Pressure in Lidil/Aldi

TheSheriff

Just back from Lidil there for the ould weekly shop

Does anyone else feel immense pressure at the till to try and get everything packed and pay the guy/gal?

Its as if they shoot a gun to initiate a start as soon as they scan the first item and its you against them.

Can you pack fast enough to prevent the build up of items on their miniature metal shelf?

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

Princess Peach

You're not supposed to pack at the till, that's what the shelved area behind the till is for.

Satriale

Roll on that pressure. People dawdling at tills drive me nutz.
Count your pennies at home old lady.

foggy_lad

TheSheriff wrote: »

Just back from Lidil there for the ould weekly shop

Does anyone else feel immense pressure at the till to try and get everything packed and pay the guy/gal?

Its as if they shoot a gun to initiate a start as soon as they scan the first item and its you against them.

Can you pack fast enough to prevent the build up of items on their miniature metal shelf?

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

You are still in Tesco/Wipe me a**e mode if you expect to pack your shopping at the till!

Chuck it all into the trolley then pay and take trolley to the window where there is a big shelf for packing sorting and relaxing:D

son.of.jimi

Yeah I don't think you should pack at the till. they have the shelf behind the tills for packing. No rush then

2smiggy

well they do get through customers very quickly, and if that is what we have to put up with for there low prices, it's worth it.

I'm quite used it at this stage , just have to have the bags ready

Davarus Walrus

They pack your bags for you in Fallon and Byrne.

jamesbere

I challenge the check-out girl, can she scan faster then I can pack.

kneemos

Less time spent at the till=fewer staff=lower prices.

Gone Drinking

Why don't they play some kind of music? It can't be THAT much cheaper to have the place so silent.

Its usually just a wash of foreign accents and men saying "jayus, for 15 quid, who doesn't need an angle grinder and a wet suit?"

In regards to the bag packing, I always go with my missus, so we usually get it all bagged and paid nice and quick.

o1s1n

I've heard the guys who work the tills are timed as to how long each transaction takes - therefore you see insane speeds.

It resulted in a carton of smashed eggs all over the floor the last time we were in Aldi.

TheSheriff

Id only ever have a bag full of stuff (single lad), wouldnt see much point in lumping it into a trolley and then packing (id never even have a trolley) - never really knew the window areas where designated official packing zones!

How I must have been spoiled in the past!

FouxDaFaFa

They time how long it takes the cashier to complete transactions and it affects their pay with small bonuses for faster transactions.

(Applied and got a job in Aldi once, never ended up working there but that was on the forms they gave me).

Timberrrrrrrr

I EAT PRESSURE AND SH/TE RESULTS!!!!

Soups123

TheSheriff wrote: »

Just back from Lidil there for the ould weekly shop

Does anyone else feel immense pressure at the till to try and get everything packed and pay the guy/gal?

Its as if they shoot a gun to initiate a start as soon as they scan the first item and its you against them.

Can you pack fast enough to prevent the build up of items on their miniature metal shelf?

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

Pick two or three handy items and remove the barcode sticker, stick them from middle to back on the belt and you'll get all the time you need

whiskeyman

Soups123 wrote: »

Pick two or three handy items and remove the barcode sticker, stick them from middle to back on the belt and you'll get all the time you need

Do you even shop in Aldi / Lidl?
The barcode is all over the pack!
It makes for much easier scanning.

Soups123

whiskeyman wrote: »

Do you even shop in Aldi / Lidl?
The barcode is all over the pack!
It makes for much easier scanning.

Couple of handy items, tin of dog fund with the paper label, banana's tube coleslaw all easily removed! you only need 2/3 and its back in comfort.

Red Nissan

I have the right stuff, I dump everything on the conveyor and then shout at my wife to take the money out of her purse NOW, she usually jumps, what's this about women and checkouts when they are asked for the money, they jump and look around and fuss and flap and eventually find a purse and then the thing has to be packed away again.

I then just shove everything back into the trolley and my wife has already got her change and we're off out the gap like and sometimes we actually get applause from other aisles as they continue to queue needlessly.

Chucken

Red Nissan wrote: »

I have the right stuff, I dump everything on the conveyor and then shout at my wife to take the money out of her purse NOW, she usually jumps, what's this about women and checkouts when they are asked for the money, they jump and look around and fuss and flap and eventually find a purse and then the thing has to be packed away again.

I then just shove everything back into the trolley and my wife has already got her change and we're off out the gap like and sometimes we actually get applause from other aisles as they continue to queue needlessly.

Sorry love, it won't happen again

MonkeyTennis

I can open another till in Lidl with my mind.

rubadub

TheSheriff wrote: »

Id only ever have a bag full of stuff (single lad), wouldnt see much point in lumping it into a trolley and then packing (id never even have a trolley)

I would be the same, I go in with a backpack and would have stuff in it already like jumpers or trousers or delicate things. My trick is while the person in front is paying I leg it over to the counter and dump stuff out of my bag, so it is empty and ready to fill. I place stuff on the belt in the exact order I want it to go into the bag, so heavy stuff first. Then I can put my jumpers etc back in at the end.

Another trick is leaving mulitple items in the basket, they then scan 1 and pass you over the whole basket. I do this with beer.

I love the policy, there is a small young girl in my local one who is like a machine, its amazing to see her in action! I pride my self scanning skills too. You see some eejits lifting up products and looking all over them to find the barcodes, and then scan them, often its quicker to just blindly roll the product around the scanning area and most of the time it just scans.

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Why don't they play some kind of music?

They should play this if you are try to pack as it comes off

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqg3l3r_DRI

topper75

Oh I can hear the shrill sound of that bell now, cutting up through the thick silence of the store, and the glower of my queue-comrades intensifying and focusing like a laser beam on the face of the offender who is trying to buy the barcode-less item. The acrid smell of awkwardness and shame pervades and lingers yet even in the very tarmac of the carpark.

Soups123

topper75 wrote: »

Oh I can hear the shrill sound of that bell now, cutting up through the thick silence of the store, and the glower of my queue-comrades intensifying and focusing like a laser beam on the face of the offender who is trying to buy the barcode-less item. The acrid smell of awkwardness and shame pervades and lingers yet even in the very tarmac of the carpark.

As the offender I just stand there and shake my head in disapointment at the store, give the watch a glance or two and a couple more shakes of the head

Red Nissan

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

I can open another till in Lidl with my mind.

That's the way to do it, we complained bitterly and threatened not to shop at our local Aldi after they had that tannoy noise "Aisle 5 now open customers please got o aisle 5" "Aisle 5 now closing customers please go to aisle 3, 4 or 6"

rubadub

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

I can open another till in Lidl with my mind.

Another trick of mine is standing a few steps back from the (large) person in front of me if the queue is reasonably long, I then stick my head out to the side and make eye contact with the cashier, they presumably think the queue is longer than it is and that there's 1 or 2 small people in front of me as I'm so far back.

Then they ring the bell and another till opens soon enough -then the real battle commences.

Satriale

rubadub wrote: »

I place stuff on the belt in the exact order I want it to go into the bag, so heavy stuff first.

feck, how did i miss this trick? +1 internets to you sir.
now i will have time to tap my fingers waiting for the checkout person

foggy_lad

Gone Drinking wrote: »

Why don't they play some kind of music? It can't be THAT much cheaper to have the place so silent.

Get yourself an ipod, they usually have mp3 players on sale a few times a year, check the specials!

Its usually just a wash of foreign accents and men saying "jayus, for 15 quid, who doesn't need an angle grinder and a wet suit?"

In regards to the bag packing, I always go with my missus, so we usually get it all bagged and paid nice and quick.

You could probably make a few euro renting her out(for bag packing!) at the shelf in your local Aldi/Lidl

TheSheriff wrote: »

Id only ever have a bag full of stuff (single lad), wouldnt see much point in lumping it into a trolley and then packing (id never even have a trolley) - never really knew the window areas where designated official packing zones!

grab a basket if the store has them or find a box when you go in and use that for your few items and that will be easier to throw the few things into at the till(unless you are one of those people that try to take more than 10 items through in the express tills in Tesco!).

How I must have been spoiled in the past!

Spoiled Rotten:D Don't worry the Germans will knock that nonsense out of you!

AMKC

I don,t think that Aldi or Lidl try to have less staff they have a lot off employees they just have there employees doing more. So if there is no one buying stuff at the till then the employee go do something else like cleaning the floor or stacking shelfs. Unlike somewhere like Dunnes or Tesco where some just do the tills and others shelf stacking. I think you should not go to the till in any shop untill you have your money and bag ready. It should be in and out quick as you can no matter what shop you ae in. There is nothing more annoying than someone taking half an hour just to pay for something especially when they were waiting in a que and they had pleanty of time to get the money ready to pay.

foggy_lad

rubadub wrote: »

Then they ring the bell and another till opens soon enough -then the real battle commences.

Ah the Aldi/Lidl sweepstakes hurdles, You got to be in it to win it!

minotour

loose fruit and veg in the middle of your belt load buys you a few crucial seconds too.

I see some ninja level shoppers on this thread, i was once like you, lately Ive relaxed and now i do the packing at the boot of the car. I still use my car key to get the trolley though, means not having to put the trolley back and you look boss, you're welcome!

fergiesfolly

I rarely see people take their shopping to the shelf behind the checkout.
Don't use it myself.
Don't see the point of unloading, loading, unloading and loading a full weeks shopping.
Lidl/Aldi's time might be precious. But so is mine.

Boom_Bap

Brace yourself for the ultimate life hack in Aldi/Lidl.

Get a plastic box large enough to cover the base of the trolley. Fill this up while shopping.
Go to checkout, unload onto conveyour belt with solid/large items first.
When scanning, fill the plastic box in the trolley again.
Walk out of the shop (after paying) like a boss.

No bags, no packing.

DVDM93

foggy_lad wrote: »

You are still in Tesco/Wipe me a**e mode if you expect to pack your shopping at the till!

Chuck it all into the trolley then pay and take trolley to the window where there is a big shelf for packing sorting and relaxing:D

There's a jacuzzi and massage chair at the shelves in my local Lidl

kryogen

TheSheriff wrote: »

Just back from Lidil there for the ould weekly shop

Does anyone else feel immense pressure at the till to try and get everything packed and pay the guy/gal?

Its as if they shoot a gun to initiate a start as soon as they scan the first item and its you against them.

Can you pack fast enough to prevent the build up of items on their miniature metal shelf?

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

You're doing it wrong.

minotour

Boom_Bap wrote: »

Brace yourself for the ultimate life hack in Aldi/Lidl.

Get a plastic box large enough to cover the base of the trolley. Fill this up while shopping.
Go to checkout, unload onto conveyour belt with solid/large items first.
When scanning, fill the plastic box in the trolley again.
Walk out of the shop (after paying) like a boss.

No bags, no packing.

The box lives in the boot of the car? Suppose it could live in random cupboard and pull it out when needed........SOLD. I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

MonkeyTennis

I like to queue behind bowsies who buy crisps and bread to make their cider buying look legit.

Seve OB

TheSheriff wrote: »

Just back from Lidil there for the ould weekly shop

Does anyone else feel immense pressure at the till to try and get everything packed and pay the guy/gal?

Its as if they shoot a gun to initiate a start as soon as they scan the first item and its you against them.

Can you pack fast enough to prevent the build up of items on their miniature metal shelf?

DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES?

it's stupid. i generally don't shop there, but have done a few times... always a massive que at the tills and that in itself turns me off the place.

Princess Peach wrote: »

You're not supposed to pack at the till, that's what the shelved area behind the till is for.

i was actually just making the same comments as the OP to a work colleague a couple of weeks back and he mentioned this concept to me.

Genuinely, I never knew this was the idea. there should be a dummy guide for people like me on "how to do your shopping in lidle & Aldie"

minotour

stevieob wrote: »

...... there should be a dummy guide for people like me on "how to do your shopping in lidle & Aldie"

There's usually sign all over the shop telling you about it but yeah, I dont take orders from arbitrary squiggles either...

gazzer

I always seem to get stuck behind the oul wan who has to rummage to get her purse from what seems like a tardis size bag. Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Galwayguy35

fergiesfolly wrote: »

I rarely see people take their shopping to the shelf behind the checkout.
Don't use it myself.
Don't see the point of unloading, loading, unloading and loading a full weeks shopping.
Lidl/Aldi's time might be precious. But so is mine.

Hows that now?

Most of the people I see would have full trolleys, they always put the stuff back into it and pack it at the window, it would take all day to put it into bags at the till.

smash

Lidil and Aldi are complete kips. I don't care what anyone says, the quality of the stock isn't good and they're generally not cheaper than the likes of Tesco or Supervalu. Plus they're customer service is bloody awful.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Isn't the fact that there is little or no area at the till End for shopping a giveaway that they don't want you packing your goods there. Dump them in the trolley and donut at the shelf like your supposed to.

Galwayguy35

Great comfort in Aldi, anytime I'm in SV there is someone talking to the cashier about babies or the kids in school, then when that's over they decide it's time to pack all the stuff into bags and then another 5 minutes after that go rooting around for money.

Seve OB

but this might be something people are used to on the continent. it's a new concept here (yea I know they have been here a few years now) but still most of us do our shopping in normal civilised supermarkets. even in dunnes the checkout girl will almost always help you pack your bags (except the last one who happened to be african)

i never spotted any signs to go to the window to pack my bags and nobody ever told me to. if they did, i'd tell them where to go.

i normally only go in for a wander and a look at their crap and either end up with a load of stuff i dont want or need, or else get nothing and have to do the walk of shame past the checkouts barging everyone out of the way.... they don't make it easy to get out if you buy nothing do they!

DVDM93

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Hows that now?

Most of the people I see would have full trolleys, they always put the stuff back into it and pack it at the window, it would take all day to put it into bags at the till.

Do you shop at the Aldi on the Headford Rd Galway guy? There's always person there of a Romanian ethnicity asking for the €1 beside the trolley bay.

"Fcuk no motherfcuker, I've earned this €1. I've wheeled this bendy trolley around a shop for half an hour, it half full with groceries. I've also managed to get it up and down a little hill AND load it fast at the till. This €1 is mine".

Melendez

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Boom_Bap

Another thing that has been a success for me in the past.

After putting all your shopping on the belt, open up your bags in the trolley so they cover the base. Make sure they are open wide.

While the stuff is being fired at you, put it straight into the bags.

Tzardine

I can't stand aldi / lidl but my other half insists on buying her fruit and veg and some other bits there.

I say turn this pressure with packing back onto them. I refuse to pack my stuff away from the till on that retarded shelf. Out of protest I will actually not pack a single thing until I have paid. Watching the cashier stack everything up on the tiny space is a joy to behold. Its kinda like playing jenga in reverse.

fergiesfolly

Galwayguy35 wrote: »

Hows that now?

Most of the people I see would have full trolleys, they always put the stuff back into it and pack it at the window, it would take all day to put it into bags at the till.

Load shopping onto conveyor.
Open all the bags inside the trolley while waiting in queue.
Put shopping into bags as its scanned.
Simples.

Thinkin of getting these https://trolleybags.ie/ for an easier life

Hooked

jamesbere wrote: »

I challenge the check-out girl, can she scan faster then I can pack.

This!

I'm a freak at the till in Aldi. Like, full blown, high speed, almost out of screen-space TETRIS freak.

Love the Aldi model... No chat, no dicking about... Shop. Queue. Pay. Gone!

Red Nissan

DVDM93 wrote: »

This €1 is mine".

We have to put in a €2 coin. So we fight even harder!