belt at the end of their shopping instead of handing it to me like an actual human being. So more often than not it would "accidentally" roll under the edge before I'd even seen it of course I saw it - "oh so sorry, you really shouldn't put them on the belt madam, I'll have to get a supervisor to authorise the refund now..."

Then I'd avoid their outstretched hand and instead put their change flat on the metal till surface so they'd know just how difficult it was scrabbling round to pick up the coins like they'd just done to me.

If there is no one standing in the queue behind me I don't think I put a divider down, if there is then I will.

I used to work on a till. Once scanned a bottle of champagne that belonged to the customer behind, cos no divider. I had to ring a supervisor to override the void as high value. They took ages and the customers were screaming at one another. Each blaming the other for not using a divider. Every so often, one or the other would turn to me and say 'I know it's not your fault love'.

I have a similar story. A woman and her friend put their shopping down together on the belt, didn't use a divider so me, not being a mindreader, just continued scanning. The first woman starts screaming at me that it wasn't her shopping, I picked up a divider and said 'you need to use one of these' - at this point she then starts screaming that I'd attempted to hit her with the divider I called my manager and she started yelling at him and telling him I was racist. It was the strangest thing. I just refused to serve her and she got kicked out and was told never to come in again

Supermarkets need to move to the Colryut and OK checkout practices, which are supermarkets in Belgium. No belt, just your full trolley standing beside an empty one. You put your empty bags in the empty trolley, and everything is scanned, weighed and packed for you, and they even check the eggs for cracks! They pack really well too. I will miss that when I move back to UK.

ShotsFired I'm sorry I can't figure out what happened. Might be my lack of sleep. They put their money on the conveyor belt?

I lLOVE sneakily eyeballing what's on the conveyor belt ahead of me and concocting all sorts of nonsensical backstories to explain the purchases. Struggled the day a woman bought about forty loaves of white bread though.

Misses point spectacularly.

@MiddleClassProblem ShotsFired I'm sorry I can't figure out what happened. Might be my lack of sleep. They put their money on the conveyor belt?

Sorry - I conflated two things [
They would put their car park ticket on the conveyor belt. That would get sucked under.

And then on the other side of the till when it came to pay, they would also invariably put their cash straight down onto the metal till surface, so I'd have to scrabble about trying to pick it up (after they had ignored my politely waiting hand).

So I'd put their change in the same place and see how they liked it!

Agree. I always pit a divider in front of, and behind, my goods. YANBU

"The ones that really annoy me are the ones that stand their staring into space, and when they checkout operator gives them the total, they look at them as if you to say 'oh, you expect me to pay for these?' then go looking for their purse, then they have to find their rewards card, then find their bank card. Have it ready people! It's no great surprise that you're going to be expected to pay."

This...a thousand times.
I could happily beat them to death with a frozen leg of lamb.

My biggest supermarket annoyance is a slow checkout operator who happens to be acquainted with everybody in front of you in the queue. One I knew of would spend several minutes yakking having taken payment from her chum, oblivious of the queue. I don't think she works there any more.

Got ya! That is annoying. I would always do the ticket as part of the payment transaction. So bizarre people putcit on the shopping!

I can understand the parking ticket thing because it's really easy to completely forget about it during the payment. Tesco used to (still does?) have a slot in the divider to put your Clubcard in (not that anyone uses it), so most people wouldn't think they were being rude by putting the ticket on the belt.

why do you get annoyed so easily? Just put a divider if the person in front of you didn't. Why get worked up over it?

I usually remember to put the divider down after my shopping, but sometimes I forget - because I am human and not perfect. If the person behind me has to either ask for the divider or put it down themselves, I apologise.

Where I live (abroad) they don't have the dividers, so when I'm back in the U.K stocking up on marmite and bisto I forget that this is a thing .

This and remembering to bring plastic bags with me.

I've had a few occasions where people have shoved my trolley aside to reach a divider to put down so they can start unloading. My trolley, which is still half-full and usually guarded by a demented delightful toddler with issues around people touching his things (he is very, very clear that everything in the world belongs to him and You Shall Not Touch It).

I've never been rude to these people as the toddler does that for me (No No NO accompanied by stabby finger) but it does give me mild rage to have to constantly shove their shopping back out of the way for the next few minutes whilst I try to unload my own shopping. I'm normally quite quick (used to Lidl/Aldi) but it invariably takes me longer to load if I have to move their stuff and then I'm behind on packing... so their speed at snatching the divider actually costs them much more time in the long term! Karma sucks

Last week a till assistant asked me to put a "This till is closed please use another" after my shopping. The next customer who came along shortly afterwards began unpacking her trolley then gave me a filthy look like I'd arbitrarily decided to spoil her day. I wasn't standing there radiating smugness, honestly.

Best ever was last week in Tesco when I went to the till and started placing my shopping on the conveyor. The lady on the till was talking to a woman stood at the bottom and I presumed she was a friend or another member of staff. A man then turned up with a huge trolley full of shopping (I only had a few items). He barged past me and his wife said "sorry" in a sing song voice. She was holding a place whilst he did the shopping. Till lady said nothing.

Even more annoying than the divider issue. I did debate saying something but what can you say to someone that entitled.

Just leave a small gap and then grab a divider when you can get to one.

I'll always put one at end of my shopping for the next person but my mother never does! I don't think she really thinks about it tbh. We were out shopping last week for just a few bits and she was behind me at the till and hadn't put the divider down
The person behind looked really annoyed and didn't start loading their shopping on until they could reach a divider even though by then there was a huge amount of belt space. My mother was completely oblivious to their discontent!
It's like she ruined their day or something. I don't really see it as a big deal. I've never thought of it as someone's 'job' just whoever can teach the divider thingy really

doesn't put the little divider thing after their shopping?

Yes.

I don't put the little divider until I've finished unloading shopping. Somehow people seem to not notice the half of trolley I still had left to unload and start chucking their stuff on anyway. Oh and yes I am one of those arses that'll get the divider and push your stuff back so I can fit the rest of mine on.

Mainly I get online shops now though. Much easier.

Struggled the day a woman bought about forty loaves of white bread though.

ForTheSakeOfFuck well that's obvious. She was clearly Jesus's Wife!

I hold my position and do not give any bugger the chance to load up behind me if I've a trolley load, and also I like to give the person in front a decent amount of space as I hate being crowded

too farking bad you have come in with a basket, and rammed it full of things so heavy you are denting the crust of the earth just standing there, you SHALL NOT get your stuff on the conveyor until I have mine all on
and you can stop peeking around me hoping I will pass you on though because you just have a basket ...you have more than I do in my MASSIVE trolley
I do the divider longways thing too, but only really in Aldi or Lidl as the tesco conveyors are not really long enough.

As another till operator can I echo the for God's sake get your payment ready contingent? Yes, of course I expect you to pay for your shopping and can you not see the forty people queuing up behind you whilst you search for your wallet?

You numpty.

As another till operater I never let anyone skip the queue or hold a place.But I swear that job should come with danger money.