Supermarket checkouts

I was in M & S at 8 am and omg it was so busy. DH decided to help (he kept vanishing with the trolley) and it took so much longer! He kept picking up random things, the fridge is so full anyway this time of year so didn’t want extra stuff we didn’t need. Big queues for check outs (and self checkout) but staff were on hand efficiently guiding people through.
Only the turkey to collect from farm shop tmrw!

GrannyIvy
Our huge M&S opened at 6am today and the queues were like those for January sales!

After a while, we finally decided DH would just move to the end of an aisle whilst I whizzed up and down to collect stuff.
Should have done it before, but school finished on Friday and the weekend was taken up with long distance visiting.
The car park was jammed, but no chance of running out of stuff as delivery lorries were still arriving as we left.

Our M&S had queue control, both outside the shop and before you entered the food hall, which was one in, one out. It meant that once you got in there it wasn’t actually too bad - so our queuing was to get in there in the first place. Glad it’s done, but they had no double cream at all so I’ve still got to go out and find some.

ForeverAutumn

twiglet77

I always use a hand-held scanner where possible, so I can pack straight into my own bags and don’t have to unload onto the belt. Sometimes it calls for a random check but that’s more than compensated by the time saving over the course of a month.

I much prefer this method of shopping too, it really does cut down the time spent in supermarket queues.

It is dependent on you knowing that you will remember to scan every article. I have ADHD, I know, that sometimes, with the best will in the world, my attention will wander, I will either not scan and not realise or not scan several articcle, realise and be scrabbling in the trolley trying to locate all those items I forgot to scan.

I will continue to use the staffed tills for all but small shops.

M0nica I admire you for avoiding hand held scanners for that reason.
I have listened to people who say they have a problem which means they find it difficult to focus, concentrate or remember and use that as an excuse for having forgotten to do things, usually in work, but including scanning items.

Mollygo I never use my ADHD as an excuse for anything I do, but I do try and manage it and not do things where I know I will not be able to - and hand scanning is one of them.

For other things lists are a wonderful resource, as are calendars and diaries. I know I run things to the wire, but I never missed deadlines, and rarely, if ever, forgot appointments. And list making is such a good procrastination device!