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Sainsbury's Putney

I thought I only went into Sainsbury's last Friday, they now only have 3 checkouts, the rest are self service, which makes it a bit difficult if you have rather a lot of shopping. Easier at the large Sainsbury's Richmond to park when doing a larger shop.

Barbara Stevens ● 10d12 Comments

David. Doubt there's correlation or causality,  similar problems with ATMs; perhaps banking in sterling is a problem?

Michael Ixer ● 7d

"unless one has dry skin which seems to effect the sensitivity of the touch  screens.  Tasty vegan katsu curry noodles in there!"Mentioning dried skin does not actually add to the attraction of katsu curry, especially vegan. Just a tip.

David Ainsworth ● 7d

I guess the current labour shortage means that more self serve terminals of all types will be installed to maintain service levels and keep costs down. I see the new ITSU has these, quite efficient unless one has dry skin which seems to effect the sensitivity of the touch  screens.  Tasty vegan katsu curry noodles in there!

Michael Ixer ● 7d

The lady who is always on the till, said she had to stand by the self checkout helping people and never sat down for 4 hrs, today. Then she was put back n the till.

Barbara Stevens ● 7d

Paul: I did.

Caroline Whitehead ● 8d

Caroline, if you have a problem with self checkout you can ask for the assistant to scan your shopping.

Paul Beer ● 8d

I seem to remember they only had about two tills open anyway.The new self checkout section is designed for trolleys.A sign of the times but I think they have two security guards now.The Sainsbury’s self scan app is excellent unlike the Waitrose one.

Ed Robinson ● 10d

We go to the tills as a matter of principle.  If you do not use them you will lose them!All this reminds me to Anna Reid's monologue in Years and Years:  "It is all your fault!"We had quite a bit of shopping the other day and my husband asked one of the staff for a till to be opened - and it was!

Ivonne Holliday ● 10d

Just use the app and scan as you go. It's really simple and saves time!

Gabrielle OMahony ● 10d

On Sunday when I went to shop there were no tills open. I had a lot of shopping but did get plenty of help at the self-checkout. Much prefer the tills though.

Caroline Whitehead ● 10d

Martine, I asked the lady who is always on the till, won't put her name, but she said there haven't been any redundancies. But I can see it coming, she did say, if you have problems on the self check out there is somebody to help. I do prefer a till myself.

Barbara Stevens ● 10d

I wondered where the staff have gone?  Sorry to see familiar faces no longer in the store.  Have they been made redundant?

Martine Guy ● 10d