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SimonTan

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Lately, the supermarkets queues are getting longer and longer.

Even weekdays, the there will be super long queues at NTUC or Giant.

I dont know its the lousy cashiers or really the 5 million population is causing the swell in the queues at all times.

 

And those people who forgot to weigh their vegetables, or buy-one-get-one free but only took one item, or ask the cashier how to cook the frozen chicken/how to fix the light bulb, etc...etc...

And those HELPFUL cashiers will bring the vegetables ALL THE WAY to the weighing counter to weigh for the customer or run to get the one free item from the shelf! And some cashier will walk over to ask their supervisor how to cook the frozen chicken, etc.

On one hand its Good service on the cashier part........but at the expense of those waiting in line patiently or impatiently!

 

I think supermarkets should really hire more cashiers!!!!

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Friedpiggy

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go during office hours.

 

or go cold storage, why pay more, liberty, etc...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Friendstar

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  On 5/15/2010 at 8:06 AM, Friedpiggy said:

go during office hours.

 

or go cold storage, why pay more, liberty, etc...

 

 

 

 

 

 

and OT abit -

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go aviva car insurance website.

 

their quotes are fast and cheap

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Watwheels

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Whoa. You are one of those who buy vege and frozen chicken. Anyway even if you go wet market on a Sunday morning, you still have to face big crowds and long queue.

 

I do avoid going aunty lucy and giant. Go cold story, car four most of the time or petrol kiosk mini mart to do my shopping.

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Hua82

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Auntie Lucy and Gaint can still go ba... But must choose those in ulu ulu place... Like sembawaang shopping centre... Not very crowded on weekend.... [:p]

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Scion

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last time i went to HK, the queues at their supermarkets and shopping centers also very exaggerating...

think singapore is becoming more and more like them...

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SimonTan

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  On 5/15/2010 at 10:58 AM, Aeromania said:

They may have 30 cashier counters... But only 3 cashiers available...

 

Quite true

And many of them will be wearing "Trainee" nametag.

 

 

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Sparks

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Even such a big supermarket at Giant Tampines with sooo many cashiers also super long Q during weekends.

 

But I realised those smaller outlets less crowd, no Q.

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Sdf5725

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  On 5/15/2010 at 9:40 AM, Hua82 said:

Auntie Lucy and Gaint can still go ba... But must choose those in ulu ulu place... Like sembawaang shopping centre... Not very crowded on weekend.... [:p]

if you drive to sembawang shopping centre, the queue is even longer than that at the ladies toilet.

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Ultramega

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Because in SG, people don't trust one another.

 

In US and I think Aus as well, some supermarket allow customers to self-checkout. Yes, the customer is the cashier. Just go to those self-checkout counters, scan the price tags then pay with credit card or ATM card and GO. Simple. Sometimes they put a security guard there to watch u... haha.

 

And some supermarkets in US have this portable scanner which u take at the entrance for u to scan as u shop. At the express cashier just plug it in to download the data into the cashier machine and pay straight away. No need to waste time scanning at the cashier. And cashier won't even put the items into plastic bags for u. They just throw plastic bags into your trolley n u pack yourself outside. The items u buy don't leave the trolley at all. Very fast and easy.

 

Don't think such systems will come to SG anytime soon, though.

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Jp66

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  On 5/15/2010 at 1:02 PM, Ultramega said:

Don't think such systems will come to SG anytime soon, though.

In SG, people put 10KG rice in trolley and use 1KG packing to scan the price [lipsrsealed]

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Albeniz

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Go to Gaint at Turf City during the off-peak hours, less crowded this way.

 

No choice, we have too many FTs. Not just supermarkets, coffee shops are over-crowded these days too.

 

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Stary

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  On 5/15/2010 at 1:26 PM, Albeniz said:

Go to Gaint at Turf City during the off-peak hours, less crowded this way.

 

No choice, we have too many FTs. Not just supermarkets, coffee shops are over-crowded these days too.

 

 

You should be happy that we have FTs. Otherwise do you think Singapore economy can be strong?

 

To think about it, the late Dr.Goh who made Spore economy strong is also an FT. He came from Malacca

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