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Old September 17th 19, 06:22 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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In message , at 23:31:11 on Mon, 16
Sep 2019, Marland remarked:
I'm surprised to see there's a "Pod point" [whatever that is] charger
at the Sainsbury's, because I've never noticed it. I'll go take a
proper look tomorrow.


Eventually; and the electric supply has been there a while, no evidence
of having been retro-plumbed-in after the shop was first opened seven
years ago. But don't know when it was provisioned with a charger.

2x7kW, and a second but unprovisioned pair of parking bays alongside.

http://www.perry.co.uk/images/sainsburys_charger.jpg

A Renault Zoe plugged in, 7kW is an eight-hour charge, apparently. I'm
not sure I can drag out my shopping there much beyond half an hour.


You haven’t allowed for when the self operated checkouts are broken and the
remaining employee operated one has Mrs Slow working.


Mot of the times I'm there the staff outnumber the customers. That's
because it appeals to a demographic which shops mainly at the weekend,
which I avoid doing. It's also a relatively small example - about ten
tills, of which rarely more than three need to be manned - so it doesn't
take long to get round.
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Roland Perry