Self-scan checkout lanes

wheird
wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
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How on earth do people struggle so badly with these? i understand needing occasional cashier assistence, but some people manage to be completely mystified at these magic lanes each and every time. And yelling at the cashier because you think she is ignoring you by helping other people does not help things.

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  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
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  • BrokenButBeautiful
    BrokenButBeautiful Posts: 939
    I get pissed off when my kids lean on the scale, otherwise they're the only thing I use. But I live in a tiny town full of... people that don't know how to use things like that so there's never any wait and I have my choice of all 6...
  • MsJulielicious
    MsJulielicious Posts: 708 Member
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  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Around my area they are always crowded and full of people that woke up feeling like they could do anything, but then couldn't.
  • HerkMeOff
    HerkMeOff Posts: 1,002 Member
    Why do you hate people so much?


    Good lord, you b*tch more than my imaginary wife
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Why do you hate people so much?


    Good lord, you b*tch more than my imaginary wife

    Heh, as I wrote the OP I was thinking "God damn I hate people."

    And I'm not sure why. They just always seem to be doing something stupid.
  • b_e_l_l_a_a_a_a_a_a
    b_e_l_l_a_a_a_a_a_a Posts: 51 Member
    This makes me slightly glad that my work, a supermarket, doesn't have one of these. We'd just end up going back and forth helping people that can't figure it out.
  • amwbox
    amwbox Posts: 576 Member
    Self checkout is evil. Eventually, the stores will be nothing but self checkout and all those jobs will disappear. Replaced by robots. Yay.
  • BrokenButBeautiful
    BrokenButBeautiful Posts: 939
    P.S. I still think you're cool.
  • HerkMeOff
    HerkMeOff Posts: 1,002 Member
    P.S. I still think you're cool.

    Thanks!
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
    Lol:). I have never really been upset about this. Usually there is at least one person who knows what they are doing.
  • Crimson_Fire
    Crimson_Fire Posts: 2,504 Member
    The struggle is real...especially at Walmart...in Alabama. :noway:
  • Platform_Heels
    Platform_Heels Posts: 388 Member
    I loathe self scan chekout lanes. They're wicked annoying. I don't like how the bags HAVE to sit in the teeny tiny bag area otherwise the computer yells at me "PLACE YOUR ITEMS IN THE BAG!" a billion times because I moved one bag to my cart to make room for the others.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    I read this thread right before going to the grocery store, and I could not stop giggling while I was in line. There is an insane amount of drama in the self-checkout lane!
  • rowlandsw
    rowlandsw Posts: 1,166 Member
    The ones around here break every 4 customers it seems. I refuse to use them as they put people out of work.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I agree. These lanes had the potential to solve a number of mankind's greatest problems, but instead, they have created several new ones.

    However, I will continue to set a good example every time I go to the grocery store to pick up a few items for lunch with the hope that others will pick up on it. I still have hope.
  • sweetcurlz67
    sweetcurlz67 Posts: 1,168 Member
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  • mikeyboy
    mikeyboy Posts: 1,057 Member
    Around my area they are always crowded and full of people that woke up feeling like they could do anything, but then couldn't.

    Let me guess, you were at Wal-Mart?
  • wildrose53
    wildrose53 Posts: 1,342 Member
    I love them for a few items, but it drives me crazy when someone with a full cart uses them.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Around my area they are always crowded and full of people that woke up feeling like they could do anything, but then couldn't.

    Let me guess, you were at Wal-Mart?

    Point taken. :laugh:
  • salladeve
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    Actually I'd rather use them with a full cart then stand in line behind 10 other people waiting for a cashier. At my grocery there are 20 regular lanes and 6 self-scan lanes, and I almost always go to the self scan because even on a sat morning they only have 4 lanes with cashiers open!!
  • asciident
    asciident Posts: 166 Member
    Depends on the model; some of them are really poorly designed and don't work well. Move something around on the scale, it has a fit. Put something light in the bag, it has a fit. I don't yell at the cashier or anything, but I hate using the kind my local Wal-mart has, whereas I'm happy to use the kind at VG's (another grocery chain).
  • dwilks42
    dwilks42 Posts: 18
    Funny that the original hatred of people that drives us to the SELF-checkout (ideally for some nice solitude in a crowded grocery store, amirite?!), is in fact making us hate people even more.

    Is that irony or coincidence? I can never tell.
  • Train4Foodz
    Train4Foodz Posts: 4,298 Member
    Actually I'd rather use them with a full cart then stand in line behind 10 other people waiting for a cashier. At my grocery there are 20 regular lanes and 6 self-scan lanes, and I almost always go to the self scan because even on a sat morning they only have 4 lanes with cashiers open!!
    ^^ This ^^
  • sting5
    sting5 Posts: 408
    I loathe self scan chekout lanes. They're wicked annoying. I don't like how the bags HAVE to sit in the teeny tiny bag area otherwise the computer yells at me "PLACE YOUR ITEMS IN THE BAG!" a billion times because I moved one bag to my cart to make room for the others.

    Agree! Not a fan of them myself..
  • skrlec70
    skrlec70 Posts: 302 Member
    I loathe self scan chekout lanes. They're wicked annoying. I don't like how the bags HAVE to sit in the teeny tiny bag area otherwise the computer yells at me "PLACE YOUR ITEMS IN THE BAG!" a billion times because I moved one bag to my cart to make room for the others.
    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: they aren't so bad however yes that voice of 'PLACE YOUR ITEM IN THE BAG" is annoying , and when I think the bun I bought is no where to be found on the picture of buns screen :grumble: :grumble: charge me more , ITS A SMALL BUN , not big! :grumble: :grumble: :laugh:
  • threefancy
    threefancy Posts: 93 Member
    My grocery store took them out because few people used them. I loved it though. I can go way faster than the employees at the regular lanes.
  • amberrenee813
    amberrenee813 Posts: 395 Member
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  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
    The ones around here break every 4 customers it seems. I refuse to use them as they put people out of work.

    Nah, they'd still need staff to press the little button to confirm folk are over 18 to buy alcohol, knives, wall paper scrapers, BBQ tools.
  • WW_Jude_V2
    WW_Jude_V2 Posts: 209 Member
    Nah, they'd still need staff to press the little button to confirm folk are over 18 to buy alcohol, knives, wall paper scrapers, BBQ tools.

    Haha! This comment made me literally laugh out loud!

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