To think this is pointless (Primark tills)

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I came across this on facebook and although its a good idea in theory I cant help but think its abit pointless, A till specifically for disabled customers. Ive never seen any in my local stores so dont know how many Primarks have it.
But apparently you can also use it if you are pregnant or have a double buggy 🙄 Surely the queues will be just as long then? and surely its a choice to buy a pram so wide it doesnt fit at the other tills?!

It’s clearly not “pointless” OP. Even if the queue to use the disabled checkout were exactly the same speed as the regular queue it would still be a checkout that wheelchair users can physically get to and use, which isn’t possible in the standard Primark checkouts. So how on earth is that pointless?

Tors33 its not my picture, Its on a facebook group with literally thousands of people.

WhyDontYouComeOnOver its extreme couponing and bargains uk group.

OP, I think you've fallen into the trap of believing everything you read on Facebook.

Might I suggest that instead of using the Facebook comments section as your sole source of information, you use a little common sense and research the facts.

I'm not disabled but I am a carer for someone who is. My mum can not leave the house without a wheelchair. She has no need for priority service because she can't queue but a disabled accessible till, even if she has to wait behind able bodied customers (with or without prams/buggies) is much more dignified than me paying for her shopping. Often she can't reach the card machine or I have to park the chair and pay for the shopping because the single queue design is such that you can not pass the wheelchair to get out or reach another till.

Think the OP thought she was on for something because usually letting other people use facilities designed for disabled people is considered a big no no (and rightly so) but she’s failed to grasp that these special tills are to enable access and that it isn’t only wheelchair users who need wider spaces than primary usually allow. She’s not getting the echo chamber in her favour that she expected.

You do realise that just because someone on FB said it’s so that you don’t have to queue, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true?

Much more likely that it’s because Primark always seems to have very long and narrow queue systems which must be an arse to manoeuvre around.

Where I live, a certain percentage of tills in all shops (and banks, airports, etc. anywhere that the public may have to queue for something) are required by law to be reserved for the disabled, pregnant, elderly, and parents with infants who are not yet walking.

I think it's nice. Nobody questions it.

I must admit to being rather intrigued by the idea of an "extreme couponing" FB page/movement.

Do they skydive into Tesco via the roof?

I've held the queue up in Primark because of my double buggy. It's so narrow that no one could pass and there was no where to go as I was at the first till by the queue. I was there for about five mins and loads of waiting for others who were understanding luckily

This is a great idea as I get awful holding up everyone up. Yes you can have double prams that have seats behind the other but my kids hated it and screamed the whole time which you would probably also moan about ....

I’m pregnant and find it hard to stand still for long periods. I have nearly passed out at the till in Tesco’s and had to hand the assistant my purse while I sat down (I’m fine moving around) - why would you begrudge me using this till?

I was really annoyed when my local library (after I stopped working there) changed the ground floor computer desks to standing desks to encourage quicker use (longer sessions are given on the other floors). Inaccessible to many of our customers. Not great for me either TBH given my health issues as I can’t always stand for long, but at least I have the option.

So, people in wheelchairs and scooters have to go to other floors. Not great IMO.

Why do pregnant women need a special till. they're not handicapped or ill are they?

Pregnancy isnt an illness or disability.

(Inaccessible because they are much higher I mean, you wouldn’t be able to see the keyboard if in a wheelchair. So I’m in favour of the lower desk till being available)

Pregnant women are more likely to have problems standing up for a long time.

Peegnancy is 100% not a disability. You chose to get pregnant. You shouldn't get special treatment.

RLOU30 clearly like mummummum1 you haven't actually read the thread properly. My comment was "Having children is NOT a disability and if you're telling a disabled person to fuck off for stating it, you need to take a look at yourself" so I didn't say they were telling me to fuck off just for being disabled, that's their words not mine. Perhaps you would care to go back and read properly?

The irony is that my original post stated that as a wheelchair user I was happy for pregnant women and multiple buggy users to use the tills, but some of you just like to have an angry rant.

It's pretty good for me, I have invisible disabilities and no wheelchair and I pass out standing too long, so when the queue is large, it's a big help.

The trouble is, I look fine, and I get a lot of questions about why I'm asking to use it, I've been laughed at when I asked to use it once, which made me feel like crap, and another wanted some proof (I had a disabled railcard) so it's pretty shitty when something like that happens, especially as there was nobody using it anyway, so it's clearly not overly misused.

I said it above, but I live in a country where a certain number of the tills in all shops are required by law to be reserved for the disabled, pregnant, elderly, and parents with infants who are not yet walking. Everybody is fine with it because why would you begrudge somebody who's more likely to have difficulty waiting in a long queue?

Sometimes Mumsnet really does perpetuate the stereotype of the British as a bunch of negative moaners who complain about everything.

Pregnancy isnt an illness or disability.
No it isn’t. But someone who is heavily pregnant, or has SPD can find it hard to stand for long periods of time so surely it’s nice to show some compassion. A person with a broken foot isn’t considered disabled, I wouldn’t want them to have to stand for longer than necessary.

It is possible to have compassion yet still believe people with disabilities might need a little help.

I really would be easier if you just said “ahh yes, I thought it was just about queue length, didn’t realise the lower desk was the main part of it”

I was told I should have used it as I use a stick, only problem is it's rarely manned

Peegnancy is 100% not a disability. You chose to get pregnant. You shouldn't get special treatment.
When did we become such a nation of arseholes?
Why would anyone begrudge someone using something that might help them out?
If a few pregnant women use these tills what does it matter? The most you are looking at is 1 or 2 extra people in the queue. Let’s try & have a bit of empathy for everyone

no disabled person has a problem with being in a queue!

They just want a way to use a till easily like everyone else.

Ive been pregnant, never felt I needed special treatment though.