tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post5802381841041999780..comments2024-01-27T20:32:17.610-05:00Comments on Pinchgut: The Great Baguette Disaster of 2009Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283813317560446754noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-4359730383240989492010-01-28T20:01:57.326-05:002010-01-28T20:01:57.326-05:00I need a Xanax now.I need a Xanax now.Wanderlusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099758957492165428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-36383514616140813182010-01-28T14:44:51.123-05:002010-01-28T14:44:51.123-05:00Count yourself lucky mate that Helga actually look...Count yourself lucky mate that Helga actually looks at you. In a Pommy supermarket the checkout shiela is likely to be on a mobile to her bloke or exchanging jokes with her mate on the checkout behind her. I bet a whole morning can pass without her realising she had had a single customer. At least in Billa you generally get a "Gruss Gott" to start with.Maaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444125754967223180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-46564150332161602322010-01-28T07:32:34.932-05:002010-01-28T07:32:34.932-05:00There's something bad about supermarkets. The...There's something bad about supermarkets. They're like the sea - they can turn on you and crush you in an instant.<br /><br />Or maybe I just need to find a Woolies in a better suburb than mine....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-47326445687705557632010-01-28T07:09:20.137-05:002010-01-28T07:09:20.137-05:00I too am used to the system, or perhaps I should s...I too am used to the system, or perhaps I should say resigned to it... Now I can cope pretty well with Helga hurling items at me. If you have brown coins to get rid of you can offer a selection in an outstretched palm, and let Helga pick out what she needs. Most Helgas are superfast at doing this, and prefer it to watching you slowly pick through your small change. <br /><br />And when the queue is unacceptably long, don't be afraid to shout 'zweite Kassa' a few times, the more conspicuous the better. They might look unflappable, but they can be embarrassed into providing a better service so long as you're prepared to make an ass of yourself. <br /><br />As for fruit and vegetables - I should know better by now but I got caught out yesterday. I wasn't paying any attention at the time and only realised when I got home that the net of potatoes I bought would have to be thrown away. Shrivelled skins and that squishy feel. Yuk. A particular irony was that when I bought them a Billa worker was checking the sell-by dates in the frozen section. Surreal.Parsifalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216473343042128985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3804114935312811175.post-5135691904530451222010-01-28T05:08:39.880-05:002010-01-28T05:08:39.880-05:00The packing bench option is the way to go Badger. ...The packing bench option is the way to go Badger. I'm sure you've gathered that the idea is to get your things scanned, put them back into the trolley, pay and then retire to the packing bench to put the stuff in your bags at your leisure and also to nurse your wounded wallet. I hated this system at first but I've got used to it by now, it does actually reduce the amount of waiting time at the checkout.<br /><br />Mind you I have a trolleyful of complaints about Billa myself (I never go to Spar but I'm sure the issues are the same), e.g.<br /><br />there is no express checkout so you often find LOLs with one loaf of bread and a pint of milk asking if they can go in front of you with your fully laden trolley. I will do this once but by the second or third time it ceases to be funny.<br /><br />there are never enough open tills and so the queue starts to lengthen at the one or two that are open. Sometimes Helga comes and opens another till, serves a few people until the queues go down, goes away and hey presto! the queue starts to mount again<br /><br />the shelf stackers always get in your way with their stupid ladders, they seem to have no interest in the fact that they are blocking the aisles. in any normal country shelf stacking takes place outside opening hours.<br /><br />And don't get me started on the poor quality fruit and vegetables in the produce section...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com