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To think this was a MNer? *crying and shaking*

152 replies

ChipButties · 18/08/2021 14:51

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/15867645/mum-shopping-aldi-crying-shaking-speed-aggressive-cashier/amp/

I don’t have an Aldi near me, not been in one, but I’ve heard they’re pretty good? Is it worth risking my life to shop there?

OP posts:
EvilPea · 18/08/2021 15:08

Never had a problem until a few weeks ago when I’ve had to ask one to slow down as she was shoving it onto the floor. She took great offence.

I used to beat them with packing, but I’ve got Reynolds now and I can’t pack quickly. It also means I’m not going to pack at the till and then at the shelves.

EarringsandLipstick · 18/08/2021 15:10

I'm going against the grain. Sure it's a silly article. It's embarrassing to think she went to the paper about it. But I think it's entirely possible it happened as she described.

Some cashiers are definitely on a bit of a power trip.

CanofCant · 18/08/2021 15:10

She said: "He could see my struggle and when a tin finally fell, I began crying and shaking".

Hilarious article, might put it forward for APILN. Disappointed there was no sad face photo to accompany it.

WorraLiberty · 18/08/2021 15:11

@EvilPea

Never had a problem until a few weeks ago when I’ve had to ask one to slow down as she was shoving it onto the floor. She took great offence.

I used to beat them with packing, but I’ve got Reynolds now and I can’t pack quickly. It also means I’m not going to pack at the till and then at the shelves.

I used to beat them with packing

I read that as you used to beat them with packaging! 😂😂

Ohsugarhoneyicetea · 18/08/2021 15:11

I would have walked out leaving it all there if some tosspot at check out did that to me.

theThreeofWeevils · 18/08/2021 15:11

Diffuse the situation' is perfectly correct? Am I missing something?

Defuse. As in making a bomb safe. If you fail to defuse one successfully, you are likely to be diffused over a wide area.

Yesitsbess · 18/08/2021 15:12

@BeenHereForAges

Lol! She lost me at "bagging at the checkout" Everyone knows you must never bag at the Aldi checkout!! You chuck it all in the trolley and try to apologise to your bruised fruit at the bagging benches like everyone else.
Right? It never ceases to amaze me how many people don't do this!
Acrasia · 18/08/2021 15:12

She should definitely never shop in Germany, UK Aldi are the same speed as normal supermarkets, and then German Aldi and Lidl cashiers cause a sonic boom from the speed at which they scan items 😆 It’s so stressful that I only ever buy what I can carry in my hands from Aldi and Lidl. It’s actually not too bad here in general because most people pack straight into their own baskets (like this www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B06X97QTFJ/) rather than bags.

NewlyGranny · 18/08/2021 15:13

Back to Waitrose with her!

poorbuthappy · 18/08/2021 15:14

I always pack at the checkout. I still sweep it all into my trolley, but I've grouped the shopping together on the belt and have the bags in my trolley ready.

Lovemusic33 · 18/08/2021 15:14

I love Aldi, the speedy cashiers actually make me laugh 🤣, I can only park at one speed, it feels like there having some kind of race for ‘the fastest to put 50 items through the till’, some seem quite competitive whilst others don’t care.

Iamthewombat · 18/08/2021 15:14

Poor bloody cashier. As if they don’t have enough to deal with!

KaptainKaveman · 18/08/2021 15:14

"DEFUSE" - to calm, appease. VERB
"DIFFUSE" - spread out in small particles. ADJECTIVE.

SUN "WRITERS" - uneducated twats. ADJ/ NOUN.

FOJN · 18/08/2021 15:15

I can imagine it was stressful for a moment but traumatised, really?

I always pack at the checkout, I didn't know the Aldi rules but I can usually keep up.

NewlyGranny · 18/08/2021 15:15

Our local Lidl has self checkouts so we can take our time, though it is set to prompt the customer to "Scan another item," if your pace slackens. 😁

judgejudyrocks · 18/08/2021 15:15

She revealed to Teesside Live that the man’s "ferocious" speed on the conveyor belts left her traumatised

With all of the truly traumatic stuff going on in the World, how can she say this without feeling completely pathetic? It's time to trim the herd.

Marmitemarinaded · 18/08/2021 15:19

@CovidCorvid

I don’t think a Mumsnetter would embarrass herself by running to the press talking about being traumatised by such an event. She needs to Get a grip.

What I don’t understand is if she’s been shopping at aldi for ten years how come she hasn’t grasped the concept of not bagging at the checkout? All she had to do was sweep it all into the trolly and pack at the shelves!

Why?

Because mumsnetter are all above making twats of themselves?

Have you ^^ some of the threads on here?!

Marmitemarinaded · 18/08/2021 15:19

Read

EarringsandLipstick · 18/08/2021 15:21

@theThreeofWeevils

Diffuse the situation' is perfectly correct? Am I missing something?

Defuse. As in making a bomb safe. If you fail to defuse one successfully, you are likely to be diffused over a wide area.

There's two ways to use the expression.

Defuse is as you describe - like a bomb.

Diffuse can apply here tho - it will mean to ameliorate or lessen the impact of the situation. It can also mean to spread widely / thinly as you say, but diffuse the situation as I described it is absolutely correct to say.

NCnotmyusualone · 18/08/2021 15:21

@EvilPea

Never had a problem until a few weeks ago when I’ve had to ask one to slow down as she was shoving it onto the floor. She took great offence.

I used to beat them with packing, but I’ve got Reynolds now and I can’t pack quickly. It also means I’m not going to pack at the till and then at the shelves.

“I’ve got Reynolds now”. Is that as in Ryan Reynolds, you lucky pea Envy he would put me off my packing stride too… Wink
Gingerkittykat · 18/08/2021 15:22

To be fair to her, if another member of staff intervened it looks like she might have got a bad checkout assistant who was genuinely rude to her.

OTOH, going to The Sun because they were mean to you in a shop is completely idiotic.

SheWhoRemains · 18/08/2021 15:22

This article is hilarious and she should have gone to the packing shelf.

BUT, as an aside, the basket system in Aldi really annoys me. In my local shop, you are not allowed to take baskets through the till, so you have no choice but to pack at the till, and they still throw the items at you.

I've also realised that if I pay before I finish packing, they will start scanning the next customer before I've moved.

So now, whenever I am just using a basket, I don't pay until I've finished packing and I swear the cashier looks at me as if I've pooped on their shoe.

EileenGC · 18/08/2021 15:22

She should never come on a self catering holiday to Germany.

Imagine a UK-speed Aldi checkout, multiply the speed by 5 and add angry German shouting on top when you take one extra second than they would’ve liked. I’m in one of the ‘lazy’ German states and that’s how my weekly shop goes each and every time Grin

LynetteScavo · 18/08/2021 15:24

Everyone knows your not supposed to bag at the check out, but I do.

I was told not to bag at the check out once. I replied "watch me" with a hard stare. He cashier went as fast as he possibly could, and I still managed to get all my frozen stuff into one bag. Ha!

I think the problem is she had her kids with her and what she thought was going to be a cheap shop ended up really expensive because the kids had added a glue gun, ski goggles and a crotchet your own crab kit from the central isle of shite.

EarringsandLipstick · 18/08/2021 15:24

@KaptainKaveman

"DEFUSE" - to calm, appease. VERB "DIFFUSE" - spread out in small particles. ADJECTIVE.

SUN "WRITERS" - uneducated twats. ADJ/ NOUN.

Oh dear.

Diffuse is both a verb and an adjective.

To diffuse something means to spread it over a wide area or population or to thin out, mitigate the impact of a situation

I agree defuse is probably a better word to use though.