Hello!

Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?

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On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
> the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?

"Beep".

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Sam Plusnet

Le 21/04/2024 à 03:22, Sam Plusnet a écrit :
> On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
>> the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?
>
> "Beep".

Yes, that rings a bell.

On 2024-04-21 05:18:44 +0000, Hibou said:

> Le 21/04/2024 à 03:22, Sam Plusnet a écrit :
>> On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
>>> the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?
>>
>> "Beep".
>
> Yes, that rings a bell.

Imagine if all supermarkets used bells. It would be a real cacophony.

--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.

On 21-Apr-24 9:38, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2024-04-21 05:18:44 +0000, Hibou said:
>
>> Le 21/04/2024 à 03:22, Sam Plusnet a écrit :
>>> On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
>>>> Hello!
>>>>
>>>> Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
>>>> the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?
>>>
>>> "Beep".
>>
>> Yes, that rings a bell.
>
> Imagine if all supermarkets used bells. It would be a real cacophony.

Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?

--
Sam Plusnet

On 2024-04-20 23:18, Hibou wrote:
> Le 21/04/2024 à 03:22, Sam Plusnet a écrit :
>> On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
>>> the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?
>>
>> "Beep".
>
> Yes, that rings a bell.
>
As does 0x07.

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On 2024-04-21 19:06:31 +0000, Sam Plusnet said:

> On 21-Apr-24 9:38, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>> On 2024-04-21 05:18:44 +0000, Hibou said:
>>
>>> Le 21/04/2024 à 03:22, Sam Plusnet a écrit :
>>>> On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
>>>>> the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?
>>>>
>>>> "Beep".
>>>
>>> Yes, that rings a bell.
>>
>> Imagine if all supermarkets used bells. It would be a real cacophony.
>
> Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
> nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?

Maybe, but I don't think I've come across it.

--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.

Le 22/xx/20xx à 08:31, Athel Cornish-Bowden a écrit :
> On 20xx-xx-21 19:06:31 +0000, Sam Plusnet said:
>>
>> Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
>> nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?
>
> Maybe, but I don't think I've come across it.

Nor I, and I can find nothing online. It's not "Justine Caissière" anyway.

I not a fan of supermarket shopping, especially where one is pushed
towards self-service tills. There always seems to be some problem with
these - and I feel there should be a discount for our doing the work
that the cashier would do - which there isn't, of course.

For some years now, we've had our groceries delivered. This is cheap and
works very well, at least since we swapped from Sainsbury's to Tesco. A
useful trick is to finalise the order the day before, by which time the
computers seem to have a very good idea of what's going to be available.
(I don't think the picking is done in a dark store, which would be even
more predictable.)

On 21/04/2024 21:06, Sam Plusnet wrote:
> On 21-Apr-24 9:38, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>> On 2024-04-21 05:18:44 +0000, Hibou said:
>>
>>> Le 21/04/2024 à 03:22, Sam Plusnet a écrit :
>>>> On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
>>>>> the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?
>>>>
>>>> "Beep".
>>>
>>> Yes, that rings a bell.
>>
>> Imagine if all supermarkets used bells. It would be a real cacophony.
>
> Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
> nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?
>

It would be interesting to know the sound on which that is based. I
suspect the French would have their own version of the BrE 'beep' ('le
bip'?). After all, their animals make different sounds than ours.

On 2024-04-22 09:00:15 +0000, occam said:

> On 21/04/2024 21:06, Sam Plusnet wrote:
>> On 21-Apr-24 9:38, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>>> On 2024-04-21 05:18:44 +0000, Hibou said:
>>>
>>>> Le 21/04/2024 à 03:22, Sam Plusnet a écrit :
>>>>> On 20-Apr-24 20:32, Marco Moock wrote:
>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a special term for the beep that sounds at the checkstand in
>>>>>> the supermarket when the cashier scans the products?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Beep".
>>>>
>>>> Yes, that rings a bell.
>>>
>>> Imagine if all supermarkets used bells. It would be a real cacophony.
>>
>> Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
>> nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?
>>
>
> It would be interesting to know the sound on which that is based. I
> suspect the French would have their own version of the BrE 'beep' ('le
> bip'?). After all, their animals make different sounds than ours.

Yes. For example, French cocks say "cocorico" whereas British ones say
"cock-a-doodle-do".

--
Athel cb

Hibou wrote:

> I not a fan of supermarket shopping, especially where one is pushed
> towards self-service tills. There always seems to be some problem with
> these - and I feel there should be a discount for our doing the work
> that the cashier would do - which there isn't, of course.

We are not paid for collecting the wares ourselves either.

I scan with my mobile and pay at the exit. It's much easier for me: No
queue (so far), and I can collect the wares in my bag so I don't have to
shift them from the basket.

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark

occam wrote:

> It would be interesting to know the sound on which that is based. I
> suspect the French would have their own version of the BrE 'beep' ('le
> bip'?). After all, their animals make different sounds than ours.

Of course. They pick up the local dialect.

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark

Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

> Yes. For example, French cocks say "cocorico" whereas British ones say
> "cock-a-doodle-do".

Danish ones say "kykkeliky".

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark

Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>
> [...]
> [sig]
> Bertel
> Kolt, Denmark

Sounds like a one-horse town.

Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:

> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
> >
> > [...]
> > [sig]
> > Bertel
> > Kolt, Denmark
>
> Sounds like a one-horse town.

Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.

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In article <v058d4$s002$1@dont-email.me>,
Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
> Le 22/xx/20xx à 08:31, Athel Cornish-Bowden a écrit :
> > On 20xx-xx-21 19:06:31 +0000, Sam Plusnet said:
> >>
> >> Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
> >> nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?
> >
> > Maybe, but I don't think I've come across it.

> Nor I, and I can find nothing online. It's not "Justine Caissière" anyway.

> I not a fan of supermarket shopping, especially where one is pushed
> towards self-service tills. There always seems to be some problem with
> these - and I feel there should be a discount for our doing the work
> that the cashier would do - which there isn't, of course.

> For some years now, we've had our groceries delivered. This is cheap and
> works very well, at least since we swapped from Sainsbury's to Tesco. A
> useful trick is to finalise the order the day before, by which time the
> computers seem to have a very good idea of what's going to be available.
> (I don't think the picking is done in a dark store, which would be even
> more predictable.)

SWMBO doesn't think the fruit and veg delivered this way are the best
available. She thinks choosing these herself gets better results.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England - sent from my RISC OS 4té²
"I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

Hibou wrote:

> Le 22/xx/20xx à 08:31, Athel Cornish-Bowden a écrit :
>> On 20xx-xx-21 19:06:31 +0000, Sam Plusnet said:
>>>
>>> Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
>>> nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?

(Piggybacking.) Are they still ladies? Around here the cashiers
seems to include an similar number of gentlemen.

>> Maybe, but I don't think I've come across it.

> Nor I, and I can find nothing online. It's not "Justine Caissière" anyway.

> I not a fan of supermarket shopping, especially where one is pushed
> towards self-service tills. There always seems to be some problem with
> these - and I feel there should be a discount for our doing the work
> that the cashier would do - which there isn't, of course.

> For some years now, we've had our groceries delivered. This is cheap and
> works very well, at least since we swapped from Sainsbury's to Tesco. A
> useful trick is to finalise the order the day before, by which time the
> computers seem to have a very good idea of what's going to be available.
> (I don't think the picking is done in a dark store, which would be even
> more predictable.)

I hadn't previously encountered "dark store", a warehouse for fulfillment
of online orders, often laid out like a supermarket.

--
Jerry Friedman

Hibou wrote:

>> [...]
>> [sig]
>> Bertel
>> Kolt, Denmark
>
> Sounds like a one-horse town.

It's actually a zero-horse town. In my daily life I never see a horse.
When I was a child one hardy could pass a grass field without seeing
horses.

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark

On 22-Apr-24 15:57, jerryfriedman wrote:
> Hibou wrote:
>
>> Le 22/xx/20xx à 08:31, Athel Cornish-Bowden a écrit :
>>> On 20xx-xx-21 19:06:31 +0000, Sam Plusnet said:
>>>>
>>>> Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
>>>> nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?
>
> (Piggybacking.) Are they still ladies?  Around here the cashiers
> seems to include an similar number of gentlemen.
>
>>> Maybe, but I don't think I've come across it.
>
>> Nor I, and I can find nothing online. It's not "Justine Caissière"
>> anyway.
>
>> I not a fan of supermarket shopping, especially where one is pushed
>> towards self-service tills. There always seems to be some problem with
>> these - and I feel there should be a discount for our doing the work
>> that the cashier would do - which there isn't, of course.
>
>> For some years now, we've had our groceries delivered. This is cheap
>> and works very well, at least since we swapped from Sainsbury's to
>> Tesco. A useful trick is to finalise the order the day before, by
>> which time the computers seem to have a very good idea of what's going
>> to be available. (I don't think the picking is done in a dark store,
>> which would be even more predictable.)
>
> I hadn't previously encountered "dark store", a warehouse for fulfillment
> of online orders, often laid out like a supermarket.
>
Some are organised on a quite different system.

Here's a view of one Ocado depot (not the one our groceries come from).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssZ_8cqfBlE

--
Sam Plusnet

On Monday or thereabouts, jerryfriedman declared ...
> Hibou wrote:
>
>> Le 22/xx/20xx à 08:31, Athel Cornish-Bowden a écrit :
>>> On 20xx-xx-21 19:06:31 +0000, Sam Plusnet said:
>>>>
>>>> Didn't the ladies on the tills in French supermarkets once acquire a
>>>> nickname which was derived from the beeping sound?
>
> (Piggybacking.) Are they still ladies? Around here the cashiers
> seems to include an similar number of gentlemen.
>
>>> Maybe, but I don't think I've come across it.
>
>> Nor I, and I can find nothing online. It's not "Justine Caissière" anyway.
>
>> I not a fan of supermarket shopping, especially where one is pushed towards
>> self-service tills. There always seems to be some problem with these - and
>> I feel there should be a discount for our doing the work that the cashier
>> would do - which there isn't, of course.
>
>> For some years now, we've had our groceries delivered. This is cheap and
>> works very well, at least since we swapped from Sainsbury's to Tesco. A
>> useful trick is to finalise the order the day before, by which time the
>> computers seem to have a very good idea of what's going to be available. (I
>> don't think the picking is done in a dark store, which would be even more
>> predictable.)
>
> I hadn't previously encountered "dark store", a warehouse for fulfillment
> of online orders, often laid out like a supermarket.

Amazon Fresh works in between dark and light. It's open to walk-in
customers, but most of the traffic is staff picking orders.

Amazon Fresh is reportedly abandoning the AI checkout approach; it
seems that the mechanical turk makes mistakes.

/dps

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Sn!pe speculated:
> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>>>
>>> [...]
>>> [sig]
>>> Bertel
>>> Kolt, Denmark
>>
>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
>
> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.

But it's a metric country!

-d

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" Very much so, and I'd recommend the haggis wontons."
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On 23/04/24 00:57, jerryfriedman wrote:
> Hibou wrote:

>> For some years now, we've had our groceries delivered. This is cheap
>> and works very well, at least since we swapped from Sainsbury's to
>> Tesco. A useful trick is to finalise the order the day before, by
>> which time the computers seem to have a very good idea of what's going
>> to be available. (I don't think the picking is done in a dark store,
>> which would be even more predictable.)
>
> I hadn't previously encountered "dark store", a warehouse for fulfillment
> of online orders, often laid out like a supermarket.

Presumably you'll find examples if you search the dark web.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

On 22-Apr-24 21:18, Snidely wrote:
> Sn!pe speculated:
>> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Le 22/04/2024 à 12:33, Bertel Lund Hansen a écrit :
>>>>
>>>> [...]
>>>> [sig]
>>>> Bertel
>>>> Kolt, Denmark
>>>
>>> Sounds like a one-horse town.
>>
>> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
>
> But it's a metric country!

Which gave me a brief mental image of a country which has been trimmed
to some exact multiple of one metre.
What do they do with the offcuts?

--
Sam Plusnet

Le 22/04/2024 à 15:08, charles a écrit :
> Hibou wrote:
>>
>> For some years now, we've had our groceries delivered. This is cheap and
>> works very well, at least since we swapped from Sainsbury's to Tesco. A
>> useful trick is to finalise the order the day before, by which time the
>> computers seem to have a very good idea of what's going to be available.
>> (I don't think the picking is done in a dark store, which would be even
>> more predictable.)
>
> SWMBO doesn't think the fruit and veg delivered this way are the best
> available. She thinks choosing these herself gets better results.

I think everyone has such doubts, and it's true there is a small failure
rate. One can always inspect and reject. Sprouts, caulis, and potatoes
are fine, bananas always better than Intermarché ones (which rarely look
as good inside as outside). The size of onions and parsnips is sometimes
a surprise (but one can order by weight). Small tomatoes are safer than
large ones, since they can move past each other in the pack. And I'd not
buy pears online - I like to grope their ends.

Snidely wrote:

>> Or 45 revolvers, perhaps.
>
> But it's a metric country!

Inch units are just as common (or more) as metric units when we talk
about firearms and ammunition.

--
Bertel
Kolt, Denmark