Windsor Street, Brighton. What is going on?

[Lady Whistledown]

Have you tried the "using your own bag" feature? It's incredibly fussy about what type of bag you use, I tried using an empty rucksack once and it was having none of it.

All I know is that you know you're getting on in life when you buy alcohol through the self serve checkouts, and the assistant comes over and presses the "Customer Is DEFINITELY Over 25 button" without giving you a second glance

 

[BensGrandad]

Probably somebody illegally parked having a ruck with the traffic warden or plastic copper.

 

[Smythe]

Its Michael Owen in a lorry with all his horses in the back trying to find the Amex......going the wrong way down one way road so ive heard.

 

[Northstandite]

The Tardis had landed, and was blocking a delivery. The first case of Tardis-rage.

 

[The Fifth Column]

Lorry involved in a fatal crash up in Nottingham and located down here according to my police source, closing off the road so they can get a full forensic exam of the truck in situ I imagine.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

There is a monster Sports Direct? 32 wheel truck together with a huge trailer attached that is parked near North st exit with people crawling under it

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

All I know is that you know you're getting on in life when you buy alcohol through the self serve checkouts, and the assistant comes over and presses the "Customer Is DEFINITELY Over 25 button" without giving you a second glance

I get that and im 18 - nice to know im getting on in life early then, shame as i like getting my ID out

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Have you tried the "using your own bag" feature? It's incredibly fussy about what type of bag you use, I tried using an empty rucksack once and it was having none of it.

If the bag weighs over a certain amount manual intervention is needed to ascertain it is only a bag in the weighing area and not a case of beer which has "accidentally" been placed there. "Using your own bag" anticipates a bag for life anything more puts on the red light.

 

[ManOnTheRun]

Report from Today's Argus ..

 

[Kumquat]

Am I the only one who actually replies to the woman's voice? As in:

Woman: Unexpected item in baggage area
Me: Don't be a **** all your life.
Woman: Are you using your own bag:
Me: Yes:
Woman: Do you want one of our special offers?
Me: No. f*** off and let me pay.

 

[Badger]

Am I the only one who actually replies to the woman's voice? As in:

Woman: Unexpected item in baggage area
Me: Don't be a **** all your life.
Woman: Are you using your own bag:
Me: Yes:
Woman: Do you want one of our special offers?
Me: No. f*** off and let me pay.

WHSmith is the worst one, even the automatic checkout is trained to ask you if you want to purchase a large chocolate bar to accompany your newspaper. FFS, if I'd wanted one I would have picked it up and scanned it.

 

[Kumquat]

WHSmith is the worst one, even the automatic checkout is trained to ask you if you want to purchase a large chocolate bar to accompany your newspaper. FFS, if I'd wanted one I would have picked it up and scanned it.

WHS was exactly the one I meant. At least it saves me cutting off some pour soul at the pay desk halfway through the mantra "Would you like one of our chocolate bars…….". The other thing I f***ing hate is that they give you some shit coupon every single time which you then have to put back on the counter as they're getting your change. £5 off if you spend £80 internet shopping with Ocado or some other bollocks. At least the self-service payouts haven't worked out how to spit one of them at us yet

 

[Badger]

WHS was exactly the one I meant. At least it saves me cutting off some pour soul at the pay desk halfway through the mantra "Would you like one of our chocolate bars…….". The other thing I f***ing hate is that they give you some shit coupon every single time which you then have to put back on the counter as they're getting your change. £5 off if you spend £80 internet shopping with Ocado or some other bollocks. At least the self-service payouts haven't worked out how to spit one of them at us yet

Sainsbury's has a separate machine for spitting out vouchers for Nectar Card customers, I end up with a continuous stream of money off vouchers for things I am never likely to buy.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

All I know is that you know you're getting on in life when you buy alcohol through the self serve checkouts, and the assistant comes over and presses the "Customer Is DEFINITELY Over 25 button" without giving you a second glance

i wouldn't take offence.....i get that all the time and i am 25

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

It bloody isn't! I only have to sneeze in the vicinity of the bagging area for the machine to conclude that I've tried to sneak a bottle of Chateau Lafite 62 in without paying.

I'd heard that '61 was a better year.