EVER wondered why cashier’s give off the impression that they can’t wait to get rid of you – as they scan your shopping items through at light speed?
A former Aldi employee reveals how check-out rules have the cashier’s under immense pressure to reach impossible targets.
According to the ex-cashier each store has their own targets.
For this particular Aldi store the cashier’s were expected to scan one item per minute in order to hit the shocking transaction targets of the store.
The former Aldi employee said: "83 per cent is what Aldi wants. My store wanted 95 per cent.”
The cashier’s are reportedly timed from the minute they scan the first item until you pay.
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The former employee revealed cashiers could be sent for training if they didn't meet their targets, and in some extreme cases, even lose their jobs if they were too slow.
The former employee, who doesn't share what country she worked in, explains: "That's why they go so fast. They're literally being timed.
"You had to have less than three seconds when starting a new transaction.
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"If you ever notice, they always put the item to be scanned by the scanner, then unsuspend it. You can get a 0 seconds between customers."
So if you felt like the cashier’s were trying to get rid of you – they quite literally are, in order to meet the targets and keep their jobs safe.
“If you didn't meet the 83 per cent, you went to a training class.
"After that, they could fire you. The way I took it was: 60 seconds in a minute. If I scan 60 items in a minute, that should be 100 per cent."
After every shift the cashier’s performances were marked and any hold ups that occurred that day would go against them.
"After every shift was a paper that had all the totals," she continues.
"And almost every time, 'You hit 91 per cent, but you should have hit 95 per cent'. Well sorry that the card machine wouldn't work unless I unsuspend it so they can use it and then take three minutes putting their pin and whatever else."
Aldi customers are shocked at the targets they place on the staff because most customers can't keep up with them in the first place.
One customer said: "People with disabilities, and pensioners with health and mobility issues exist."
"There must be some kind of consideration for those customers and dispensation for the staff serving them."
Another shopper chimed in: "I'd rather Aldi added 1p to the cost of everything and allowed their cashiers to operate like human people instead of machines."
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Meanwhile, another Aldi employee has given fans of the shop a sneak peek at the newly launched beauty dupes on offer.
While another employee goes on a bargain hunt I work to find the best beauty products about to drop & when to visit Aldi to avoid missing out.
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