Belgarion wrote on Sep 14
th, 2026 at 7:23pm:
Just last week I was in Woollies doing my weekly shop. I go in early to avoid the crowds and on completion I found not one manned checkout open. I stood for a moment and another shopper joined me, both of us looking at the empty checkouts.
The lady supervising the self serve area saw us and said that at someone would be there shortly. A woman showed up, obviously peeved at actually having to deal with customers and passive/aggressively processed me through. I did enjoy smiling and wishing her a good day.
But seriously, this self serve thing is a pain in the arse and the sooner it is gone, or we are given a choice at any time of day, the better.
100%
How can they expect shoppers, with big or young families, needing to manage time and shopping needs, do a big full large trolley shop at these stupid little kiosk self serves?
To scan and plonk item on scale etc
But if I have too many items I cannot balance them well on top of each other! It feels so cumbersome.
Then there’s the big conveyor belt self check out. At least there’s room to spread your stuff out, scan and plonk in your bag to put in trolley.
Not all supermarkets have these…yet.
I’m a bit peeved with Woolworths down at the peninsula.
Today, I go to shop and I want the $5.50 organic butter.
None there. Just heaps of $9 organic butter.
I see a young in store worker loading up the refrigerator cheese, butter, cream section, but not any of the $5.50 butter. I asked him if he was going to put some stock in that section (I pointed to the empty space) and he said no.
I said the price difference is too much.
And then I remembered last time I went to buy the $5.50 butter and it wasn’t there then!!!
Either they don’t stock enough, or maybe deliberately keep it out of stock to force people to buy other brands?
I’m getting suspicious now!
Coles a bit further up the road always have it in stock.
And their car park is better than Woolies. Remind me never to go there again if I can help it!
I only went this time because I needed to go to post office in same centre.
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