Why don’t grocery stores here have the packing area divider that allows two people to pack up simultaneously? I’m tired of speedpacking to avoid the eternal judgement of the queue behind me.
by Particular-Ad6290
Why don’t grocery stores here have the packing area divider that allows two people to pack up simultaneously? I’m tired of speedpacking to avoid the eternal judgement of the queue behind me.
by Particular-Ad6290
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I think some of them have, also dm has that for sure
What I do is I take the basket with me and I put on the packing area, and I just throw stuff that gets scanned in. Then I take time packing things up at the recycling counter or whatever other surface there is once u leave the cashier area.
EDIT:
Things get dicey if the cashier person yells at me that I have to leave the basket in front of the conveyor belt. In those situations I open up my backpack as much as possible and just Tetris run the items inside, even if some poke outside at the end, there’s always a time and place later to properly repack my backpack.
Just get faster🤷♂️. Even grannies don’t complain.
Skill issue
Cold hard calculations, they want you to pack fast for them to speed up the process. The queue judging you is part of the design
Tiredness isn’t an option, you must train for your next supermarket visit, and then train some more!
Many grocery stores have that. Discounters on the other hand often don’t even have a packing area. They want you to get out fast.
Some have, but it’s mostly a matter of available space I think.
If the store can have three checkouts without these or two with them, they are going for the three checkouts.
>avoid the eternal judgement of the queue behind me
Just throw your stuff in the shopping trolley and take your time to pack your bags a moment later if this concerns you.
Many have them. I guess some just don’t have the space, my Edeka is really tiny.
Some Aldi have introduced them recently and added a second payment terminal for more efficiency. So both “lanes” can pay independently.
I see it very often, it’s a matter of space in the store most probably.
That said, easy trick: Just buy some different pieces from the bakery station. Always gives you 1-2 minutes more to pack up. But be careful, sometimes there’s this one cashier that simply has all the codes in memory.
Some have them but they basically never use them so why bother?
This is, in fact, a skill issue.
Beating the cashier is a mini game, where losing is punished by the state of the people in the line behind you.
They recently redid an Aldi in Munich (Allach) and not only do they have this, they have multiple payment terminals. However, I’m always in line behind old ladies paying the exact amount with coins.
DMs around here have had them for a while too.
Some have, but let’s be serious it’s just a skill issue if you pack to slow 😉 /s
As a tipp put stuff in the middle of band that the cashier has to count like stuff from the backing section, this way you have a couple of seconds to catch up.
This is not the packing area. Packing everyting into bags right at the cash register isn’t something done here. German supermarkets expect you to put the wares back into the shopping cart or basket, then move to the packing area. The packing area is usually either a very large window sill or a table with integrated trash cans.
Sort when putting it on the band so you can pack quickly without anyoing others.
The 2 packing areas make it even slower. Just look at the image, imagine 2 people packing and the left one needing to pay by card. This system has been tried here for decades, some still have it and it just does not work very well.
Just learn to pack. It is not that difficult. Putt the stuff on the belt in an order which makes sense to pack in a bag and if you take too much time anyway use a cart and pack it in there to avoid people waiting. And use a card to pay and do not act surprised that you need to pay at the end of the process.
They had in times long gone. Nowadays they use that place to place more shelves.
More shelves = more money
Aldi Süd is redoing all their stores right now, and installing these checkouts with parallel packing.
And self check out, obviously.
Edeka often has this. but they just don’t use it.. ☠️
They used to have them everywhere, now most stores got rid of them. No clue why – I think its because single lane registers are smaller and cheaper than double lane ones.
Some have. Some don’t. Learn how to pack fast or learn to give a fuck about others judgment. I would recommend the latter. It’s more fun.
Most grocery stores in Germany used to have them. But it seems like not having them is more profitable, so new stores typically don’t have them anymore.
One of the Aldis close to me has it. It also has a card reader on each side so if you’re paying by card they can already start scanning the next customer while you’re still paying.
There are some that do have that (Alnatura in my city for example).
Though the convention here is to put your stuff back in your shopping cart and then move it out of the way / to your car and pack it there.
Aldi Süd (at least in our region) has them and I absolutely love them. Twice the speed when everything is running smoothly. Our dm has them too.
I’m not judging, but such an insignificant issue to bother yourself about…
Some do, but really you could also just get gud at packing. I do it competitively, sometimes I stare down the cashier to heighten the sense of urgency. Aldi cashiers are the best opponents.
Some stores do.
The question is, why are you so slow? My advice is to complain less and train more. It’s not that difficult.
Because companies found out by shortening the belts they can stuff a bit more products into the same floor area and you will be encouraged to hurry up in panic and therefore they can save 2 cashiers while pressing more customers through that line, resulting in 0.2 cents more revenue per customer. It is not about you, it is about making more money.
You do not pack your things at the cash register. You put them in your cart and move to the designated packing area as soon as you paid. There you can take all the time in the world to pack your items in your bag.
I never had problems with packing, are yall sorting by color or why would you call normal packing speedpacking
Just be done with it and go out of the way. Lame duck 😅
Some of them have.
Aldi has them here
Maybe you just need to join r/confidence