Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: "Shopper"

Come tradurreste "shopper" in questa frase (letta su un ng UK)? 
Si intende, in pratica, il commesso del negozio che seleziona la merce da
inviare al cliente che ha chiesto la consengna a domicilio...
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On a couple of occasions I had to call to complain about goods that 
clearly weren't fit to eat - squashed tomatoes and spring onions that 
were rotting in the packaging.
They refunded the goods, but it's annoying to have to go out and shop 
again for items that aren't in store - which you usually don't find out 
about until the delivery has been made, or if the shopper has selected 
poor quality items for you.
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Secondo me non ha usato la parola giusta. Direi io "picker" piuttosto
di "shopper".

 inviare al cliente che ha chiesto la consengna a domicilio...
Al supermercato quassotto se chiedi lo shopper ti dànno la busta di
plastica. Il mondo è bello...
-- 
"I can't try to save humanity without holding on to what makes me human."
Cpt. Jonathan Archer to T'Pol
30/07/2005 17.28.31

 di "shopper".
Mi sa che hai ragione... infatti ho notato che qualcun altro in quel thread
ha usato proprio "picker":
"The home delivery pickers are told to choose the very best products with
the  longest life possible."
Il ng è uk.food+drink.misc 
-- 
Enrico C
...still legal tender...

Giò
-Tutto ciò che può esistere, esiste.
          (Tullio Regge)

plastica. Il mondo è bello...
anfatti.
senti...ce stavo a penzà adesso adesso...ma 'n te n'eri ito?
boh...
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I just heard a Safeway comercial on the radio and they called them
"Personal shoppers" just like Macy's and the other department stores .
I've never heard "Picker".  That must be British English.  Picker where
I am in California reminds me of the migrant seasonal workers who pick
fruits and vegetables in the Central Valley.
bye
ari

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I agree. In the US, "picker" (or "order picker") is also used to
describe people who work in warehouses picking out parts to fill a
customer's order. There are even special vehicles called "pickers" or
"order pickers" made for this purpose.
"Toyota Announces Launch of Operator Friendly 7-Series Electric Narrow
Aisle Order Picker"
http://news.thomasnet.com/fullstory/461185/2328
A "picker" picks a part out of a bin in a warehouse, where a shopper
has to make qualitative judgements about the items he is selecting.
Joe from Massachusetts

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Are you saying that this is a vehicle equipped with some type of
automated device for getting stuff off the shelves in warehouses?  
ari


It's not automated. The picker (person) gets on the Picker (modified
forklift made especially for navigating the narrow aisles and high
shelves of a crowded warehouse), drives around the aisles of the
warehouse, and picks the items on his list off the shelves. I'm sure
the list includes the exact shelf location of each item on the list,
and probably the order in which the items should be "picked", to
guarantee the most efficient use of time.
http://www.forkliftsdirect.com/class2.htm
The idea of total automation is complicated by the different sizes,
shapes, and weights of items in the warehouse.
The machines which populate PC boards with Integrated Circuit chips
and other components are totally automated. Mechanical arms along an
assembly line pick out certain chips or components from bins, and
deposit them in very precise locations on PC boards. Components are
deposited one-by-one, until the PC board is full, and the machines do
it in a fraction of the time a person could do it manually. It has
become increasingly difficult for small companies which manufacture PC
boards to compete with the larger companies, because they can't afford
the initial capital investment required for these labor-saving
machines, and it thus is no longer economically competitive for a
small company to manually populate PC boards.
Joe from Massachusetts