The Checkout Girl

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Want to read more? Subscribe now and get unlimited digital access on web and our smartphone and tablet apps, free for your first month. You are currently logged out. So as she engaged customers in the required conversation, she usually asked them recession-related questions. I'm not sure what she expected to find.

Most responses seemed to be along the lines of "I know lots of people who are out of work," and "I'm shopping at this discount supermarket because finances are a bit tight. But the book was fun and funny, mostly breezy and lighthearted. I liked reading about the different types of difficult customers and patting myself on the back for never being THAT type of customer. I'll be more aware of the supermarket personnel next time I go shopping. Oct 31, David rated it it was ok. A book about working as a checkout girl at Sainsbury's supermarket - wouldn't that be boring?

Why yes, yes it is. It seemed as though this book was written to make the reading experience echo the tedium of working on the tills. It's written as a series of diary entries, and every day is very similar: It reminded me of my time A book about working as a checkout girl at Sainsbury's supermarket - wouldn't that be boring? It reminded me of my time working for a national retailer. The book lacked an overall storyline, and seemed to have no investigative journalistic purpose other than exposing how boring it is to work in a supermarket, and how rude people can be when they're stressed from shopping.

There are some brighter moments - mainly from customers buying pregnancy testing kits, customers who budget carefully and don't fall for special offers so they don't end up swearing when they see the final bill , and trolley boy - the quirky staff member who is full of random facts. The one redeeming feature was that I was reminded how much I don't want to go back to working in retail.

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This would have made a good feature article in a magazine. It should never have been made into an book. Jul 04, Alison rated it liked it Shelves: This was an enjoyable read about life as a Sainsbury's checkout assistant. Some people have really good relationships with checkout girls, sharing family news, recipes and more, but others are incredibly rude. The book is also an interesting look at how the recession affected people's shopping habits. This book is written in a chatty conversational style, but I found that it tended to get a bit repetitive in the second half - another observation, another rude customer, another staff bitching session, ho hun.

Could probably have done the job in less pages really. Overall though I did enjoy this and I will probably try some of the recipes customers shared with the author! Jun 11, Sean Randall rated it it was ok. Twenty minutes flat, it took me. Stop thinking too hard. Cook them on their own with garlic.

Cook the "One customer has left his ailing wife in the car. Cook them in a tomato sauce with chicken. Throw them in a risotto. But overall, I thought this was something of a humdrum work. Aug 16, Emma rated it liked it Shelves: Seemingly anonymous to her customers, the girl at the till finds them the source of endless entertainment: I checked this book out of my local library as it was recommended to me by a friend, I didn't have high hopes for this book but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.

In theory this book sounds very dull, it's about the author's Tazeen Ahmad time as a check out girl in Sainsbury's. It's written in a series of diary entries and talks a Seemingly anonymous to her customers, the girl at the till finds them the source of endless entertainment: Now this may not sounds like an exciting page turner but I couldn't put this book down, I enjoyed people watching through the author's eyes! It's amazing what information people will divulge to a complete stranger.

I recommend this book if you're looking for a quick and easy read and it's definitely geared towards women, I'm not sure that boys or men would enjoy this book. Aug 19, Feistytiger rated it it was ok. I have read a previous similar ebook about life on the checkout and was advised from reviews this is a better book for the english market. However I don't agree, I found it bland a bit boring.

I was hoping for a bit more 'meat' to the stories but they somewhat all faded into the background. She was discussing the 'recession' that is affecting everyones shopping, however the stark reality is that it went on longer than they thought and that supermarkets rob us of all our money anyway. She did it a I have read a previous similar ebook about life on the checkout and was advised from reviews this is a better book for the english market.

She did it as a mission to understand supermarkets and write about them, and also as a little bit of extra cash. However having personal experience on a till I really didn't feel like I could relate to this one much. Her writing style didnt muster much excitement and I found my way trudging through the pages. It felt a little outdated and it felt like she was trying to hard. Aug 02, Rachel "Rai29" rated it really liked it. It was well written, funny and lighthearted. I enjoyed reading about her experiences with awkard, cheeky and friendly customers alike, as well as how she dealt with her colleagues.

An exciting enough premise for a book but not executed very well. Amazon's Kindle is a fantastic creation and with that seems to have come a plethora of books similar to this e. I think anybody who has worked in retail can relate to this book. Some of the stories are funny, and some of them are downright ridiculous.

The practices of the company the author worked for were a bit shocking as well, i An exciting enough premise for a book but not executed very well.

The practices of the company the author worked for were a bit shocking as well, including the amount of checks they carry out on their staff during the day etc. Overall it was an okay read but nothing amazing. The fact that it is cheap on Kindle means it sells a lot, a lot like all the other similar books. Mar 24, Rosemarie Short rated it liked it Shelves: As a former checkout girl myself I found this to be an interesting read.

Seeing another person's point of view was nice, albeit the fact that the girl in question was a writer only undertaking the job to write about it took away some of the naturalness from the read. A light read, in the end, but not As a former checkout girl myself I found this to be an interesting read. A light read, in the end, but not quite as good as it could have been. Oct 17, Sandie rated it it was amazing. I thought it was fiction but it's not, it's more of a blog of life as a checkout girl in Sainsbury's.

Having been one myself when in the Sixth form, I could relate to a lot of it, although there were no scanners or PIN pads in my day, lol. Brilliant, lively writing, with the recession as a background giving a common theme. If you read this, you'll know why the checkout girls have to chatter inanely and whizz through the items as they have to acheive a items per minute scanning rate.

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Aug 15, Steve rated it it was ok. Took me a long time to get through. The book covered a woman who took a role at Sainsburys to make some extra money. The time period was within the past year as the economic crisis unraveled.

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I did find the scenarios the lead character encountered redundant after a while. There were customers who fell into distinct buckets in terms of how they were handled along with co-workers. I enjoyed the first half of the book but did lose interest after that. Jan 22, Mew rated it liked it Shelves: A slightly monotonous read about a very monotonous situation. But it has made me think about supermarkets in a different way and it was a fascinating look at Britain in a recession. Perhaps it would be even more interesting with some distance, maybe in 10 or 20 years time.

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Feb 02, Kerr rated it it was amazing Shelves: I like this book. It gives great insight into the lives of the COG's in supermarkets and what they have to deal with daily. It's amazing how rude and unreasonable some people can become as soon as they walk through those large doors and the secrets they impart to nameless faceless people they meet through out the day.

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Apr 19, Sephie rated it really liked it Shelves: Journalist Tazeen spent six months working in Sainsbury and writes about her experiences. It was a real 'eye-opener' as I'm a regular Sainsbury shopper and have since chatted to the COGs about the book and they were intrigued - most admitting to living in terror of the 'Mystery Customer'. It certainly gives the reader some perspective about life behind the checkouts. Apr 30, Marzena rated it it was ok Shelves: It's such a great occasion to observe people from the inside of a big store, yet the writer focuses on recession.

Sure, it's a huge matter, but the parts connected to the customers are the most entertaining and worth reading than any recession wise parts. Jan 05, Rebecca rated it it was ok. While it was pleasant enough to read, i found it very repetitive. It was only because i have about another other books that i want to read that i abandoned this book early. I like a story that goes somewhere, and for me this didn't. Not an awful book, but just not for me.

Sep 22, Chelsey rated it it was ok Shelves: Read a book from a genre you haven't heard of category for the Popsugar Reading Challenge 1. Oct 09, Laura Kemp rated it liked it. Interesting behind-the-scenes of life as a checkout girl. But more like a diary than offering huge insight. Feb 14, Catherine rated it liked it. Lovely tribute to anyone who has ever been 'A.

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Cog' - took me right back to my youth! Mar 08, Michelle Jones rated it really liked it. To begin with I felt Tazeen Ahmed was being slightly snobbish about the reason why she became a checkout girl, but after a few pages in the story lost this edge and was a very good read.

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