Mostly in our supermarkets, you take the goods off the shelves, put them in
your trolley, take them out of your trolley and put them on the conveyor
belt, the checkout staff scan them and put them back on the second part of
the belt then you put them in your bags (or plastic bags supplied by the
supermarket) which you've put in your trolley. You pay by handing cash to
the checkout assistant, or use a credit card or debit card by inserting in a
handset and entering your PIN. You're given change if you used cash and
you're handed a receipt. You push the trolley to your car and move the bags
from the trolley to your car boot. You can ask to have someone pack for you
if you want eggs at the bottom of your bag underneath the potatoes.
A lot of our supermarkets have introduced self-service checkouts, so you
take the goods off the shelf, put them in your trolley, take them out of the
trolley and scan them, then put them in your bags which you've put in your
trolley. You pay by cash, credit card or debit card through a slot. If cash
and you need change, that's spewed out of a slot and a receipt emerges from
another.You push the trolley to your car and move the bags from the trolley
to your car boot.
One supermarket uses the first of the above or they have handsets which you
use if you've registered a credit or debit card. With that, you put your
bags in the trolley, take the goods off the shelves, scan them with the
handset, put the goods in your bags in an organised way and finalise at a
separate checkout. You push the trolley to your car and move the bags from
the trolley to your car boot.
We used to be served - now we serve ourselves. We always had the goods
checked out - now they want us to do it ourselves. How long before they
start expecting us the fill the shelves as well?
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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