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

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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:
NotMeNoNo · 18/08/2021 17:50

Why is this still news? Aldi have been like this for 20 years.

Spirael · 18/08/2021 17:54

@SchrodingersImmigrant

It was in like 6 newspapers, not just sun
Which increases the likelihood that it was a social media sniffer, not the woman going to the media herself.

Someone will have contacted her, sympathised, got the details, then blasted an inaccurate, hyperbole article to all the tabloid media houses on their books. They then pocket the money for the sloppy journalism, and leave subject of their article to face the flack.

BrightYellowDaffodil · 18/08/2021 18:08

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.

You forgot the welder’s helmet, a hanging plant pot and set of three nesting dog beds…

Bearing in mind we had posters on here who were literally shaking and in tears because people were buying Easter Eggs or even just chocolate when they did their shopping during the first lockdown, these selfish shoppers were literally killing people. Heaven forfend anyone went to feed livestock or horses people doing that and not just leaving the animals to starve to death were akin to the worst serial killers and prompted full blown weeping and wailing from some posters on here. In view of that I can definitely believe the woman in the article is an Mumsnetter

I bought Easter eggs AND fed my horse (twice a day! Every day!) so I’m still trying to get the blood off my hands Lady Macbeth-style.

I can pack as quickly as Aldi can scan as I only ever have a basket of groceries and one big bag so I just wang it all in. Fucks me off no end when they start scanning before the person in front has gone. Give me a sporting chance!!

1forAll74 · 18/08/2021 18:26

I have never been in an Aldi place, but have heard it's a quick fire check out there, and often leaves women, crying and shaking ! These women are now going to be banned from the store, as it upsets other shoppers to witness a woman who is not up to speed, and is prone to falling apart when loading up. She can shop, only if she promises to buy only four small items.

Sonarl · 18/08/2021 18:28

How ridiculous. If this actually happened, I would have just laughed and walked out and gone to Tesco.

EmeraldShamrock · 18/08/2021 18:35

I have never been in an Aldi place, but have heard it's a quick fire check out there, and often leaves women, crying and shaking.
Customers is given plenty of time to load the belt, put the heaviest up first, don't try to pack unless you're naturally quick.
My coordination is awful. I scoop the shopping into the trolley and pack at my leisure at the designated packing area.

ohidoliketobe · 18/08/2021 18:35

Ridiculous.

Family member is store manager at aldi. There are literally signs above the checkout saying 'please bag at the bench so we can keep our prices low'.
The quicker they get you through the till the quicker they can serve the next person, meaning they don't have to open another till and can keep as many staff as possible on the shop floor. Stack it high and sell it cheap is how they keep their prices so low.

The staff used to be timed on their transactions, it is still monitored but not a rigorously as it used to be. If you politely ask them to slow down they will do with no issues at all, but not if it is to enable you to pack your bags at the till. Either have your bags open ready to chuck it all in, or just reload your trolley and pack at the bench or your car boot. It's really not hard is it.
Aldi and Lidl have been in the UK for what, over 25 years now? I'm still amazed people find this an issue to talk about.

Ohhelpmetoo · 18/08/2021 18:40

I was a trained Aldi shopper. Could keep up with the checkout and very proud I was too. When I found it was NOT an Olympic sport I was literally crying and shaking . When a disgruntled looking operator threw my flowers ( he obviously thought I only deserved stalks) I took myself back to Sainsbury’s online . I choose items and checkout at my own speed .

Meme69 · 18/08/2021 18:51

Our local Aldi are lovely and I always pack straight into my bags for life at the checkout. They all have a chat and are really helpful. I lways put it on the conveyor so that it's easy to pack and I've never had any problems. I hate doubltle handling it. In the USA, if you have just. Basket then you can just dump that onto the trolley and they scan it straight out of the basket for you to save you emptying it onto the conveyor, I've always wondered why they don't do that here, for baskets, not trolleys.

itsgettingwierd · 18/08/2021 19:25

It's so immature but I can stop giggling at "apologise to your bruised fruit" 🤣

itsgettingwierd · 18/08/2021 19:31

@CassandraCross

At family's preferred supermarket in Spain the cashiers help you pack during scanning and when finished scanning and put the full bags in your trolley for you all whilst chatting pleasantly, no-one in the queue gets stressed or het up about it, all very calm and relaxed.
I do remember the days of shopping at Mercadona!

A supermarket shop had to be scheduled in as a half day family outing Grin

itsgettingwierd · 18/08/2021 19:41

@emmathedilemma

I always bag at the checkout in Aldi and can keep up with them scanning. I can't be doing with double handling stuff and putting it in the trolley then packing at the counter or at the car, it might be efficient for them but it's not for me!! You need to be prepared.....have those bags that hang over the sides of your trolley or have the bags for life that stand up open when empty. Put similar type products down the conveyor belt together e.g. bottles, tins, fruit & veg, meat / fish so you can pack efficiently and fill a bag at time. Anything squashable or breakable such as crisps and eggs goes down last so you sit them on top of full bags. Big things don't really need a bag e.g. boxes of cereal, toilet rolls also go down last and can just sit round the sides of the bags in the trolley and go straight in the car boot or bagged later. Yes, it's practically an olympic sport if you get somone who's fast at scanning but it's hardly a traumatic experience!!
I use the large IKEA bags. Line the trolley, have ds ready to switch when full and scoop the next lot in 🤣🤣
itsgettingwierd · 18/08/2021 19:41

@Hemingwaycat

We use IKEA bags so we just leave the bags wide open in the trolley and throw everything straight in.
Me too!
CassandraCross · 18/08/2021 19:46

I do remember the days of shopping at Mercadona!

That's the one!

A supermarket shop had to be scheduled in as a half day family outing Grin

A trip to a local village shop could turn into an all day affair, it seemed compulsory that each and every customer spent at least half an hour chatting to the cashier and then a friend of customer would come in and join in the conversation!

Westchesterarms · 18/08/2021 19:46

@Meme69

"Our local Aldi are lovely and I always pack straight into my bags for life at the checkout. They all have a chat and are really helpful."

Oh, I've queued behind you. STOP CHATTING. There's only one till open and we're queueing down the aisle to frozen pizzas.

PS Lidl and Aldi scanners are all very nice.

Wintercoffee · 18/08/2021 19:49

I did have a bit of a chuckle at the article but have had a similar negative experience myself at Aldi! I found it dead embarrassing how fast they throw the food at you 🤣 it is a bit of a frantic mess!

CassandraCross · 18/08/2021 19:56

I bought Easter eggs AND fed my horse (twice a day! Every day!) so I’m still trying to get the blood off my hands Lady Macbeth-style.

Oh noShock, you're doomed, doomed I tell you. Just think of all literal crying and shaking you've causedGrin.

BrightYellowDaffodil · 19/08/2021 10:39

@CassandraCross Just imagine the howling and rending of garments if they’d realised one of the Easter eggs was for the horse (she’s rather partial to a bit of chocolate)…

EmeraldShamrock · 19/08/2021 12:38

Family member is store manager at aldi. There are literally signs above the checkout saying 'please bag at the bench so we can keep our prices low'.
The quicker they get you through the till the quicker they can serve the next person, meaning they don't have to open another till and can keep as many staff as possible on the shop floor.
Exactly the system works for most people keeping prices low is a goal many families appreciate.
I personally think those who chose to pack at the till are C.F. unless they're fast efficient shoppers, Dsis can pack perfectly on time, she is very naturally organised for the challenge.

OhGiveUp · 19/08/2021 13:04

I'd love to see her packing at the till in any supermarket, not just Aldi and Lidl in my home country. She would have been told sharply to move from the till to the packing shelf.
She would have had a full on nervous breakdown 😂

Eastie77Returns · 21/08/2021 14:38

She can't be a MNer. If she was she would have used her "free 30mins" to call a solicitor, get her ducks in a row and get a compensation claim underway by now.

This is golden though. She is worried about returning as the experience has 'knocked her confidence' shopping with the kids Grin

I do sympathise as the rare occasions I take mine with me ends up with me want to drop them off at the nearest Adoption agency on the way home.

olympicsrock · 21/08/2021 15:11

Diffuse the situation is fine. Diffusion reduces the concentration of something and lessens the intensity

melj1213 · 21/08/2021 15:13

My only issue with Aldi recently has been that the way my local stores have put the perspex screens around the checkouts makes it really hard to get to the products as the cashier scans them so you literally can't keep up.

The screens are a perspex box round the cashier with a square cut out at the end for you to get your stuff. The problem is that, because of the way you have to park your trolley and the placement of the gap, you have a very limited area to get your items from which takes longer, especially when the cashier doesn't push the items to the opening to make it easier to scoop them into a bag and you have to reach under the screen into the scanning area to get your items.

ilovesooty · 21/08/2021 15:41

@WorraLiberty

I would've said 100% a Mumsnetter, but then I read on and there wasn't a single mention of 'scowling', so now I'm not so sure?

Everyone knows supermarket cashiers scowl at shaking Mumsnetters.

Oh and sneering too, there was none of that Sad

They bark as well. Always.
Chloemol · 21/08/2021 15:45

All you do is have the bags open in the trolley and pop them in them as you go

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