Any Help at Asda?

Busman747

Busman747

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Isn't it nice when going through the checkouts at Asda in Accy to be asked on every occasion: "Would you like help with your packing?"

The trouble is that those same words are uttered EVEN IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM!

I can only assume that the staff have been instructed to say this to each customer with the threat of dismissal should they fail to comply.

Has anyone yet said "yes please" despite having just a few items? I think I will try this myself next time :)
 
If on my own i always say "I wont need any help as long as you dont go too fast", but this generally annoys the other people in the queue :p
 
They ask at Morrisons in Morecambe too.

Must remember not to be there when Busman asks for help packing his one item! :D
 
Although people just spouting company speak is aggravating, I only shop at places where they pack my shopping for me. I have enough trouble getting them to believe my signature is actually mine, or alternatively end up throwing money all over the place thanks to my shakey hand.
 
Wouldnt be so bad if they could pack the bags correctly. They ask it as though they have a quota of shoppers to get through in an hour.
 
I think it is another Americanism like "Have a nice day", "Thankyou call again" etc... to be honest I think that we are all being brainwashed and there is a hidden agenda to all this.
 
Not that I food shop there a lot, Marks and Sparks pack their goods well every time, and nothing ever gets squashed.:)
 
Ernie said:
I think it is another Americanism like "Have a nice day", "Thankyou call again" etc... to be honest I think that we are all being brainwashed and there is a hidden agenda to all this.
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I agree and it would be nice if some of these platitudes were said like they meant them, but I would much rather have that than bad manners, and even worse ne'er a please or thank you or kiss my arse, which sadly happens quite frequently.

I was served by a lady in the card shop in the Arndale on Tuesday (Birthdays?) and was very impressed by her manners and cheeriness, and told her she was an asset to the company because she was.
 
just to annoy them, once i bought some sugar and when they asked i said "yeah ok". freak the checkout girl.
 
garinda said:
I have enough trouble getting them to believe my signature is actually mine, or alternatively end up throwing money all over the place thanks to my shakey hand.
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Do they not let old chaps like you use chip 'n' pin?
 
I've been to two different Asda's down here and they always ask, i always say no as i would like to go home with un-squashed bread!! Although nothng against check out girls i used to be one for Safeway(now Morrisons) and we had to be trained on bag packing!!
 
It's worst when the scouts do it as a fund raiser. They don't ask they just pack and put things in all wrong with heavy stuff on top of squishy stuff. I'd rather pay them not to pack!
 
If there are fund are fund raisers on the checkout I do a 180 and go back when they are not there.sqaushed bread broken biccies burst packets is all you get. I dont by stuff to have it thrown out. A burst shampoo bottle is the worst event so far.
 
WillowTheWhisp said:
It's worst when the scouts do it as a fund raiser. They don't ask they just pack and put things in all wrong with heavy stuff on top of squishy stuff. I'd rather pay them not to pack!
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iceland is the worst for that... i know they are trying to be hepful but i always end up repacking outside...
 
I wouldn’t trust the packers as from what I have seen they haven’t a clue how to pack a bag. The nice soft squishy stuff goes in first and then the tins and hard things on top. Then to add insult to injury some dork tries to squeeze in a loaf of bread when it is obvious to a blind man that there isn’t room. So no thanks I’ll do my own packing.

The other nonsensical thing that happens, as it happened today, is that I bought a hermetically sealed packet of dry cured bacon and the checkout lady placed it in a small plastic bag. Why? It’s not as if the bacon would leak anywhere. Then to my amazement the loose cooked meats from the delicatessen counter were just scanned and passed over.

One of these days when the checkout girl says, “See you later” as I leave I am going to turn around and ask, “Where and when shall we meet?”

However at the fag counter I always get asked if I want a bag. One day I replied, “No thanks I divorced one.” The gasps from other customers (women) in the queue behind me almost chilled my spine and the looks I got as I walked away smiling to myself would have killed.

Nice acronym SPUGGIE J.
 
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thats true that jambutty, they love their bags.
It is annoying that they ask, but then, my nan can hardly pick it up off the shelf, so even one item with those stupid stuck together un openable plastic bags can be a nightmare, also I had to go shopping after my double hernia op, and I had to lean on the trolley all the way round, I was gratefull for the help when I got it, unfortunately for me living in a glorified village, we don't really have bag packing, although we do have a large collection of bags.
 
i get askd all the time, and as im usually on my own i say yes, now a 100 squid shop is a ball ache n e ways, but when the chckout dudes put 3 small items in 1 bag leaven three quarters of the bag empty that is just takn the p**s!!
 
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