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Post by Rave on Mar 12, 2024 23:13:44 GMT -5
Usually have too much stuff to use it, plus Walmart's are ridiculous to use. When I scan something, I want to bag it, and the stupid thing yells at me about that.
There's a gas station chain up here that's put in self checkout that's a joy to use, though. It's easy and quick, scan my stuff, pay for it, and out the door in less than a minute.
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Post by HMARK Center on Mar 13, 2024 5:41:44 GMT -5
Hate 'em; another excuse to fire more employees, and at the same time having customers both pay for their groceries *and* do the labor of scanning everything? They're a blight.
The only reason I'll go to one is if I'm buying only one or two things and the regular lines are full...which they so often are, now, because there are fewer cashiers.
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Post by willywonka666 on Mar 13, 2024 7:17:36 GMT -5
Store pickup changed my life! I rarely go in anymore, but it's usually 5 or 6 items tops, so self checkout. Frankly I'd feel like a jerk taking a loaded cart like I've seen others do, so in that case I would wait in line for a cashier.
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ToyfareMark
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Post by ToyfareMark on Mar 13, 2024 7:46:28 GMT -5
The grocery chain I work for just changed the self checkout policy. 10 items or less, and no cash. People have been bitching about it, but it has made the flow through them better. I'm just glad I never have to run a register, because I don't have the patience for it. It's funny because I don't mind having to deal with people, as long as it doesn't involve checking them out.
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Mar 13, 2024 8:45:03 GMT -5
I like it if I have a few items but think they're still figuring it out.
One of our supermarket chains just introduced carts that allow you to scan items as you shop and check out right from the cart. If that pilot program works, it seems like that will be the real gamechanger.
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Post by Mr Mario Mario on Mar 13, 2024 9:47:01 GMT -5
Yeah for the reasons others have said, so I don’t have to speak to other people ha
I never normally have an issue with them, even when I do a family shop. My kids love self-scanning because then they get to do it and they are at that age when it’s fun to do that
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Post by tafkaga on Mar 13, 2024 9:59:08 GMT -5
Whatever is quicker, but if a selfcheck is open I'll usually do that.
There's those embarrassing moments though where the touchscreen bugs out and I end up having to wait for help and look like one of those people who don't know how to operate it.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Mar 13, 2024 12:28:28 GMT -5
It also comes down to who is manning the register and how busy they are. I like giving the employees something to do.
I would use the portable scanners many chains have but I always worry about forgetting to scan an item and set off the detectors when I am leaving.
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Post by Sephiroth on Mar 13, 2024 12:29:30 GMT -5
The cashier doesn’t need to hear your life story. Neither do I.
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Post by Hit Girl on Mar 13, 2024 12:36:18 GMT -5
They never work
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Mar 13, 2024 13:36:36 GMT -5
I prefer self Checking In
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Post by chronocross on Mar 13, 2024 14:10:20 GMT -5
I like self checkout as the cashiers at my local Target are slow as molasses and I just want to hurry up and get out of there.
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Post by Instant Classic on Mar 13, 2024 14:15:43 GMT -5
Yes, if I only buy a few things.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Mar 13, 2024 14:38:53 GMT -5
I prefer them, because I cannot be around other people without thinking they hate me and want to harm me somehow, but I know that it's morally wrong to prefer them.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Mar 13, 2024 14:53:18 GMT -5
I do.
and I admit it's mostly to avoid human interaction.
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Post by KingPooper on Mar 13, 2024 15:08:36 GMT -5
Most of the time. I normally only have a few things, I hate people, and it's quicker. If I have a bunch of items or stuff that's going to have to call over somebody I'll go to real person.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Mar 13, 2024 15:13:24 GMT -5
Hate 'em; another excuse to fire more employees, and at the same time having customers both pay for their groceries *and* do the labor of scanning everything? They're a blight. The only reason I'll go to one is if I'm buying only one or two things and the regular lines are full...which they so often are, now, because there are fewer cashiers. How many employees actually lose their jobs due to self checkouts? At grocery stores I've seen those employees be transitioned to the online ordering side of things.
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Post by tafkaga on Mar 13, 2024 15:38:43 GMT -5
Hate 'em; another excuse to fire more employees, and at the same time having customers both pay for their groceries *and* do the labor of scanning everything? They're a blight. The only reason I'll go to one is if I'm buying only one or two things and the regular lines are full...which they so often are, now, because there are fewer cashiers. How many employees actually lose their jobs due to self checkouts? At grocery stores I've seen those employees be transitioned to the online ordering side of things. Yeah I think I read that studies have disproved the claim that people are losing their jobs over self checkout. Plus, the popularity of curbside pickup would mitigate that even if it was true, because now they have to pay people to shop for you and then load it into your trunk. I've done curbside since the pandemic and they have lots of employees doing that.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Mar 13, 2024 15:41:46 GMT -5
Hate 'em; another excuse to fire more employees, and at the same time having customers both pay for their groceries *and* do the labor of scanning everything? They're a blight. The only reason I'll go to one is if I'm buying only one or two things and the regular lines are full...which they so often are, now, because there are fewer cashiers. How many employees actually lose their jobs due to self checkouts? At grocery stores I've seen those employees be transitioned to the online ordering side of things. I have a friend that actually works at Walmart. I asked him a couple years ago if self check-outs took away job positions. His response? "Nope, because nobody wants to work that position anymore." Me, personally? I prefer the self checkout. To me, it's very simple, I don't have to deal with anyone (unless I'm buying alcohol, and then it's just a short wait usually), and sometimes, the fruit scale malfunctions, giving me a hell of a deal (Got 7 bananas one time for a nickel). I wish the Targets around here had more self checkouts. That's usually the longest line, because have only like 2 people running the regular checkouts.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Mar 13, 2024 16:40:27 GMT -5
I have a friend that actually works at Walmart. I asked him a couple years ago if self check-outs took away job positions. His response? "Nope, because nobody wants to work that position anymore." My brother works in the local supermarket. They recently removed six of the ten checkout lanes and replaced them with ten self-checkouts. Our mom hates the self-checkouts and asked him why they removed so many lanes and he pointed out that they haven't had the staffing to open those lanes in years, and haven't had an "all hands on deck" situation that required all lanes open for longer than that. Hell, when I worked on the lanes in college – almost 25 years ago – there was 15 of them and zero self-checkouts, and there was only ever more than seven or eight in use at the same time for a couple of hours a day on Saturdays and Sundays.
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