You've NEVER Seen German Efficiency at Checkout Like This
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2022
- In this video you will learn the tricks of the german efficiency at the supermarket checkout. Why is it so fast?
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Many non-Germans complain about the cashiers being too fast. Actually, you should always use a shopping cart. after the cashier has scanned the items, you simply put them back in your shopping cart. the cash desks are also NOT made to pack the items into the bags at the cash register. There are extra packing tables after the tills for that. So you don’t block the cashier and the following customers. 🤷♂️
The shopping cart trick is a very good point actually. I fould maybe one day do an update video!
In the 5 years I have been living in Germany I never actually used a shopping cart, with the tricks used in the video I never actually stopped anyone in the line. Only in Portugal, where I shop for 4 people and buy a lot of food and use my parents car.
I learned the hard way. The first time I went to Germany I was pretty taken back. The next few times I went, I was ready! Lol I did exactly that - just put it all in shopping cart, paid and then moved to the side, out of the way, and placed it all in my bags.
No packing tables in Lidl France.
It's hilarious, esp. when the women do their usual female thing of having their payment card floating around in the bottom of an overfull bag instead of being organised and having the card already in hand or in an easily accessible outer pocket. And then there's the ones who pay by cheque 😤
I've never, in my 20 years living in France, seen a man pay by cheque.
Das wäre ja sehr hilfreich. Danke!
Not every store has the packing tables, they're mostly a feature of Aldi and Lidl stores. Rewe and Penny don't really have them for example
ALDI was one of the last supermarkets who introduced the automatic barcode scanning, because the cashier had all the prices in memory and were already almost as fast as the competing supermarkets with scanning checkout, that was amazing to watch
I remember with introducing the scanners the process was actually slower because the early scanners were just bad (low scanning speed, lots of scanning errors, etc).
Actually they didn't memorize the prices, but a unique three digit number for any product. More efficent when prices change and faster to type.
Das war echt krank! Gedächtnisleistung und Tippgeschwindigkeit! Zu krass!
All that effort for getting paid Pennies
There is a huge glitch that was never patched out.
Put everything you have on the belt BUT make sure you put bakery items last.
The cashier will be stuck trying to figure out what you got then look for the code for those items, and manually typing it, giving you at least 1 min time to fill your bags.
hahahah unless the cashier is a speedrunner himself! Then he/she will have all the codes memorized shedding that minute to just a few seconds
Only with newbie cashiers though, those that have been working for some time know the codes of the bakery items by heart and manage to see what's in the bag with just a glance. Never ever have I encountered a cashier that took a minute to ring up those items, even the newbies took less time lol
@@mrchops me😂
Also vegetables or fruit which will be weighed at the cashier can be placed at the end or mixed in between to slow the cashier down and have time to pack.
Here's a "cheat code" for you. Take the IKEA bag and use it as a liner for the shopping cart(not hand basket). When at the register place your items onto the belt sorted from heavy(Cans) to fragile(produce), place your prepped shopping cart at the end of the register and simply have the clerk throw your items into the cart as he/she/diverse scans them. Now you have all the time in the world to pay for your grocery haul while probably still beating your high-score. Once you have this method down you can "speed run" your entire grocery haul since most stores have fragile items close to the entrance of the store while most of the heavier items tend to be closer to the register. Good luck!
Your comment made my day! Nice trick! I actually never thought about using a cart since I go directly to the U bahn home. But for the sake of the speedrun I might just do it hahahah
"diverse"
Well, you have to analyse the time spend on getting a shopping cart, emptying it and bringing it back compared to without it to actually have a legit comparison of a speedrun strategy. Actually the "Shopping cart" strategy depends on several factors such as map, map size, amount of NPCs who are allowed to use the register, amount of players on the map, amount of players on the map which uses the shopping cart and etc.
I am so glad I'm not the only one who does this. I shop a certain way and organize my basket a cer6ain way so heavier stuff doesn't crush more fragile stuff and like items are together. I was a cashier and hated when people just threw their stuff up all willy nilly. I then not only had to ring up their stuff and bag it but organize it as well.
As an American I love this. We have Aldi as well but they are chronically understaffed and the cashiers are super slow. I always try to use a self checkout when possible when shopping, saves so much time. I look forward to visiting Germany and competing against actual professionals.
The Secret is, they are Always understaffed even in Germany, thats how the company saves money
I remember the early days when Aldi started to spread in Germany. That times there have been no scanners available, the cashier hat to read the price tag and type it into the cash register. Aldi was the first one to make the employees learn all the prices by heart and type blindly. This was really much faster than any other chain, but was soon to be copied.
that was actually kinda slow by the cashier.
This is what I call "German horror" (I am German). If you don't get your stuff packed at time, everyone will look angry at you... I feel so stressed everytime I have to go through such checkout. That is one another reason to prefer the small corner shops. It might be a little more expensive, but people are friendly, have a chat with you and the next person is still in the shop looking around and not stressing behind you. Plenty of time to pack the bag.
lmao einfach anpassen und schnell werden
As a Romanian, this is a breath of fresh air compared to the time-wasting customers that you normally see in my country. The cashier has a long line to service, people have stuff to do, nobody is supposed to wait for your slow ass! 😄
einfach Geld parat haben und nicht lange trödeln. Lebenszeit ist unbezahlbar...warum in Warteschlangen vergeuden?
Lol sounds like a skill issue
Just chuck your stuff back into the shopping cart without thinking too much and then pack as leisurely as you want at the packing table after the cashing area like the system is intended to.
That way, it's fast (because nobody holds up the line trying to bag at the cashier's) AND not stressful. And even though you have to touch your items twice, it's still more efficient time-wise because you wait less time in line.
Germany vs USA checkout speed here! ruclips.net/video/gs9Hwy31d4Y/видео.html
Think that this is slow? Compare to the checkout speeds in Portugal here:
ruclips.net/video/7Bf8nf7kCGQ/видео.html
To keep up with the cashier, I take my shopping trolley or basket empty to the front after I have put the goods on the conveyor belt. Then I can put all the items I have bought back into the basket, pay for them and stow them away at another free table while the next customers are already paying behind me.
Yes! I believe one of the viewers pointed this trick out, so good in fact that i even did a video trying it :)
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I thought this was going to be crazier from what I've read but I can see with the tiny shelf they put things on, items could pile up quick. In my part of the US they don't have the shelves and scan things directly into the cart and then you go to the table to bag it. That's where the traffic jam can happen, people packing up slowly.
Pro tip: don't try to put your groceries in a bag at the checkout. Place your empty shopping cart at the end of the checkout and just put your goods back in the cart. Now you can be as fast as the cashier, speeding up the process for everyone including the other customers. To your back there is a large table where you can sort things from your cart into your bags after you have paid. For even smoother process organize your wares when putting them on the conveyor. Large and heavy first, small and fragile late. You don't want your croissants crushed by a sack of potatoes.
0:51 in Sweden, cashiers always start scanning the next person's groceries as soon as they are done with the previous one since every store here has a double belt and a splitter at the end. Seems like very few "mainland" European stores have those which blows my mind.
Here in Germany, they were way more prevalent a few years back. I guess it lowers efficiency or something so most shops don't have them anymore
At least the belt splitters were also common here until a few years ago. I don't know exactly why they were abolished - probably because customers without time pressure were still too slow and then sometimes even checked the bill and/or even the change.
Customers complaining about an incorrect bill, or because the change was not correct ... well that´s a big nogo (for the companies).
@@fipsvonfipsenstein6704 they have these new ones here that have a plastic wall you slide into a slot, then the person behind you has their stuff pile up against the wall, then when you are done packing you lift the wall, and all the next persons stuff slides down to the end, they can put the wall up after their last item is scanned so the next persons stuff doesn't mix in with their own. It's hilarious because no one notices the wall divider and start panicking and packing super-fast when the next persons stuff starts coming down the chute. They are bewildered when they see me packing nice and leisurely while the next persons stuff stays separated from mine. I have to show them how the divider works then it clicks.
Man this whole video is so damn relatable if youre german. Even the stats of the bags are more the on point
Not even German just have Aldis/Lidls in my country, those cashiers are always on the rush, but we are used to it. I would pretty much get upset if some slowhand was put behind the table. 😂
My favorite supermarkets are those who have two separate compartments for the scanned items which the cashier can switch between, so that the customer has the whole timespan of the next customer being serviced to pack their items.
Of course, sometimes not even that is enough!
So war es ja früher überall mal. Diese Kassen werden aber immer weniger. Kenne ich nur noch aus manchen REWE-Märkten.
As an ALDI worker, I HATE our speed requirements. We are way faster than half of our customers, and often end up having to wait for them to pack their stuff before we can continue scanning. This can take up to 25% of the total time spent at the checkout. A neat little trick we use is stopping the counter when waiting for the customer to pack, however this only satisfies the stuck up higher ups and does not translate to any real higher efficiency.
The craziest thing is, they already start counting the small change before you even pay. They just anticipate that you'll give them a bill (don't even try paying the exact amount - you'll annoy the cashier and the people behind you). And yes, cash is still king in Germany, unfortunately.
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I came from Ryan, good video 👍
This is just like in Korean supermarkets. After a while you learn to quickly put everything in your bags or boxes so your things don’t get mixed up with the next customers. They are not waiting for you. 😂
wow so it's also fast in korea?!
@@mrchops Definitely haha! Although, everything and everyone is fast here so it's easy to get used to. 😆
How can they scan the produce fast in Germany? In the US, this is the main slow-down...weighing produce and entering in codes for the produce by hand
Most supermarkets let you weigh your groceries yourself in the grocery isle, so the cashier just has to scan the barcode that you printed.
ALDI sells mostly pre-weighed items.
if you pay with cash, do not come to my till, all you will do is cause a massive queue.
If only Aldi's in America was that fast 😢
Aldi saves time on not bagging.
Outside the USA no-one bags the groceries for you.
This looks normal to me. How slow is it elsewhere?😮
youse a shopping cart put your items on the belt in order how to pack them put your Ikea bag in the empty shopping cart and after scanning put the items in your bag or put all items in the cart and pack them at the packing Tables
thank you for the comment and tip! I actually did made an update video where I tried to do this with a shopping cart :)
I haven’t noticed anything different from UK shops, why even it called German efficiency ?
Boyyyy you take a cart so you can leave the checkout as fast as possible… there are tables after checkout for sorting you stuff afterwards
Aaalways get a cart if you have more than 6 items lol
Irgendwie sieht das 5x langsamer aus als es sich anfühlt
Bringing only a bag for lots of groceries is a rookie mistake which costs lots of waiting time for the queue. Just get a cart and store your items in same pace as they get scanned. Afterwards you can fix our stuff in the designated area and pack them in your bag how you like them without slowing the others down.
I work for Aldi in Texas. no offense but it's the non aldi shoppers coming in for the first time or the older folks that hold me up....
That's true! And wait... Aldi in Texas? this is totally new to me!
@@mrchops
Yes, Aldi in North Texas ❤️😎
I just use Bullet Time :)
Walmart is so extremely slow. We wait and wait. Better too fast like Aldi than too slow.
As a German, I don't like it, it's way to much stress 🙄🙈
Ist doch kein Problem. Alles was gescannt wurde direkt in den Einkaufswagen gepackt. Manchesmal werden dann auch beide Arme benutzt um mehrere Artikel in den Wagen runterzuschieben. Aber nur unzerbrechliche Ware. Vorher bitte aber auch schon geordnet aufs Band legen. Gemüse und Backwaren immer als letztes drauflegen. 😅
Isn't it stressful for the buyer?
if you use a cart like others refered its less stressful, but in general compared to other countries i shopped, yes its stressful. You get used to it
This only works because europeans buy nothing at all, they must do photosynthesis to survive. 😂
Here in Brazil people mostly shop when they get their paycheck (the 1st 10 days of the month you find big lines at supermarkets) - so it's grocery for the month, you may buy veggies and eggs around 3 times a week.
Usually we buy 5Kg rice; lots of other grains and flours; meats; our fruits and vegetable are fresh so you weight them at the cashier. Moreover, places like Carrefour sell: clothes, plants, household items... there is no way you're gonna pack things fast!
grocery for the month??! wow that is really different from here hahah
I guess it depends on how far away from the store you live. We have stores for each block. So I go shopping by foot. That means I don't carry 5kg rice with me, but mostly go to the supermarket every other day.
@@ismirdochegal4804 People work till very late to be able to shop everyday at supermarkets, and wholesale/warehouse are very popular, you can save money buying big volume - useful, since single households are rare here. If you don't own a car, you get "frete" (men at the door with vehicles that drive you home for a fee).
There are also cars/vans driving around our neighborhoods selling eggs, fish, vegetables+fruits and delicacies. Veggie stands on busy streets everyday and farmers' markets happen on the streets (or from a big bus) once a week. Stores as well: bakery, butcher, greengrocer.
I live in a big city. Brazil is a mixture of it all, it's a crazy place; hard to explain.
Same with the philippines, in a lot of groceries their would be people who has 1 or 2 carts full of groceries full to the top.
Nobody in Europe has kitchens that are big enough to store several 5kg bags of rice and grains and flour and whatnot. At least not if you live in the city like the majority of the population.
We buy more often and smaller quantities. Packages are typically 500grams or 1kg.
But an end of the week grocery run would give you a full big shopping cart as well. Most people here do one big run every weekend and pick up some more fresh stuff, like baked goods or veggies, a couple of times a week.
I hate food shopping mainly because of having to take the same dang items, off the shelf, on the belt, in my car then out of my car and then out again and into the fridge or pantry.
I'll take finding the fastest cashier and bagger combo anyday than adding anynore moving over $300 bucks of groceries 2 more times, thank you, Instacart anyone?
Ah damn. Even recognise the branch in the northwestern part of Munich. To be honest one of the least favourable branches.
The only reason I go there is because of the prices hahah
Honestly my least fav. is Norma
@@mrchops I understand so do I but I simply go to a different Aldi branch.
Here in Berlin the supermarket queues are super long and slow, never in any other country did I queue so long. The problem is each supermarket only has 1 or 2 people working on the checkout, in a large supermarket. It's not uncommon for queues to stretch the entire length of the supermarket.
complete nonsense. never seen such a line. if the line is getting too long they will open another register.
@@berlin361 You've probably never been to Neukölln, apparently. Supermarkets are essentially always understaffed.
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Erstma Geld ausgeben für ne Uhr, die die Kassiererin nicht kapiert,, ich eh nicht, bestimmt 600 Euro kostet, mir nebenbei erzählt wieviel Schritte ich vom Auto zur Kasse gemacht hab und dann merke die gesparten 10 Prozent auf Hundefutter, obwohl ich ne Katze hab, im andern Supermarkt 15 Prozent billiger wären.Effiziens ist alles. Das teuerste Produkt klauen und dem Kind unterschieben,falls es piept! Viel Glück und Langeweile! I m bagging you for mercy!!!
der schnellste Aldikassierer den ich je hatte (und es waren viele) war in Konstanz. Wir drei Kerle habe zusammen eingeräumt und der Kassierer war trotzdem schneller😂
Ich liebe es wenn es zügig geht. Wenn Leute herumtrödeln und das Geld noch lange suchen, das ist nur nervig.
I think he is very slow🙈
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This makes no sense to me. I'm not saying dude is slow, but after everything I heard im dissapointed. Does anyone have the title of a faster video? Don't give me the link as RUclips might spam delete it.
What ? This looks like any register tf. 😂
I hate when customers slow down my checkout line by SLOWLY packing their stuff (I'm a fast scanner but we have a belt on the table for the items and next customer has space while the first is still packing), then realize their wallet is at the bottom of the bag and they have to search for it. I could have checked out 1 other customer by the time they are done paying. Pay first, pack later. Have your wallet ready in your hand. Also, put items that roll (bottles etc.) POINTING FORWARD, not sidewards. PLEASE. It's so annoying when an avalanche of bottles piles up at the scanner because they're rolling with the belt 😬 You're messing up the cashier's scanning per minute quota. Bottles and cans pointing forward, not standing. Do not stand them on the belt. It hurts when heavy 2 liters bottle of coke falls on my fingers. - german cashier 😂
In the US as soon as you walk into a store you have someone greeting you trying to make small talk. Have to stand in an endlessly long line. First thing they ask is do you have a loyalty card or store credit card if not then they have you sign up for one people waiting behind you wishing you a horrible death. All your God damn coupons. I just want to go in a store get what I want and leave as quickly as possible without talking to anybody. Way too much ass kissing in US retail stores so much so people spiral out of control if a low paid retail employee doesn't smile at them. And lastly keep the damn receipts that piece of paper is going to get you your refund then you need to keep it. Nobody returns anything anymore without a receipt. But there are thousands of Karens willing to cause a biblical scene because they can not get a refund on a half used worn out item because they don't have the receipt.
Totally different perspective! This summer I had the amazing oportunity to visit New Jersey and all I could say is that people in the US were just so nice?? Yes, random people making small talk, maybe I just got lucky to have cool cashiers? At emptier stores I had full conversations! (something that doesn't really happen here)
However, at target once (I actually made a video about it) it was just horribly slow, but that's because I could only pay with cash and couldn't go to the self checkout (with card)
Anyways, cool to hear from your side :)
@@mrchops I'm disgruntled about everything. Haha. Work in healthcare it darken my soul the last 3 years. To the point I'm always grumpy about everything.
@@mrchops Sounds like introvert hell … 😄
Aldi expecting you to dump everything in your cart at high speed is so messed up. Elderly German people get so anxious shopping there. So not cool.
It also depends on the other customers. My experience is, that the cashier is very friendly and patient, while the customer behind the slower person is being rude, or impatient.
I personally usually just patiently wait, while giving some space. Those 10 to 15 extra seconds are just not worth fussing about.
Now we know why…..
a pro takes a shopping cart, and does NOT slow down the cashier.
i will never understand the idiots with bags.
almoust one minute?! Thats a lot of time.
i agree with you! It just depends on the situation, time losses and also how many items you have :)
As a German, I don't like the fast checkout at all!
That's why I first pack my items in the bag and then I pay for my purchase... only then can the cashier serve the next customer 😜
Ich war selbst schon Kassierer. Was die wenigsten wissen werden: es gibt eine SCANRATE die du zu erfüllen hast. Diese steht jeden Tag auf deinem Kassenprotokoll. Waren immer so 100 Artikel pro Minute. Und wenn du darunter bleibst, wirst du vom Chef angekackt! Egal, wie sich die Kunden damit fühlen. Du musst so schnell sein. Dabei kommen die meisten mit einräumen gar nicht so schnell hinterher. Besonders seitdem es hinter der Kasse keine Bänder mehr gibt... Völlig bescheuert. Einkaufen in deutschen Supermärkten ist der pure Stress!
Normal speed lol
Seems rather inefficient and uneccerly stressfull, he didn’t even scan that fast.
Why not have a conveyorbelt with dividers at the end, so you can check items for next client before the first havn’t packed yet?
Dividers at the end would definitely make things easier! hahah There is always space problems there so the cashier has to organize sometimes some items as seen in the video.
I really can't tell you why this specific Aldi doesn't have them while other stores DO have them hahah
A "discount store" e.g. Lidl or Aldi is pure science! From book lengths formulas, to every psychologic trick you can imagine.
You enter the store you start the game. Aldi want you out of the store as fast as possible. No music, not only to save money, also to get you out as fast as possible, no music = no one listen.
Why do you think is the end of the checkout is so small and the start so long?
Aldi want you to pack your stuff as fast as possible, to increase your packing speed, the stress is wanted. Long Line behind you and other customers items are coming.
"Why not have a conveyorbelt with dividers at the end, so you can check items for next client before the first havn’t packed yet?"
Because, that would you slowed down.
@@DrachenKaiser hm okej, that makes some sense I suppose.
Not sure I'd agree on it beeing better for the store or the customers really, but I understand the logic behind it better I suppose.
But I wouldnt call it more efficient! because it's not, but it puts a social pressure on the customers to be efficient, so that in turn can lead to it beeing rather fast.
I don't think people would do it quicker if it was established where I live, people would just take the same time they do and tell the cashier to slow down!
So not sure their model would work here in sweden, people feel they have the right on their side to take their time, so no social pressure on them, the pressure would be on the cashier to open another cash register rather or they would just stop shopping there.
I wouldn't feel any pressure having to pack faster because of this method at all, difference of culture I guess.
Cashiers often move between registers here, if people pack slowly since they can't really hurry them up, and the social pressure is on the cashier not the customer packing.
at both of the aldis i work at we recommend getting a cart so that cashiers can quickly put all of your items in the cart and then you can take it to the bagging area and pack at whatever speed you like. it keeps the lines down and keeps product prices cheap because aldi doesn't need to hire as many employees since they're so efficient
@@DrachenKaiser Question: Is it ever super crowded? Coz from the video, there is no crowd at all, which begs the question, why the rush? And by the looks of it, they seem to be working toward getting rid of even the cashiers. Is that a good thing?
As a German i want a public shaming board for these grocery hippies. 🤣There are still grown up German People who act like its there first time in a Supermarket. No cart, no bag at hand or its to small and on top picking each item with the speed of a sloth. Or if there are two cashier separation isles they use both. Shame, Shame, Shame.
Yep, a bit too fast.
People are sharing tips for keeping up with the cashier speed, meanwhile I've only encountered the slowest and most phlegmatic ones, lol. Probably because it's the lowest paid job and no one there gives a shit about their performance.
Self-service cash FTW
not all of them have self service stations, but when they do.... *chef's kiss*
IT IS SOOOO ANNOYING TO WATCH YOUR ALDI CASHIER THROW YOUR ITEMS INTO THE CART WITHOUT REGARD TO DAMAGING OR DENTING THE ITEM. It's ridiculous. This needs to stop.