They are shopping and the cashiers are wringing their hands. Has the foreign “disease” already reached Poland?

The queues in Lidl or Biedronka can be really long, especially in the evenings or on weekends. Then cashiers increase their turnover to serve everyone and avoid a situation in which customers start to get angry and take it out on them. Sometimes the scanning speed is really dizzying and we simply cannot keep up with packing the products into the bag. Some people started looking for ways to slow down cashiers a bit.

How to slow down a cashier? Abroad they use the “banana” or “bread roll” methods

There is no shortage of advice on social media on how to slow down the cashier while serving. Some time ago, Twitter (former Twitter) was quite popular and boasted about its patent. Almost 2,000 users liked it, and some also shared other methods.

I separate the bananas and stick price tags on the inside. This gives me more time at the checkout to pack my purchases

– wrote the author. Among other ways to slow down the cashier’s work, users also mention the “bread roll” method: – In Lidl, I always put bread into individual bags or mix them and put them at the end of the belt at the checkout. This also significantly slows down the scanning process and gives me more time to pack my purchases – wrote one of the Internet users quoted on the website.

These methods are a real torment for cashiers

While such methods can indeed delay the cashier’s work, they can also be a real nuisance for them. We are not the only customers of the stores. Cashiers scan products quickly to reduce the queue to the checkout as quickly as possible. Additionally, they usually do not start serving the next customer while we are still packing our purchases. If, despite everything, the pace is stressful for us, it is worth spending the time we spent on separately packing bananas on properly arranging the products on the conveyor belt. This will make it easier for us to pack everything into bags efficiently.

At the beginning of the tape, I add heavy and large products. Then I arrange the remaining ones depending on their weight and delicateness. At the end there are yogurts, tomatoes, etc. And in between there are things that I can just throw into my bag

– wrote one of the users of website X in response to the above-mentioned entry.

Are you also annoyed by cashiers’ quick scanning of products? Maybe you have your own ways to buy yourself a little more time? Let me know in the comments.