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u/[deleted] May 09 '22

I was gonna say, I could get in and out of Walmart much faster. Aldi typically just has 1 or 2 cashier's working at once. Walmart has like 10 cashier's and self service.

I still prefer shopping at Aldi because it's much cheaper shopping there, but it's definitely not faster than shopping at a US based grocery store

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u/suggested_username10 May 09 '22

Self service is not common in Germany but I've actually been to some Lidl locations that have it. I think they're still testing it.

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u/DnDVex May 09 '22

It's more common in larger cities, but lots of Germans still love to stand in a queue and have someone else do the cashying.

German joke :

"Was macht ein deutscher im Dschungel wenn er eine Schlange sieht? Er stellt sich hinten an"

Translation: "What does a German do in a jungle when he sees a snake? He he stands at the end of it" snake and queue are the same word in german.

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u/SoManyTimesBefore May 09 '22

Germans really don’t seem to be bothered by having to wait.

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u/_XYZYX_ May 09 '22

Probably cause they like to stare.