TESCO has been accused of failing right-handed users after a new pushchair appeared to be designed for lefties.
Customers say that placing the portable barcode scanner slot on the left side makes the cart impractical and inconvenient for right-handed users.
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Tesco accused of failing right-handed shoppers after new pushchair appears to be designed for lefties
One customer fumed: “Please put the handheld back on the right side.
“Or at least have a mix of carts available.
“It’s been on the right for years and 90 percent are right-handed and this change is terribly impractical.”
Another added: “It drives me crazy.”
A third groaned, “It’s so awkward when you’re right-handed.”
One groaned, “I appreciate the new cart, but why are the F scanner mounts on the wrong side?”
But left-handed gift shop owner Stel Coombe, 60, from Saltburn, North Yorks, said: “I’m glad to see us lefties finally have a little corner of the world to ourselves thanks to the humble Tesco shopping trolley.
“However, since we have superior hand-eye coordination and have evolved to adapt, I’m sure we wouldn’t mind the scanners being on the right.”
North Londoner Jess Shaw, 48, owner of team building company Pact Creative Training, added: “I’ve always had trouble using scissors, peelers and other right-handed tools.
“When I was a kid, I even went to a store that sold things for left-handed people.
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“I don’t know why they put the scanners on the left side of the cart, but it’s nice to have something working for us for a change – even if it was a mistake.”
Professor Chris McManus, author of Right-Handed, Left-Handed, said: “Historically, many objects were biased so that they were easier for right-handed people to use.
“Designers have been very successful in recent years in creating objects that can be colored so that anyone can use them, and that’s certainly the ideal.”
Tesco has been contacted for comment.
It goes without saying that the store considers the feedback.
Categories: Optical Illusion
Source: HIS Education