Tesco change to trolleys affecting 90% of shoppers branded ‘awful’ online

Shoppers are fuming astatine Tesco, with a large alteration to the supermarket’s trolleys branded ‘nuts’ and ‘awful’ online.

If you usage self-scanner machines successful your section store, you whitethorn person noticed thing antithetic successful the past fewer months — and your absorption apt depends connected your ascendant hand.

Essentially, the barcode scanner slot connected your Tesco trolley is present placed connected the near alternatively of the close of the cart, meaning it’s little convenient for the bulk of radical who are right-handed.

One customer, Bobby (@thebobsta14), said connected X: ‘Tesco please put the handheld happening backmost connected the right. Or astatine slightest marque a substance of trolleys available.

‘Years of it being connected the close and 90% are right-handed and this alteration is conscionable awfully impractical.’

He’s not the lone 1 that’s annoyed either.

‘Tesco, tin you archer maine wherefore each your buying trolleys person the aforesaid scanning holder present connected the near manus side?’ added Liam (@LJ1101234). ‘It drives maine nuts, surely astir radical are close handed.’

A third, @George50P, chimed in: ‘I’m huffy astatine Tesco because successful our section supermarket they person changed the trolleys truthful that the aforesaid scan weapon is connected the near and it’s truthful awkward erstwhile you are close handed.’

But though others branded it ‘frustrating’, not everyone was upset astir the change.

‘As a leftie, it helps!’ said X idiosyncratic Tom Bradey. ‘If lone much supermarkets would bash it,’ said X idiosyncratic Tom Bradey.’

Sarah G (@norfolkmum1) agreed writing: ‘I’m close handed but don’t caput the change. Hold the zapper successful your near manus whilst picking the point to beryllium zapped with your right. Job done.’

Meanwhile, @suecresswell01 urged righties to halt ‘making a opus and creation retired of everything’ and simply ‘stand to the near of the trolley erstwhile filling it.’

Commenting connected the reaction, a spokesperson for Tesco told Metro: ‘Our caller trolleys are designed to beryllium applicable for each customers. We worth feedback and volition walk this connected to the applicable teams.’

The spokesperson besides said that this specification of trolley is utilized by different retailers – aka they aren’t the lone supermarket to bash so.

This comes instantly aft Tesco copped immoderate vigor for its ‘ridiculous’ new parking rules.

A lawsuit raised the alarm on social media after spotting signs that person been enactment successful their section Tesco car park, which authorities that those buying betwixt 6am and 8pm tin enactment for a maximum of 3 hours, but those visiting Tesco betwixt 8pm and midnight tin lone parkland for 1 hour.

And if you wanted to usage the Tesco car parkland betwixt midnight and 6am, past you tin lone bash truthful for 30 minutes. If you overstay your welcome, you could beryllium slapped with a £70 fine.

The station has gone viral, being viewed much than 1 cardinal times and garnering implicit 9,000 likes. Tesco told Metro that it wants each its customers to find a abstraction erstwhile visiting their section branch, truthful parking clip limits let amended absorption of spaces.

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