Asda is to put more staff on the tills after finding too many goods are getting nicked via the self-service checkouts.
The move is expected to appeal to pensioners; and staff who are fed up having to stand all day long, keeping an eye open for biscuit thieves.
Maisie May, who was a former checkout assistant told Newsbiscuit she is hoping to get the job she had back because she misses hearing pensioners’ life stories at the checkout and learning what the price of fish was in the war, compared to today.
Pensioner Sid Gardner said he misses the long queues they used to have when people paid by cheque, but could never find a Biro that worked.
“Those were the days” he told the Newsbiscuit reporter who insists on wearing correspondent shoes. “There was so much more of a community spirit when you went down the queue asking if anyone had a pen that worked. These days, the queues are just as long whilst the youngsters sod around trying to buy shopping with their phones, but you can’t help them with it, can you, nor tell them them about the arse cream the doctor prescribes when their kids are screaming for the bubblegum flavoured Cornettos in their trolleys.”
An Asda spokes trolley boy thought it was a retrograde step encouraging pensioners back into the store saying it’s a pain having to collect trolleys from the disabled parking bays instead of the trolley ports.