Want a ‘sat nav’ app to get round Tesco? Um, no thanks

Another tool for the supermarket’s to use to monitor what we buy and when, giving them information about our shopping habits so they can collate the info and put up prices to take money from our pockets.

knowledge is power – for the supermarket this is especially so.
The less they know about us the better, always shop local, if you really must use a supermarket, then always pay in cash.

It’s hardly a new idea, and it obviously didn’t catch on the first time around. I encountered shopping trolleys that guided you to what you wanted to buy and told you about the special offers you passed on the way in Atlanta, Georgia, more than 20 years ago. It was rather useful for strangers in a large supermarket, though there were some language difficulties (asking for biscuits led us to some scone-like patties intended to be eaten with gravy for breakfast). It’s hard to imagine that people would use it regularly in their usual supermarket – unless of course they do their grocery shopping at Marks & Spencer, in which case it’s a must. In fact I think I’ll write and ask them to introduce it immediately so that I can stop spending half my mornings looking for something they’ve moved AGAIN.

This could be useful for someone with arthritis who needs to avoid walking more than necessary.

I could be interested because my local Tesco sometimes puts things in strange places, For example dishcloths in the aisle labelled dog food and pet care, and salt in the aisle labelled fresh lamb and pork. I don’t have a smartphone so I will continue to ask staff for the time being.

Am I in the Twilight Zone?

strange thing this, “Sat” does insinuate that you are using satellites, which of course you are not.

I would personally just let the missus do the shopping. Where we currently live, I have to take her coz she’s too scared to drive, we are moving soon so that she can go shopping on her own and I can be left to Call of Duty!! 🙂

If I absolutely HAVE to go, the last thing I want is some geeks following their phones around the store bumping into people and not watching what they’re doing (like all smart phone users). This is of course as long as you can get a data signal in the first place….

More zombified consumerism,

This is a clear indication from Tesco’s that they have no idea how to layout their goods. If you need a guide to take you through the picking process then you know there is something wrong with the organisation of the items being picked. But maybe I’m a bad example, I use the much “greener” option of buying via Ocado for almost everything and a quick whip ’round my local Co-op for what I’ve missed.

I would welcome a supermarket sat-nav. Although I am male, I don’t want this because I want to get in and out of the store as quickly as possible. Sometimes, especially in a store that I am not familiar with, there is one item which I can’t trace, and it takes ages to find it. A navigation aid would help with this.