Some stores are doing away with self checkouts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love self checkout for small trips.

For large shopping trips- like a big haul from the supermarket- UGH. Yesterday, our supermarket only had one actual cashier working (and like 10 self checkout stations running) but I had a fairly large amount of groceries. This either forces me to wait in a long line for the actual cashier, or go to the self checkout and try to pile all of my groceries in a too small space.

Yeah the space is too small and if you get a lot of produce, you have to look up so many items. No thank you!

[Anonymous]

Target is now limiting you to 10 items at self check out in many stores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I prefer self checkouts at convenient stores when I buy tampons. Nobody needs to see me buying tampons. And I'm an introvert and I don't feel like dealing with pleasantries, being asked to sign up for rewards cards, being asked if I want a bag or want my receipt, I just want to get out of there.

Introvert means you lack social skills?

[Anonymous]

Introvert means I don't want to tell a 16 year old boy I'm on my period.

[Anonymous]

Okay but why do the stores all have twenty plus bays but MAYBE two people working them?

Reconfigure at least

In most cases I am going to the cashier. Otherwise, I am doing their work - for free!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Introvert means I don't want to tell a 16 year old boy I'm on my period.

I mean this kindly. If you really think this, you need to see a therapist. This is not introvertism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Walmart self checkouts are the worst. They are so sensitive and set for those who use turtle speed, apparently.

I sat my reusable bag down and scanned one of my 4 items. It threw an error. The monitor came over and asked if I placed something in the bag I didn't scan. Nope, I scanned my box of tampons, see the screen, ma'am. She reviewed the camera footage at the register and it was because the sensor caught the motion of me placing my bag down and thought it was an item. Fun. She cleared that error and I scanned the next item and placed it in the bag and scanned item #3 and it threw an error again. The lady came back and said I was too fast. I needed to scan, place the item in the bag, pause, scan, etc.

Like does this lady have to come and clear every error when someone places their bag in the checkout area? Because I live where we have to use our own bags or pay .05 per bag and I'm not doing that nonsense.

I agree. Ours is the same. After the self-checkout decided I needed FIVE interventions over nothing, I decided never to shop there again. Done!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can understand why some people like self checkout when the cashiers are so slow. But if you have ever been to an Asian grocer, there is no way you would prefer self checkout. Those cashiers are lightening speed. I always wonder why other stores cannot replicate this.

Costco and Aldi are fast. I don’t know why some stores are so slow. Well, I guess bagging makes them slower.