Do you need any help with your packing?

[Bozza]

Has anyone said 'yes' to this?

If so, what happened - did someone appear and pack for you whilst you stood around and eyed up the tasty young piece on the next checkout?

And if there are all these expert packers waiting in the wings, why don't they bloody train them to work the checkouts too so that when they say "Can all multi-skilled staff please go to the checkouts" someone does actually appear to help reduce the queues.

Come on NSC, tell me your stories on this burning issue of the day.

 

[Pigsy]

I haven't availed myself of this service, but I was talking to a cashier who informed that men always refused the option of assistance whereas women were happy to have someone pack on their behalf.

What I dislike is when the local cubs try to muscle in on the packing, f*** it up, and expect a tip.

 

[Bluejuice]

I have taken the supermarket staff up on this kind offer in the past but sadly they don't know how to pack shopping as it should be done.

They cram everything ramshackled into a plastic bag, shoving heavy tins of food on top of delicate bruisable objects like lettuce and they're ploughing through so quickly that they inevitably smash the packaging of the most volatile foodstuffs which then leak out all over the rest of your shopping whilst you drive home so that by the time you get back to unload, all you're left with is a squashed mush of sticky crud.

Just say no

 

[Paddy B]

I do say yes because generally i am still unloading the trolley at the other end of the conveyer when she (cashier) is putting the stuff through.

Once I have finished unpacking the trolley i tend to take over.

Does this make me a bad person?

 

[Man of Harveys]

Supermarkets should, as they do in Germany, charge a good chunk per bag - 20-30p, say. The instant they do that, people start reusing them, of course. But Tesco's et al don't have the BALLS to try it, shamefully.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

And a follow-up question:

Has anybody in the entire history of aviation ever given the wrong answer to the following?:

a. Did you pack your luggage yourself?
b. Could anybody have interfered with your luggage?

Answer anything other than YES and NO respectively, and you ain't going on holiday anywhere fella.

 

[Icy Gull]

Supermarkets should, as they do in Germany, charge a good chunk per bag - 20-30p, say. The instant they do that, people start reusing them, of course. But Tesco's et al don't have the BALLS to try it, shamefully.

They no longer provide bags in the supermarkets in the area of France I spend time in. You have to buy re-usable ones or bring your own. Excellent idea imo.

 

[Screaming J]

Has anyone said 'yes' to this?

If so, what happened - did someone appear and pack for you whilst you stood around and eyed up the tasty young piece on the next checkout?

And if there are all these expert packers waiting in the wings, why don't they bloody train them to work the checkouts too so that when they say "Can all multi-skilled staff please go to the checkouts" someone does actually appear to help reduce the queues.

Come on NSC, tell me your stories on this burning issue of the day.

Yes, but only until I've finished putting stuff on the conveyor belt as the check out people tend to put grapes in the bottom of plastic bags and then squash them with tins.

Time heavy on your hands at the moment Bozza?

 

[Bluejuice]

Lidl charge you for their plastic bags

 

[Da Man Clay]

And a follow-up question:

Has anybody in the entire history of aviation ever given the wrong answer to the following?:

a. Did you pack your luggage yourself?
b. Could anybody have interfered with your luggage?

Answer anything other than YES and NO respectively, and you ain't going on holiday anywhere fella.

You would have to very silly to answer anything but yes and no to those q's.

 

[Shegull]

Supermarkets should, as they do in Germany, charge a good chunk per bag - 20-30p, say. The instant they do that, people start reusing them, of course. But Tesco's et al don't have the BALLS to try it, shamefully.

We do that here in Ireland but now people are slowly starting to just buy the bags again instead of reusing them - so the tax is going up again. Good idea it is too. This is in every shop and not just supermarkets.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Safeways on the South Circ at Sheen had a simple lad who helped do the packing. Credit to Safeways for employing him. He did a good job - and was cheerful as well.

 

[bhaexpress]

And a follow-up question:

Has anybody in the entire history of aviation ever given the wrong answer to the following?:

a. Did you pack your luggage yourself?
b. Could anybody have interfered with your luggage?

Answer anything other than YES and NO respectively, and you ain't going on holiday anywhere fella.

I was thinking the same but I wonder how many have replied 'yes, it was my mum' ?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Safeways on the South Circ at Sheen had a simple lad who helped do the packing. Credit to Safeways for employing him. He did a good job - and was cheerful as well.

Why did that make me think of Kev?

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Why did that make me think of Kev?

Career opportunity perhaps.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Lidl charge you for their plastic bags

That's usually their most expensive item though.

 

[Guinness Boy]

And a follow-up question:

Has anybody in the entire history of aviation ever given the wrong answer to the following?:

a. Did you pack your luggage yourself?
b. Could anybody have interfered with your luggage?

Answer anything other than YES and NO respectively, and you ain't going on holiday anywhere fella.

Which is ironic because normally the answer should be a. yes and b. no - but in about 15 minutes they will arrive with a group of employees of the airport who could, in theory, do almost anything with them.

Not that I'm suggesting that all ground crew are dodgy (though an Argus story a while back did) - merely that the 2nd question is totally superfluous.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Why did that make me think of Kev?

When Safeways posts - this lad springs to mind.

 

[desprateseagull]

i alwaya enjoy embarassing the 'suits' hovering by the busy tills at saunsburys, who seem to take joy in ignoring the need for more tills to be opened..

in a loud voice, repeat after me- excuse me young man, can you help with this long queue?' etc..

 

[Bry Nylon]

"Would you like any help with your packing?"
"No thank you."
"Would you like any cash back?"
"Err, no thanks."
"Do you have a Club Card?"
"No..." (getting tetchy now)
"Are you collecting vouchers for school computers?"
"NO!"
"Would you mind if I gave them to the lady behind you?"
"YOU CAN SHOVE THEM UP HER FANNY FOR ALL I CARE! JUST TELL ME HOW MUCH MY SHOPPING IS SO I CAN f*** OFF!! THANK YOU."