This is a good game (Shopper’s videos of himself trying to beat ‘insanely speedy’ Aldi cashiers go viral, 16 September). My tactic is to join the queue behind an unfeasibly large trolley-load, then place items in a zigzag pattern on the conveyor. A bottle of gin halfway along gives everyone a breather as the cashier has to wrangle the security tab off, and leaving vegetables until the end allows them to be swept into one’s bags with forearms.
Chris Ainsworth
Rawtenstall, Lancashire
• There is an easy way to “beat the cashiers”: if you follow Aldi’s clearly stated request that we pack our shopping at the dedicated packing shelves rather than at the till, no problem. Those of us who do so are delighted by the rapid turnaround.
Angela Barton
Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire
• Re Labour-supporting golfers, Dave Verguson can rest easy (Letters, 15 September). Three old school friends and I meet regularly for a round of golf. The standard of our playing leaves much to be desired, but our discussions and support of the Labour party go from strength to strength.
John Martin
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
• Re dealing with cows (Letters, 18 September), cattle seem to appreciate poetry and, as I often walk on my own, recitation also calms me down. The 19th-century pastoral poems work best.
Jane Berry
Criccieth, Gwynedd
• I love that it’s going to cost £150m to pedestrianise London’s Oxford Street (Report, 17 September). They haven’t thought of just erecting “No entry” signs then?
Sue Leyland
Hunmanby, North Yorkshire
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