To be irritated by ‘pickers’ in Tesco

[Pottedpalm]

I don’t often shop in Tesco as I have other large supermarkets closer to home. However on Saturday morning I called in for a few items needed fir a dish to take to a party. Plan was to shop speedily with a basket for cheese, cream, herbs, pastry, bread…
My progress was hampered at every turn by pickers trying to manoeuvre their large ’trolleys’. In the cheese aisle two were parked blocking the section I needed to browse, with a third one opposite, and they took ages to find what they wanted. Same in other areas, although the refrigerated areas were worst.
AIBU to think Tesco should address this issue, particularly at bust times like Saturday mornings?

The high street here wen downhill when they started to charge £12 a day to park (only other parking is £4 for 2 hours max) at the same time it went up to £6.50 return on the bus.

Then they totally killed it by allowing three different retail parks which mean you can no longer go into town and get everything in the one area.

I used to do this job

We started at 6am with an aim to be off the shop floor by 10am but as orders increased the more time we had to spend.

Some days we started at 1150 trolleys to do. They were about 60 of us but if there is 50 items in each order that is going to take some time

I always left my trolley so it was out I'd people's way. Some people left in mids of Isle so customers could still get to the products they wanted

I totally agree. Plus if you didn't keep your pick rate up you always got told off.

This ^
Morrisons for the win

Eer you're the one who actively came on a forum to moan about Tesco workers (who are lowly paid and over worked). You're the miserable sod.

Aldi Click and Collect orders come from the shop floor. They use crates and the sorts of trolleys that they use to transport groceries from the van to your house.

Oh honey. The only miserable one here is you, whinging about someone doing their job.

Do you wish everyone you deem below you to be invisible? Or just the ones that dare to be exactly where you want to be?

How on earth is it a personal post when it wasn't aimed at you?

@Mississipi71 use of the word 'you' when used during a rant, comes across as if you're having a go at the person you quoted. You quoted my post and then said aggressively 'if a customer gives way to you in an aisle, try saying Thankyou' as if I had personally affronted you.

You were unnecessarily hostile and it felt like you were targeting me.

I'm sorry if you've had that experience but quoting someone's post and acting as if all pickers are one homogeneous group of people who are all rude and bad mannered is not necessary.

Most of us aren't like that (although thankfully i don't do it any more).

My progress was hampered at every turn by pickers trying to manoeuvre their large ’trolleys’.

How desperately inconvenient, & so degrading to have to manoeuvre amongst the plebs OP. Send your butler next time.

But how did you not know that if you stand stock still in a crowded aisle & loudly announce "Do you know who I am? - I usually shop at Fortnums you know", a troupe of better-trained pickers will leap nimbly to your assistance, & gather the provisions you so sadly lack while apologising for forgetting the red carpet?