To think that people shopping in Aldi shouldn’t insist on packing bags at checkout

[Shell4429]

Just, this. I was shopping tonight and two customers in front of me did this and I was really annoyed. While waiting I thought that Aldi should charge a fee for people who do this. It’s not fair on customers who do it the correct way. A surcharge would work, like it did with carrier bags. If everyone insisted on doing this surely it would drive prices up.

We always pack at the car. Only because that's how dh prefers to do it. I'm trying to think if I can remember anytime we've been significantly held up by the customer in front and I can't. We always have a full trolley to unload scan and repack and We always let people with baskets go in front as we're unloading. It's when we occasionally go to Asda and it takes an eternity. Usually as the customer knows the cashier and is having a good chinwag. My mate works at Aldi and other than a courtesy hello the bitch acts like she don't even know me.

I will not be dictated to about how fast or slow or in the manner I pack.
There isnt a bit at the check put to slide your shopping down as they scan!

If you chose to go there you are accepting thier terms so you cant complain if you dont pack fast enough its really eady to put sstuff in open bags in your trolley and if you cant keep up put the last few items in the trolley and finish at the shelf. Its not a hardship!

You want cheap food thats the terms they operate under. Everyone else accepts this why are you a special case?

Those saying if you dont like it dont shop there - who says these are the rules? I always pack at the till the odd time I go there, and so do others? Ive never been told by the checkout person not to either

Are these terms and conditions of packing displayed in the shop, usually if there are terms and conditions they have to be displayed.

I have never seen such 'rules' displayed in Aldi. Why would I want to pack my shopping twice? The bloody packing bench is always full of sprawling kids anyway.

Not in our Aldi....the manager enforces the no - sitting - on - the - packing - bench rule with great enthusiasm!!

You want cheap food thats the terms they operate under. Everyone else accepts this why are you a special case?

Is there a link to these terms?

missmouse101
There's no need for signs in any of our 4 local aldis.
No post till area. Packing shelf. Everyone else doing things properly.

My first time in Aldi I didn't realise and the shop assistant politely told me how it works.

People who go to Aldi and decide they want to hold everyone up because why should they use the shelf are annoying

I have never seen these 'rules' either. Most people pack at the till in the 2 Aldi stores I go to. Rarely see people at the shelves. In fact, I didn't know what their purpose was for quite some time.

If I was made to pack my shopping twice, I wouldn't go. It doesn't take longer to pack if you have bags in the shopping trolley.

This thread is nuts.

Wow. What would it save you OP? 1 minute?

Personally I think calling people 'entitled cunts' for packing their bags at the till is a bit excessive.

breastfeedingclownfish
I pack into the trolley with my bags ready.

People having bags ready and shopping in the correct order don't bother me at all (shout out to fellow Aldi packers who see it as a challenge to keep up with the till person).

It's the people who don't have bags in the trolley ready who rummage around, then pack some items, then find theyv e got bacon in a random place so start rearranging (aka packing at Aldi how you'd pack at Tesco or Sainsburys).

So do I MaisyPops and tbh haven't seen much of what you describe in tesco etc either, especially as the 'entitled cunts' are more likely to take up the usual offer from the counter staff to help them pack.

This is a nuts mumsnet thread which is more about being a rainy Saturday afternoon and too early for the hair of the dog for some grumpy, hungover people.

So does it actually state in Aldi, do not pack as if you were in Tesco, Sainsburys etc or is this just people options of how it should be done?

Wait.. I'm confused...

I use a basket or one of those pull along baskets they have. I don't use a trolley as I rarely have a £1 to put in the slot.

You can pack a lot into a basket with practice and you have to leave the baskets stacked once you put the shopping on the "magic belt of moving things". How the fuck am I meant to pack my shopping away if not at the till? They have a little shelf at the end of each till so you can put your bags on them so you can pack as the items are whizzed to you.

Am I meant to throw everything behind me onto the long packing shelf hoping I don't put the cat food tins through the window or knock a granny out with some raspberry jammy goodness? What if I decapitate someone's DC with some German sausage slices?

opinions

Never had an issue with keeping up with 'scanning' when packing. YABU OP and maybe impatient too. There's a lot to be said for the lost art of patience...

Also never seen "you cannot pack at the till" signs at my Aldi.

Badcat

The theory is that you put it back into your trolley/basket then take it out again, put it on the shelf at the back and pack in your bag.

In Europe, people often use their own shopping bags rather than baskets when choosing their groceries, so they put the items in their own bags, then put them on the belt, pay for them, then the food goes back into their bag, which is far more sensible approach. In the UK this is not done presumably because of shoplifting. Because clearly shoplifting doesn't ever happen in Europe.....

OP I'm sure if you contacted the store they would allocate you a shopping slot all to yourself. That way you won't be inconvenienced by any other humans who dare to stray from the rules and hold anyone up for a minute.

I see it as a challenge. I put my stuff in order on the conveyor belt, bags ready and open in trolley and then race to pack as they scan it. Never been beaten yet!

In Europe, people often use their own shopping bags rather than baskets when choosing their groceries, so they put the items in their own bags

I know Brexit... but the UK is in Europe. And if people do it in some European countries, it's most certainly not in all European countries. I live in one where nobody does this. Nobody.

breastfeedingclownfish

But if you use a basket at my Aldi you have to leave it behind once you have put all your shopping on the belt. So you can't take your basket with you as they come and collect them like sneaky ninjas. So how it that meant to work?

Also the "use your own bag" theory is exactly the same as using a basket, leaving it once you have put your shopping on the belt and then putting the items into your own bags as it is being passed to you by the till person.

I always pack my bags at the check out, usually I get the same checkout assistant and we have a joke about how I am here for my weekly workout....we even say 'ready, steady, go'😂

It's all true.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/reason-aldi-supermarket-checkout-staff-12004723

"There’s even an Aldi Checkout Challenge page where customers can share their stories about trying to slow down an over-enthusiastic till operator, reports The Chronicle."

"One joker suggested the supermarket should employ psychiatrists to support customers who “crumble at the pressure of packing” at the same rate as the cashier uses the scanner."

Ah, ah

That said, they also accept that some people may need to pack at different speeds and that checkout assistants are trained to alter the rate at which they scan so that they match the pace the shopper can go at.