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.

The blue ikea bags are brilliant for this. In the bottom of the trolley and then in the boot of the car. Job done, no shelf packing required!

THe same people who complain about the packing shelf will be the same who complain when The Aldi or the The Lidl prices go up as they need more staff.

Fwiw, at ALDI, the rate was 1000+ items per hour spent on checkout or one item scanned every 3.5ish seconds. It's tracked via the register logins the staff do and in the staff room, pinned on a notice board, they keep logs of every employees scores, with the worst ones being reprimanded by the managers. Missing targets too often in a month leads to warnings and even dismissal.
(This was 6 years ago when I worked there tho, may have changed now.

It’s how they keep their prices low so yeah, I kind of agree with you. Although it wouldn’t really phase me if I saw someone doing it

What about people who physically can't pack at break neck speed?

How about Aldi consider its customers. I know it is cheap and your time is so precious but really, has the impatience of a nation come to this?

What about people who physically can't pack at break neck speed?

When I was really struggling with my frozen shoulder I said "Can you not go so fast please as I cant move very fast" and they would offer to do it for me. I said no as they didnt know my system (who puts tins of beans on top of bread FFS?!) but they would slow down and wait for me. It was fine, you simply have to ask.

I'm confused, where on earth would you pack if not at the checkout??

You guys would cause chaos in the US. Here people load stuff on the conveyor and then stand aimlessly while the checkout person scans (and everything piles up) until a packer comes and packs for them. If a random british transplant (ie me!) dares to start packing, the staff all start tutting and solicitously suggest you let them pack and then offer to wheel your trolley to the car for you (since you must be ill if you want to pack yourself)

I shop three out of four times at Lidl. I had no idea about any of this! Why did no staff member ever mention it? I must have been really irritating! I was also really annoyed by them.

Why has no one said anything in almost a year?! Am I meant to read minds?!

I'm confused, where on earth would you pack if not at the checkout??

At the packing shelf which is clearly signed.

Lord save us from Waitrose types trying to save a few quid for their Chablis habit and yet still seem unable to read.

Sorry, had a monstrous few days.

It is pretty stressful trying to keep up with the cashier but me and DH have just about cracked it. But no I don't think someone should be packing a customer's bags or charging them for that service. Most folk manage themselves and for the ones who are a bit slow you just have to give them a bit of slack and inwardly feel envious of their grit and resolve to not feel remotely intimidated by 'speedy cashier on till no 1'

And one thing's for sure no matter how slow the customer is at Aldi you will be through those checkouts in half the time of Tesco or Sainsbury.

I work @ Lidl and I can say that in no way shape or form does scanning speed affect my wages, I am on an hourly rate, whether I scan 10 items a minute or 50, but like a PP said people want Tesco service at Lidl prices.

How busy is your life that you can't wait a few minutes for the people in front to pack their food?

I have never been to Aldi. But I have been to Tesco and I am not sure where else I would pack my bag but at check out.

Sorry, had a monstrous few days.

Don't apologise, these threads always bring out the wind up merchants, I refuse to believe people are that thick.... Or selfish.

People that pack at the till and treat it like Tesco's are a bit of both maybe.

Haven't rtwf but imho
Ya shove yer shopping back in the trolley, pay the lovely cashier and pack your shopping on the back shelf.
How hard is that?

I’m sure Aldi have no desire to be the Ryanair of supermarkets

That’s their whole business model. Having lived in Germany all the supermarkets expect you to be super quick especially Aldi.

I finish packing my bags at Tesco a millisecond after the last item is scanned. Going somewhere else to pack sounds ridiculous and highly inefficient to me. Thank god I would never set foot in Aldi.

It is not that people are being mean or pushy about those who pack at the checkout; packing away from the till so the next person can be whizzed through is one of the business models used by aldi to manage their set up of a value for money store. If you can match the cashier great if not be courteous and move to the packing area. Caveat those stores without packing areas etc.

You need these. Fling and go.

One of my favourite things about living in North America is I don't ever pack my own shopping anymore. Just an annoying little job that is no longer my problem. I don't care if it takes longer - I'm in no hurry. I just don't want to do it. I definitely don't want double the work by using a packing bench.

Put your shopping back in the trolley, pay your bill and pack the shopping at the back shelf. Everyone is busy you know

I used to pack at my car, as a full weekly shop would have taken up too much room on the packing bench. Then Aldi had their version of the trolley bags pictured above for sale, so I just started using them. Get all the shopping onto the conveyer belt, spread the bags along the length of the trolley and food goes straight in.
I assumed if Aldi didn't want people using them then they wouldn't have sold them. The bags have Aldi written huge on them, and I keep up with the cashier so I try not to feel guilty.

We have brand new Lidl, its packing is far superior to Aldi. The tills have a long packing area with a slider bit in the middle so if you still have things to pack when the cashier has finished they move your stuff to the side, you carry on and the next persons stuff comes down the other side. The card machine is on a long arm that moves across both sides.

I'd like to know what the point of the packing bench and fling method is when there are always huge fucking queues anyway. It's not really saving any time and just increasing inconvenience.