Slip of the tongue

[bless 'em all]

When did that memo come out?

Phnarr!

[darmstadt]

Sir, you are a shining wit

Actually thats more of a Spoonerism, isn't it?

[gingerjedi]

Me.

The queues for the automated() tills are longer.

Plus I don't steal peoples' jobs.

And you get to run your very own beauty contest.

[NotAllThere]

He is clearly from the era before the personality by-pass. Where did you get yours done, NHS or private ?

Since when did things that crawl out from under stones ever have access to healthcare?

[BoredBloke]

dude what era are you from....Who in the heck uses staffed checkout's these days.

Me! If I'm doing the checkout myself then I should get some kind of discount based on the fact that I'm saving Tesco from having to employ somebody. Plus those self checkout things are a pain in the arse. If you are buying booze you have to wait until a memeber of staff authorises your purchase.

[TheFaQQer]

People buying fags and alcohol.

Or anything with a security tag on it.

I bought a carving knife once in Tesco and went through the self-service checkout. Attendant took the knife away to remove the security tag and didn't bring it back. Then practically accused me of stealing the knife because I said I hadn't got it.

He went through every bag (which I then watched him repack) before admitting that it had "disappeared somewhere, then".

[doodab]

Me! If I'm doing the checkout myself then I should get some kind of discount based on the fact that I'm saving Tesco from having to employ somebody. Plus those self checkout things are a pain in the arse. If you are buying booze you have to wait until a memeber of staff authorises your purchase.

And if you have more than a bag of shopping it gets tricky to balance it all without the machine complaining that you've either taken things out of the bagging area or not put them in. And using a rucksack is a nightmare.

[barrydidit]

All of these problems can be avoided if you just weigh all your goods as baking potatoes. It's a lot quicker, cheaper too.

[doodab]

All of these problems can be avoided if you just weigh all your goods as baking potatoes. It's a lot quicker, cheaper too.

I'm going to have to try that...

[Platypus]

Last time I was in Tesco, all the "self service" tills were saying error this or wait for assistance that, their customers stranded and looking helpless, while those of us in the "one basket only" line were getting through quickly and efficiently.