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  • ADGS
    Mid-morning is normally pretty empty as well, but I appreciate that for people working out of the area during the day, these quiet times aren't much use. I've never found any items which the self-service tills couldn't accept at all, but I agree that the staff could be better about monitoring them - too often either it's busy and the self-service staff are overwhelmed, or it's quiet and they wander off.
  • Misscara

    Last night I tried to buy tomatoes but discovered these are not programmed into the tills, so I was told I had to pay for the rest of my shopping at the self service till, then go to the fag counter and pay for my tomatoes! Needless to say I am currently tomato-less.

  • Emma
    We had that problem with tomatoes and put them through as onions, it's no big deal (as long as you make sure and choose an item that's cheaper than the one you're trying to buy).

    Meh.
  • Misscara

    Yes, I normally do them as carrots but the 'assistant' was watching me like a hawk last night.

    edit - Not because I'm trying to save money but because I can't be bothered with the faff of having to queue up and pay twice just because they haven't bothered to put it on the system.

  • Emma
    They're onto you! You'll have to go in disguise.
  • WillM
    Presumably whatever you choose needs to be the same weight as what you are actually putting into your bag?

    That said, I absent mindedly started filling my bag a few days ago, an only realised half-way through that I'd not remembered to scan anything that was going in the bag. Oops. No-one noticed. Ahem.
  • Misscara

    It's on the weigh items only, the computer can't tell the difference between tomatoes and carrots!

  • Kaz
    I can see the newspaper headlines already.... "Locals abusing self service tills to save on their shopping." First the organic eggs, now this.
  • Ian

    Tesco could just programme tomatoes and garlic in to their tills and halt this low cost vegetable based crime wave. Those responsible could claim that Tesco was 'nudging' them into bad behaviour.

  • Emma
    Well yes, I mean, we're trying to pay.
  • tosscat

    I must miss all the nastiness in Tesco. The only person I find even remotely annoying is the young would be manager type who is so rude to some of the other staff.

  • Siolae

    Used the self service tills this evening. 8 items, 3 of which caused the machine to have a melt down. Took 15 minutes. Ridiculous.

  • Misscara

    Londis has won an award

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnefeatherstone/5939465667/

  • Ali

    I see the local LibDems are begging to crack

    http://www.hornseyjournal.co.uk/news/crouch_end_councillor_abandons_liberal_democrats_1_960879

  • Marquis

    Misscara, great link - congratulations Mr Patel!

  • jandb
    They obviously never met the older bloke behind the pie counter. Everyone else is nice though.
  • andy

    I love that guy. Contempt personified.

  • Sevlow

    Londis is an overpriced shit tip

  • ActionVerb

    On a point briefly made earlier in this thread (searching on the new version of the site made it a lot easier to find), the little convenience store opposite Nisa has moved into what used to be the computer shop, and I think a fish & chips is going into that unit now.

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