Woolworths cashier Lam Kirley shares epic self-serve checkout trick

Woolworths cashier shares his little-known checkout hack that promises to speed up self-service forever

• A Woolworths cashier revealed how to take the stress out of self-serve checkouts
• In a TikTok video, Liam Kirley shows how to lift items that haven’t been paid for
• Once you’ve filled a bag, he said you should tap an icon that reads ‘Own Bag’
• The video is the first clip uploaded to Woolworths new official TikTok account

By Alice Murphy For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 16:24 BST, 6 September 2021 | Updated: 16:24 BST, 6 September 2021

A Woolworths cashier has revealed how tapping the ‘own bag’ button on a checkout screen can take the stress out self-service, once and for all. 

Sydney supermarket worker Liam Kirley became an online sensation in August 2020 after his food hacks and store announcements racked up millions of views on TikTok.

In the year since, Mr Kirley returned his uniform to the Baulkham Hills store where he worked and stepped into a new role as content coordinator for Woolworths’ first-ever official TikTok account.

And in a move that is sure to delight shoppers, one of his first videos reveals how you can lift items that have been scanned but not paid for off the checkout, without triggering alarm bells.

Mr KIrley explained that once you have filled a grocery bag, you should tap an icon on the bottom left side of the screen that reads ‘Own Bag’

Mr KIrley explained that once you have filled a grocery bag, you should tap an icon on the bottom left side of the screen that reads ‘Own Bag’.

‘Just tap, remove the loaded grocery bag, add your new empty bag in the bagging area, and continue checking out,’ he told news.com.au.

Elsewhere in the clip, Mr Kirley demonstrated how you can scan products faster by using a ‘power slide’. 

‘Slide them across and the barcodes will scan easier,’ he said, while holding each item in front the scanner at a slant.

He also pointed to a light above the scanner which turns green when it is ready to scan the next item.

The video has been viewed 20,300 times since it was uploaded online less than 10 hours ago, but some viewers appeared unimpressed by the ‘revelations’.

‘Isn’t this just using the self-serve checkout? Lol, how are people using checkouts if NOT like this?!’ one person wrote.

Liam Kirley (left) became an online sensation in August 2020 after his food hacks and store announcements racked up millions of views on TikTok

Mr Kirley started working at Woolworths at the age of 19 to support himself while he studied at film school.

On the back of his personal social media stardom, which has earned him 162,000 followers and seven million likes on TikTok, the supermarket hired him to create content for its new channel.

Among Mr Kirley’s most famous clips from the early days of his fame is one about a $4 Belgian lava cake exclusively sold at Woolworths.

Among Mr Kirley’s most famous clips from the early days of his fame is one about a $4 Belgian lava cake (left) exclusively sold at Woolworths

He shared a video to his personal account Ashe Media about the supermarket’s microwavable ‘Belgian Chocolate Lava Cake’, saying ‘everyone needs to try it’.

Mr Kirley revealed the ‘delicious’ sweets are stocked in the freezer section of Woolies stores Australia-wide.

Most of the 93,000 viewers said they had never seen the cakes before, including a fellow Woolworths employee who said she has never come across them despite working there for years.

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