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Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Pattycake
Date: May 19, 2018, 3:58 pm
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--- Quote from: Lady Brimstone link ---
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> I once went into a grocery store at around 1am. It was really
eerie and kind of freaked me out so I limited my list, gathered
just a few things quickly and checked out of the self check,
never having seen another living soul!
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I would probably use them if there was no one else around! Then
I would know I could take my time learning how to use them. But
if I shopped at 1 am that would mean driving home in the dark (I
live in the country) and so no, that won't happen.
#Post#: 2269--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: cattlekid
Date: May 19, 2018, 4:28 pm
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Count me as a +1 for self-checkout. I like to make sure that my
items scan at the price I expect them to scan at and I want them
bagged in a certain way. I find that with the manned checkouts
at the store I most often frequent, the baggers aren't trained
to make the bags even. I put all of my items on the belt so
that the heavier stuff goes first then the light stuff. I don't
usually have a large amount but they still manage to fill one
bag with all the heavy stuff and the other with all the light.
Whereas, if I bag myself, I know how to even them out.
The one caveat to all this is that I will not take a large
amount of items to a self-checkout, but we do have some stores
by us that have self-checkouts that are the same size as the
manned checkouts so I have no problem bringing a full cart
there.
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Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: bigbadbetty
Date: May 19, 2018, 5:06 pm
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The grocery store I frequent the most has separate lanes for
small and large amounts. That works quite well. What doesn't
work is their attached liquor store. They usually only have one
manned station. The rest of the lanes are self check out.
However, there are several items which are behind the counter:
cigarettes, really expensive liquor, liquor that is frequently
stolen and some limited release craft beer. I am interested in
the last item. So the manned line has all the people who want
the things behind the counter plus the people who don't like
self checkout. The cashier also has to remotely approve each
self check out sale to make sure the person is of legal age.
Luckily, they only seem to card people who look extremely
young.. It makes for a really slow experience if you use the
manned lane. And if I want the limited release bottle, I have no
choice.
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Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Gyrus
Date: May 20, 2018, 2:15 am
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I often use self-checkout if I've only got a couple of items,
but I prefer checkouts with cashiers for my big shopping trips.
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Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: guest227
Date: May 20, 2018, 7:09 am
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I don't mind the self-checkout lanes as long as there is a
competent person there to man them. Those lanes still can't do a
number of tasks: they can't check your license for buying
alcohol, they get wonky when you want to use your own
non-disposable bags (though that is getting better), etc. The
grocery near me always has the self-checkout lanes well staffed
with someone who responds promptly when there's a problem, but
I've also experienced other establishments or really busy times
when you have to wait awhile for someone to come and resolve the
error, and that is quite annoying.
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Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Isisnin
Date: May 20, 2018, 10:55 am
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I'm also pro self-checkout.
the first supermarket here to start using them, had some brand
of self-checkout that just did not work well at all. I was a
breeze at using the self-checkout at the hardware store, but
couldn't use this supermarket's without help. And that was true
of many customers so they got rid of self-checkout and haven't
brought it back.
Another supermarket has them and I love them as I can pop in and
out real quick. I used to not go to this store as it took so
long but now I'm a regular.
As another poster said, self-checkout would be even better if
they had a couple "X items or less registers".
Regarding jobs, a lot of jobs are lost when new machinery or
technology is created but that new industry also creates jobs.
I will be interested to see if and when the major off-retailer I
cashier for ever goes to self-checkout. One of our major
responsibilities is to screen for theft. Supermarkets use UPC
codes that are on the product. Our store uses their own price
tags.. Cashiers can usually quickly tell if a product matches
the price tag. the self-scanner would have to have some sort of
x-ray capability to tell the difference between things (crystal
wine glass vs everyday glass one) but the difference between
inexpensive girls underwear vs women's lingerie. tougher for a
computer.
Finally, back to the customer in the OP's post, since she was
reading labels, she would've slowed down the line no matter
which register she went to. I'm a firm believer that customers
should do label reading when they first take the product off the
shelf so as not to keep those in line at check out waiting (with
the exception of those who need help reading).
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Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: Gellchom
Date: May 20, 2018, 11:37 am
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> Regarding jobs, a lot of jobs are lost when new machinery or
technology is created but that new industry also creates jobs.
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That’s true, although I have no idea of the numbers or whether
it’s high skill jobs vs. low skill jobs and things like that.
I was just thinking of the supermarket where I do most of my
shopping. I’ve been going there so long that I recognize most
of the checkers. I can’t say I exactly know them, but well
enough that I see them as individuals more than I would at some
new store, and we are friendly with each other (not unusual for
this town). And the baggers especially; they are mostly special
needs people and sometimes immigrants who are still adjusting
and learning English. So I like to support their employment. I
don’t know how many stores hire like that, but I do know
nonskilled jobs in general can be hard to find for people who
have no better alternative.
(I had a friend who said he didn’t bus his dishes at places
where you can because it took jobs from people. After he died, I
told his widow that I had learned from that. She laughed and
said, “I think he just didn’t like doing it!”)
Back to the point — I don’t think etiquette demands not using
these lines for large orders unless the signs say so. Maybe if
the layout is not conducive to large carts it would be
courteous.
#Post#: 2532--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: cabbageweevil
Date: May 20, 2018, 1:10 pm
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I'm elderly, and a technophobe: have great trouble understanding
the workings of automatic / electronic contraptions, and they
unsettle and scare me (it's amazing that I have managed to reach
a sufficient level of computer competence, to become an Internet
addict). I can essentially make no sense of self-checkout
machines: I give them a very wide berth, and -- come what may --
insist on dealing with a human cashier.
#Post#: 2582--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: guest542
Date: May 20, 2018, 4:27 pm
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I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with self-checkout. On
the one hand, I'm an introvert living in the South, so it's
lovely to be able to get in and out without answering a million
small talk questions or commentary on my purchases. On the other
hand, I often have to go shopping with my son, and when I do, I
prefer to go into a serviced lane so that I can better keep an
eye on him while checking out. It seems more and more that our
local Target is doing away with any cashiered lines, though, and
so I'm always ushered over to the self-checkout regardless of
the number of items I have. That can make it difficult to
maneuver with a large cart, a large number of items, and a
toddler.
I do think that refusing to use self-checkout as a means of
protest against automation is... a bit silly? Or short-sighted?
Keeping people employed in jobs that have no long-term viability
doesn't help them in the long run, and automation of these
things is certainly going to happen in our lifetimes.
#Post#: 2607--------------------------------------------------
Re: What's the general opinion on self-checkout lanes?
DIR By: RevMaxx
Date: May 20, 2018, 5:25 pm
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i did self check out (8-9 small items) once .It was also the
last time I will use one..
It didnt scan my 2 coupons right ($ 2.00 saving missed out)so Ii
said 'frig it' and paid with debit card & proceeded to leave.
As soon as I exited the door, 2 security came running and said
I didn't pay for the ham. I didn't get ham. I have no big-arse
ham in my reusable bag. One takes my bag.They delayed me at
door for half hour because I demanded police and refused to
reenter store.
SElf scanner said I got a big ham but weight of my items was <6
pounds. "Where's the Ham, Ma'am?!" Manager (my next door
neighbor)was called in and came in.
Me: hey, Joe. Fix your machines and security. I explain over
guards yelling.
Joe: hey, Maxx...um ok.
Never again for me.
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