M&S self serve till recordings.....stop now!

[Butterpup]

Just been to M&S and at the self serve check out there seems to be the most irritating recording of a woman shouting inane comments. Has anyone else heard these? What on earth is it all about? Awful!

Could someone please let me know when they have stopped so that I can resume shopping there, possibly?

Alesha Dixon for Britains got Talent? Very annoying!

I use them once a week, sick of hearing "Amanda" twittering on. Poor bloody staff having to listen to that all day.

YANBU it’s ridiculous

Alesha Dixon?
Why is this a good idea?

I can't go in, multiple recordings saying the same thing, out of sync, from different tills. All SHOUTING.

Run for the hills...

M&S have recently sponsored Britains Got Talent so thats why Ant and Dec, Amanda and Alesha are the voices on the self serve tills.

It just said Amanda to me! Is it Amanda Holden?

I have stopped using our local BP garage as the pumps used to shout shit at me.

DH tells me that they've turned it off now, presumably the weight of public pressure

Poor staff.

How long until I can go back to the shop?

You can mute them. I got Ant and Dec which was quite funny. Apparently our M&S have them, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden.

Is it more annoying than the Virgin Trains loos?

Oooh what happens in the Virgin train loos?

I cannot believe M&S are sponsoring them,

What a waste of money.

I did complain via Twitter - along with many others. No reply

It's not just any annoying till recording it's a M&S annoying till recording.

I agree - I hate Ant and Dec anyway but I certainly do not want to hear their stupid voices when I am paying for my shopping. I told the assistant that it was enough to put me off shopping there - the lady next to me agreed!

@Sparklingbrook a woman takes on the persona of the toilet and talks about the trials of being one before reminding you not to flush stuff you shouldn’t.

The woman on the Sainsbury's self-service tills has the most patronising delivery I've ever heard. Drive me nuts!

... especially when they talk about using your SPURKS card!

Blimey DownStreet that's a bit offputting. But a worthwhile message.

I hate all self-service tills.

They say "unexpected item in baggage area" when actually, it's my shopping. What's unexpected about that?

I mute them as soon as I scan my 1st item can't stand them

You should hear the ones in Poundland - they are just appalling. If I worked there I would have taken a lump hammer to the tills the first week the voices were added.

How do you mute?

Wait, hang on...they can be muted? How?!

Is there someone who works in marketing on here who can help explain why they did it?

My GM was hit and nearly killed by a drunk driver so I was seriously unimpressed when I was greeted by one in M&S (Ant) and complained. They looked at me like I had 2 heads and kept saying 'I'm not sure I see what you are saying'. Seriously hard of thinking!