ColinTheMathmo, 24 days ago

@christianp To me it was ... unexpected. But then it was logical, though still a bit unusual.

It's certainly not charming, but never tipped over into weird.

LittleFrank, 24 days ago

@ColinTheMathmo @christianp I think it's lost some of its weirdness in the last decade.
I don't think many people remember filling in a little slip of paper, queuing up for ages to get to the till, only to be told they were out of stock.

I wrote to Argos in the early 90s suggesting that they put a little stock checker computer on the tables with the catalogues. About 6 months later they appeared. Never got a thank you.

christianp, 24 days ago

@LittleFrank yeah, it's not as idiosyncratic as it was.

This question was prompted by me going into Sainsbury's to pick up a thing from the Argos counter. To someone who doesn't know the system, it'd be odd to see people walking up to this counter and being given all sorts of stuff.

dimpase, 24 days ago

@christianp in NL there was once a similar shop, Kijkshop (long gone). So no, for me it looks meaningful.

j_bertolotti, 24 days ago

@christianp Weird.