Grrr! Argentine Supermarkets

[Tilda]

I visited my home country Sweden three years ago and went shopping with my mother. She got a barcode scanner before walking in, propped up her cloth bags in the shopping cart and proceeded to scan all her stuff as she put it in her bag. When she was done she docked the scanner in a machine, put her bank card in, payed and walked out.

How very civilised.

I was in total awe and chock.

 

[Ceviche]

are these dni's passed on to afip?

so much data!

 

[Girino]

I visited my home country Sweden ...

Please, you are beating yourself.

 

[prettejohn]

The reason for the long lines is no one is responsible for them. Like many things here in Argentina there is no incentive to make the lines disappear. Efficiency is the enemy of bureaucracy..

 

[Girino]

I hate it when the person in front of me "abandon" their cart before the conveyor belt.
Once I waited behind the empty cart for the cashier to move it forward, but instead he looked at me annoyed and waved his hand to tell me to move over quickly that there were other people waiting behind.

So I swore in Italian (since all Argentines say they can understand in Italian) that I wasn't there to do his job, but he couldn't care less.

 

[camberiu]

Meanwhile, a little up north......



The fastest time to scan and bag 50 shopping items is 1 min 53 sec and was achieved by Rosilda Ferreira (Brazil) at Prezunic Supermarket in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 6 February 2009. 50 different items must be scanned and the last item scanned must be a Guinness World Records edition.
http://www.guinnessw...-shopping-items

You can see her in action here: https://youtu.be/OV0mHIxXhvU?t=1m16s

 

[Ceviche]

Brazilian race is the most friendly race on planet without any doubt.

 

[camberiu]

Brazilian race is the most friendly race on planet without any doubt.

You got that from just watching a woman bagging groceries? Not sure if I understand.

 

[Matt84]

there's self chck out in supermarkets in Argentina? How can they possibly pull that off?

I have experienced this in a hyper coto near me at scalabrini orrtiz and santa fe and I scream literally I call for a supervisor screaming out loud tell the person(s) involved what is wrong hoping to shame him or her often this doesnt do it but sometimes the supervisor has the balls to enforce it but I am a native speaker so maybe this helps!
But I agree it happens all too often and it must be protested!

yes, one has to remember to scream, even if it doesn't come naturally, it's the way to get things moving.
that reminds me my last experience at antartida argentina where I had to learn the hard way that el que no llora no mama

I honestly hope I wont be living in Argentina not even part time anymore before I am forced to learn the second part of that refrain.

 

[Pensador]

Do you still have shortages there from time to time? Relating to products? Like something not available for weeks.. Just wondering. I never see that here strange how many things I have forgotten about that I used to suffer there. Like empty ATMs and other things.