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#Post#: 1928--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Gellchom
Date: May 18, 2018, 3:11 pm
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I have trouble with them as I evidently have a magnetic field
that interferes with them and keeps calling the attendant. The
person at my supermarket said there are few of us like that. (I
put streetlights out, too! It's not magic, just electricity and
magnetics, and not all that rare; look up SLIDers if you're
curious).
But anyway I like to use the human checkout aisles, because I
know those people need their jobs.
#Post#: 1938--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Thrabalen
Date: May 18, 2018, 3:26 pm
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I'm going to be honest, I enjoyed manned checkout lanes a lot
more before corporate decided that invasive questioning was a
way to build brand loyalty. If I'm buying ten of something when
it's on sale, it obvious I like said thing, can we not draw
attention to it? Because now buying ten of that thing feels
weird.
#Post#: 1947--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: guest249
Date: May 18, 2018, 3:40 pm
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I think like anything else, they just are. People will like
them and others won't. Some people will be slower than
others...it's life. I don't think it's rude to go through life
slowly. I can see where it's annoying to those of us going
faster, but it's not something I would try to change or
correct.
#Post#: 1951--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Miki
Date: May 18, 2018, 3:44 pm
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I loathe them, because I turn into Edith Bunker. I drop stuff,
I try to put the coins in the wrong slot, my Mexican Prime Mango
doesn't have a bar code, it rejects my card and it yells at me
if I don't put the stuff in the bag RIGHT THIS MINUTE!
With that said, I don't care that they exist, but my objection
is when they don't have any full service lanes. I've seen this
a couple times recently here in Denver and I just left.
#Post#: 1955--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: guest426
Date: May 18, 2018, 4:02 pm
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--- Quote from: Pandorica link ---
>
> If the supermarket doesn't have a rule about it, it doesn't
matter to me. I think it's logistically more difficult to deal
with a full cart at the self-checkout, though.
>
--- End Quote ---
Yeah. I really don't care what other customers do as long as it
doesn't harm me. If they want to take a whole cart full of
groceries to the self-checkout lane, that's on them. Once nice
thing about self checkout lanes is that there are usually a
bunch of registers and a single line. That way, the next
available register goes to the person first in line. Once slow
person or big order at one of the registers has less effect on
the line's mobility that way.
#Post#: 1980--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Anastasia Beaverhausen
Date: May 18, 2018, 5:04 pm
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I must say that I love them. I shop at a Super Walmart for
groceries & bring my own bags. I like my things packed a certain
way and it never happened when I went to staffed checkouts no
matter how I tried to make it easy for them. I would put the
large cooler bag on the belt followed by all the cold/frozen
items. The I'd put another bag down followed by the proper
items. And so forth. I can't tell you how many times they would
grab a couple bags off the belt, set them down and pack things
however they wanted. If I said anything they'd look annoyed so
I'd end up rearranging everything. I almost cried with joy when
they added self checkouts. I even have a lot of the produce
codes memorized. ;D
#Post#: 1994--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: cleargleam
Date: May 18, 2018, 5:35 pm
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--- Quote from: Debleo528 link ---
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> More and more of the major supermarket chains are designating
some checkout lanes for self-checkout. It's super-convenient
when you are only picking up a few things, but I'm seeing more
and more that people with full carts of groceries are starting
to use them. In particular, I watched a lady pull her cart up
and start slowly checking out each item (checked the label on
each thing before scanning it), then ask the attendant a
question about something every time she put an item in her cart.
She was still there checking out her things when I left the
store 20 minutes later.
>
> My personal opinion is that, if you have a full cart, you
should use a manned checkout lane. I tend to think of
self-checkout as a sort of express lane, but then it occurred to
me that there are no limits posted for these most of the time.
What do you guys think?
>
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I have chosen to remain in solidarity with friends who have a
philosophical objection to them, and I don't use them at all.
They do have an allure of convenience (although sometimes they
weren't up yet, or couldn't run the product I was buying, or
whatever), but that convenience comes at the cost of a checker's
job and has pretty much resulted over the past few years in
fewer checkers (and other staff) being hired, and those that are
hired being more heavily overtasked to make up for the loss of
manpower.
With that caveat, I tend to see multiple self-checkout stations
(anywhere from 2-6) at a store, and a dedicated employee to
help. If everyone wants to use those stations, for large
purchases or small, it's not a big deal to me. Even a small
number of items can take a long time to process, while some with
more items than usual are pretty adept at rocking through the
checkout process. And most stores (in California, at least)
must have one fully attended checkstand for alcohol and other
transactions.
It's more telling to me if there are six self-service stations,
all empty, and 5 or more in line for one fully attended
checkstand.
#Post#: 1995--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: guest8
Date: May 18, 2018, 5:37 pm
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--- Quote from: MeyerBee link ---
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> Hi I am new here if I am not supposed to just jump in please
forgive me I haven't located your rules yet :-)
>
> I prefer to use self check out because I am always in a hurry
and I'm pretty fast at the task. Also because I'm picky on how
things are handled. I really dislike when I'm buying produce
and the cashier handles it roughly and bruises something or when
they just jam whatever they want into the bags any which way.
>
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Welcome! And don't be afraid to post. :D
#Post#: 1997--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: guest8
Date: May 18, 2018, 5:39 pm
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--- Quote from: Gellchom link ---
>
> I have trouble with them as I evidently have a magnetic field
that interferes with them and keeps calling the attendant. The
person at my supermarket said there are few of us like that. (I
put streetlights out, too! It's not magic, just electricity and
magnetics, and not all that rare; look up SLIDers if you're
curious).
>
> But anyway I like to use the human checkout aisles, because I
know those people need their jobs.
>
--- End Quote ---
I have a co-worker who can only wear wind up watches because she
kills all the other kinds. Ironic, her husband loves pricey
watches and collects them like mad. XD
#Post#: 2004--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Dazi
Date: May 18, 2018, 6:14 pm
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--- Quote from: ydpubs link ---
>
> [quote author=Gellchom link=topic=158.msg1928#msg1928
date=1526674291]
> I have trouble with them as I evidently have a magnetic field
that interferes with them and keeps calling the attendant. The
person at my supermarket said there are few of us like that. (I
put streetlights out, too! It's not magic, just electricity and
magnetics, and not all that rare; look up SLIDers if you're
curious).
>
> But anyway I like to use the human checkout aisles, because I
know those people need their jobs.
>
--- End Quote ---
I have a co-worker who can only wear wind up watches because she
kills all the other kinds. Ironic, her husband loves pricey
watches and collects them like mad. XD
[/quote]
Fellow watch killer here. I found the plastic ones work okay
too.
There are two sets of self-checkout lanes at my local Walmart.
One set is the standard ones that are just for a few items, and
the other set has an actual conveyor belt for large orders. It
works great.
Though you may find it rude and inconvenient, if there's no sign
posted limiting items, if the customer wants to check out two
full carts of groceries at the self-checkout, they can.
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