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I have never experienced an over-fast checkout operator: I can always get the items back into the trolley to be packed at my leisure at the provided shelf. If a person wants to create this sort of selfish hold-up, they should use a self-service machine!

If people are willing to pay for it ... A perfect example is the huge mark up in food at airports - I have no doubt many people would walk away from cafes/restaurants in town that charged so much!

Comparison with the "per unit/per 100g/etc." tags works for me (plus the "Made/packed/produced in" labels. What is becoming increasingly common is the vast array of "Down Down", "Reduced 30%", "Members' Price", "This Week's special" - plus a vast plethora of other additional labelling. You can...

There is a new quote to go with "If it's flooded, forget it!" - it is, "If it is on the 'net, it could very well be false!" :( This goes for news, videos, photos and facebook/TikTok/x - and various matchmaking sites!

Let the buyer beware (translated these days as: "Treat everything as A SCAM UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE!")

As a school teacher, I taught reading - especially the instructions at the beginning of a test! Likewise: cars, the instruction book; new appliances, the manual; driving, the road signs; shopping, the sales' signs. I was in a store this morning selling what looked (in the picture on the...

A solution that is being trialled overseas is to have electronic brakes on trolleys (they use this system also to stop people leaving self-service areas without paying). Trying to leave the centre with a trolley activates the brakes, thereby preventing those who simply are about to push the...