Oh No - Ant and Dec on M&S checkout!

I don’t understand this obsession with Ant and Dec. Other drug dependant celebrities have been dropped from television programmes.

I find them a bit irritating but the introduction of the disembodied voices of anyone on these checkouts is, I think, very silly.

Now Ant and Dec are doing the Santander adverts. It seems these celebrities have never got enough money.

I have had Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon on recent shops. I think I would like to hear Kenny Everett - it would be "in the best possible taste!"

Living in the North East and saying I really dislike Ant & Dec is like saying I'm planning to murder families!!
And don't even get me started on Amanda Holden

Well, at least it wasn't DelBoy and Rodney from that appalling "Only Fools & Horses".

Loveable Rogues my arse! No such thing.

I refuse to use self service checkouts. I like to talk to a person who is being paid for doing a job not contributing to rich celebrities who do not need more money

I'm not at all sure I would even recognise a 'celebrity' voice, so it would be lost on me I'm afraid.

Thank goodness I avoid using self-service tills. I'm paying enough for necessities without paying 'celebrities' to take my money from me

Ooh I never realised it was Amanda Holden! Hate BGT.

Yes, I got the damn stupid 'I'm Amanda' Nonsense - WHY? Why can't they just have onscreen instructions of some kind, sick of the eternal 'unexpected item in bagging area' !!!!! Or at least a neutral, business-like voice, not a so-called celebrity or faux-friend.

What a waste of money paying these celebrities to do the voice overs. At least it is not Steve Wright who I think speaks in a slovenly way. When I said this on another thread I got lambasted. I love accents by the way.

Tin hat at the ready ?‍♂️

I wondered who it was when she said "Hi, I'm Amanda." I don't care who you are, I thought, let me out of here. Voice suggestions: John Bishop (for Merseyside stores), Gregor Fisher for Scotland, Iolo Williams for Wales, Jasper Carrott for the Midlands, Alan Titchmarsh for t'north, Joanna Lumley for the south, the Wurzels for the West Country.

I’ve heard this in marks and spencer. And I’m not a fan. It put me off. Instead of paying them, they should reduce their prices!,

Thank goodness I don't use self-service checkouts

What amazes me is how folks are so familiar with the voices that they can tell. I used the M&S checkout this morning, but I didn’t recognise the voices.
Note to self... must watch more TV.

At least if you go through a checkout you get to choose who to speak to and listen to. I avoid these self-service checkouts as it has been proved that people are losing their jobs because of them.

Anyway why should a celeb be paid when we have already chosen our shopping - wouldn’t make me want to shop at M&S.

Oh yes, Amanda and Alesha are screeching at my local M&S. The standard auto till voices are annoying enough but those two.... aaaargh!!!. I asked one of the shop assistants if it was driving all the staff mad having to hear them all day - (yes) - and she showed me a button on the till where you can reduce the volume right down ... hah! Haven’t quite had the nerve to do it but maybe I will next time!

Simple solution.......don't use the self service check outs !

Yet another reason why I prefer not to use self checkout, they reduce jobs too. Much happier having a person to talk to and its been interesting trawling our new area to see which ones I prefer. We are in a semi rural area but with a large city 10 miles away so we are slap in the middle of quite a selection of different supermarkets and even branches of same. Its been quite an eye opener testing them out.

Horrible idea - gave me a shock when I heard it.
Feel M and S have lost their way

I've just been into Santander and Ant and Dec are in there on a TV thing advertising Santander products. They are everywhere!

All this information has reinforced why I always use the "person" checkout!

I've heard Elvis Presley on checkout in Poundland.. that was quite annoying.

WE got Amanda Holden last time we used the check out at M&S. What on Earth are M&S doing.? Trying to be trendy, yet again, I think. When will they learn that it won’t work.

I love Ant & Dec.
I actually feel sorry for Ant- I cannot say hand on heart that I have never driven the morning after a night out when I suppose I could still be slightly over the limit. TBH it never occurred to me until his case was all over the front pages.