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ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Rubbish Idea

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

Stead-mate, how about the improvements at the Supermarket?

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

Consider me wound up!!!!

They now ask you to scan your OWN items in through a moronic interface that screams the price of every transaction for you - this is progress apparantly... progress for the company not to have to pay for a plebe on the tills but rather to get the customer to do it!!!!!

Have we all gone mad?

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

I actually like those... then I don't have to deal with the idiot cashiers that scan your entire order in, bag it, then "accidentally" hit the void button and have to start from scratch while a line of 20 people are eyeing me as if *I* did it.

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

Never used 'em, but I do like to have my groceries bagged for me.

JonnyStead · **"I'm Lois!"**

quote:
Originally posted by: Andromeda
" I actually like those... then I don't have to deal with the idiot cashiers that scan your entire order in, bag it, then "accidentally" hit the void button and have to start from scratch while a line of 20 people are eyeing me as if *I* did it."

I see where you are coming from, I just dont think the technology is up to much here yet but also I think that if we are going to do it for them, we should get 10% off. Staff are there biggest cost so if they are saving I think we should too.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

At least it doesn't shout out the name of the product as well as the price:

"ONE PACKET OF TAMPONS £4.58

ONE TUB OF PREPARATION H £2.49

ONE 4-PACK OF NASTY OWN-BRAND LAGER 99p (YOU CHEAP B*STARD)"

-- Edited by ddvmor at 08:03, 2005-02-15

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

quote:
Originally posted by: ddvmor
"At least it doesn't shout out the name of the product as well as the price: "ONE PACKET OF TAMPONS £4.58 ONE TUB OF PREPARATION H £2.49 ONE 4-PACK OF NASTY OWN-BRAND LAGER 99p (YOU CHEAP B*STARD)"-- Edited by ddvmor at 08:03, 2005-02-15"

Yours don't say that? Ours do

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

quote:
Originally posted by: JonnyStead
"I see where you are coming from, I just dont think the technology is up to much here yet but also I think that if we are going to do it for them, we should get 10% off. Staff are there biggest cost so if they are saving I think we should too. "

True true. And then I want another 10% off for the creepy security guard staring over my shoulder to make sure I really scanned everything in the basket

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

Would that make him a scanner cop? Make sure your head doesn't explode!

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

Scanner rent-a-cop.

No gun = not a real cop.

ddvmor · **I am the Jammie King!**

So he'd be more likely to only give you a mild headache, then?

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

Does he have a taser? Wonder if you could handle an Olowokandi double-shot?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/basketball/nba/11/25/olowokandi.arrested/

NBA player Michael Olowokandi was arrested early Thursday at an Indianapolis nightclub after a dispute with police, during which the Minnesota Timberwolves center was hit twice with an electronic stun gun, police said.

-- Edited by NateO at 19:55, 2005-02-15

Andromeda · ***Proud House-Owner***

Ouch

NateO · Vice JDK and Man of the People

S'Ok, he doesn't seem to mind.

The bar's manager flagged down police officers when Olowokandi refused to leave after the establishment's 3 a.m. closing time, said Sgt. Steve Staletovich, an Indianapolis Police Department spokesman.

Staletovich said an officer used a Taser on Olowokandi when he tried to walk away from police. The first shot appeared to have no effect, but a second allowed police to subdue the player, he said.