Re: Aldi

From	keithr0 <user@account.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.tv, aus.computers
Subject	Re: Aldi
Date	2015-10-01 22:03 +1000
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On 1/10/2015 7:53 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
>
>
> "keithr0" <user@account.invalid> wrote in message
> news:d71u7kFs6f3U1@mid.individual.net...
>> On 29/09/2015 6:32 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "keithr0" <user@account.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:d6uu8sF4tilU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>> On 26/09/2015 1:40 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jeßus" <j@invalid.lan> wrote in message
>>>>> news:44tb0bp926d5vflg1d69d5ft9g7olr395l@4ax.com...
>>>>>> On Thu, 24 Sep 2015 19:15:50 +1000, Trevor <trevor@home.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 24/09/2015 9:11 AM, Clocky wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not convinced it's a better system tho.
>>>>>>>>>> Its clearly designed to minimise the number of checkouts
>>>>>>>>>> operating at
>>>>>>>>>> each time by getting the customers thru the checkouts as
>>>>>>>>>> quickly as
>>>>>>>>>> possible.
>>>>>>>>>> It makes a lot more sense to have self checkouts
>>>>>>>>>> now an minimise the cost of the checkout apes that way. And
>>>>>>>>>> Aldi is
>>>>>>>>>> too stupid to have self checkouts.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Coles have just announced more checkout chicks (term used on
>>>>>>>>> morning tv)
>>>>>>>>> and less self service. If Coles have gone that way, Woolies will
>>>>>>>>> soon
>>>>>>>>> follow.
>>>>>>>>> My objection to self service is that it costs the consumer the
>>>>>>>>> same. If
>>>>>>>>> there was a 5%
>>>>>>>>> discount for using the self service then it would have caught on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I prefer to keep people employed.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Me too, while there was no difference in price, I never once used
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> self serve check outs. Rather have someone bag my groceries for
>>>>>>> me and
>>>>>>> keep them employed than simply have Coles shareholders make more
>>>>>>> profit.
>>>>>>> However there is more theft with the self serve check outs, so
>>>>>>> I'm not
>>>>>>> sure they save much anyway, might be why they are putting more
>>>>>>> checkout
>>>>>>> staff back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think a lot of people don't like the self-serve checkouts (myself
>>>>>> included) and now there's a general backing off and they're not
>>>>>> trying
>>>>>> to shove the concept down our throats anymore like they used to.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried them *once* when there were huge queues at the normal
>>>>>> checkouts at Woolworths... it was even worse than I expected.
>>>>>
>>>>> Because you were too stupid to use them.
>>>>>
>>>>> The only trouble I have ever had is when buying a card with
>>>>> just one tiny packet of beer brewing yeast on it. That was so
>>>>> light that the system couldn't work out that I had put it in
>>>>> the bag. They have since fixed that and it works fine now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ours are so popular that there is always a wait for self
>>>>> checkout at normal shopping times and its only at the
>>>>> times when most aren't shopping that there is no wait.
>>>>> And the queue at the self checkout is always quicker
>>>>> even in busy times because you don't queue for the
>>>>> actual checkout, the queue is for all of them. The
>>>>> problem is that neither Coles nor Woolys have
>>>>> enough of them, just 6 in the case of Woolys
>>>>> and 8 in the case of Coles.
>>>>
>>>> If you dash in just to get a bottle of milk self checkouts are
>>>> excellent,
>>>
>>> And they are for the weekly shop too.
>>>
>>>> but if you have a trolley full they are a PITA, much easier to use a
>>>> regular checkout.
>>>
>>> BULLSHIT.
>>
>> You never could bullshit your way out of a wet paper bag.
>
> Can't even manage its own lines, or anything else at all either.
>
> No surprise it got the bums rush, right out the fucking door.
>
>
And which door would that be roddles?

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Aldi "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-09-23 11:18 +0800
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          Re: Aldi Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2015-09-26 11:26 +1000
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                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 07:49 +1000
  Re: Aldi Government Shill #2 <gov.shill@gmail.com> - 2015-09-23 16:28 +1000
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      Re: Aldi F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-02 19:38 +1000
  Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-23 16:48 +1000
    Re: Aldi Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-09-23 22:09 +1000
      Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 07:55 +1000
        Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-24 08:20 +1000
          Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 15:18 +1000
            Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-24 15:40 +1000
        Re: Aldi "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-09-24 09:01 +1000
          Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-24 07:11 +0800
            Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 15:32 +1000
              Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-24 18:14 +0800
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 20:47 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-25 08:44 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 14:07 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-25 14:44 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 16:37 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-25 17:30 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 19:22 +1000
                Re: Aldi not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-09-25 23:58 +0000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-26 10:30 +1000
            Re: Aldi Trevor <trevor@home.net> - 2015-09-24 19:15 +1000
              Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 19:36 +1000
                Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-24 18:17 +0800
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-25 07:58 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 20:47 +1000
              Re: Aldi Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2015-09-26 11:31 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-26 13:40 +1000
                Re: Aldi keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2015-09-29 17:52 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 18:32 +1000
                Re: Aldi keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2015-09-30 21:10 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 07:53 +1000
                Re: Aldi keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2015-10-01 22:03 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-02 05:46 +1000
                Re: Aldi keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2015-10-02 21:57 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 05:41 +1000
            Re: Aldi Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-24 20:01 +0000
              Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 06:48 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-25 08:45 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 14:08 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-25 14:45 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 16:38 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-25 17:52 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 19:21 +1000
              Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-25 06:47 +0800
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-25 08:53 +1000
                Re: Aldi Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-25 14:19 +0000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-26 07:24 +1000
                Re: Aldi "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-09-26 08:12 +1000
                Re: Aldi felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-09-27 12:52 +1000
                Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-27 15:11 +0800
                Re: Aldi felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-09-27 12:51 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 13:24 +1000
                Re: Aldi felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-09-27 13:51 +1000
                Re: Aldi Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 17:02 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-27 17:39 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 19:24 +1000
                Re: Aldi Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-09-27 21:20 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 06:02 +1000
                Re: Aldi Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 07:46 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-28 08:33 +1000
                Re: Aldi "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-09-28 10:07 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-28 10:45 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-25 14:09 +1000
                Re: Aldi Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-25 14:17 +0000
                Re: Aldi Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2015-09-26 11:36 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-26 12:05 +1000
                Re: Aldi Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2015-09-26 12:40 +1000
                Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-27 15:16 +0800
                Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-27 15:19 +0800
                Re: Aldi Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-28 18:56 +0000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-29 06:54 +1000
                Re: Aldi "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-09-29 08:08 +1000
                Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-29 06:43 +0800
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-29 09:05 +1000
                Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-29 07:49 +0800
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-09-29 09:59 +1000
                Re: Aldi Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-29 10:18 +0000
                Re: Aldi Jeßus <j@invalid.lan> - 2015-09-30 12:45 +1000
          Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 15:32 +1000
          Re: Aldi F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-02 19:43 +1000
            Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 05:41 +1000
              Re: Aldi F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-03 13:57 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 15:24 +1000
                Re: Aldi F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-03 15:41 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-04 06:06 +1100
            Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-03 07:29 +1000
              Re: Aldi F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-03 11:39 +1000
      Re: Aldi felix_unger <me@nothere.biz> - 2015-09-27 12:45 +1000
      Re: Aldi F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-02 19:39 +1000
        Re: Aldi Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-10-03 09:11 +1000
          Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-03 10:51 +1000
  Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-24 18:10 +0800
    Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-24 20:45 +1000
      Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-29 07:54 +0800
        Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 18:29 +1000
          Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-09-29 17:29 +0800
            Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 17:49 +1000
              Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-10-01 06:09 +0800
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 10:05 +1000
                Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-10-01 12:38 +0800
                Re: Aldi Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-01 18:39 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 19:38 +1000
                Re: Aldi keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2015-10-01 22:05 +1000
                Re: Aldi Clocky <notgonna@happen.com> - 2015-10-03 06:55 +0800
              Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-01 09:23 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 10:09 +1000
                Re: Aldi "dechucka" <dechucka1@hotmail.com> - 2015-10-01 12:41 +1000
                Re: Aldi "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 14:57 +1000
                Re: Aldi Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2015-10-01 18:40 +1000

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