Harris Teeter is now the worst about not having manned checkouts.

And their self checkouts are so tiny!

I left a cart full of groceries last month and haven't been back because the worker said they were unable to open a normal manned checkout for me. I had a full shopping cart and there was no way I could do it at the tiny self checkout. There is hardly enough room at my store (4 self checkouts, 2 on each side) for 2 carts to check out at the same time. I needed to pull up an empty cart to place my bags in after doing the self checkout and there was no room. So I left everything and told her sorry, but no thanks.

If stores want to swap to more self checkouts, they need to do like Walmart and designate some full sized belts as self checkouts.

My local Food Lion had so much self checkout theft that they took them out. My CVS store remodeled to add 2 self checkouts, but they always have them blocked off because of so much theft. Probably wasn't the smartest to put the 2 self checkouts closest to the front door.

I do not steal items, but have checked wrong/zero number of bags for the same reason OP mentioned- If I am doing your job you can pay me for it.

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Anonymous wrote:I never cheat at self checkout and I would think less of a friend or coworker that openly admitted to doing so. It makes me wonder what else they try to get away with when no one is watching.

That said, stores with self checkout have decided they’d rather take a hit from people stealing than pay more workers, so they get what they get.

All of this. I avoid self checkout though. I hate it. If I am forced to do it though, I definitely don’t steal. I’ve also accidentally scanned something twice and did not feel like waiting for someone to come fix it for me so I paid double for one item. I hate self checkout though. Really hate it.

Where are people forced to use self checkout?

Very often its the only open checkout and I need food.

So no one is forcing you. Just wait for regular checkout.

Learn to read, moron. Often self check out is the only option. There is no 'regular' checkout, dumbass.

That is very sad for you. You will need to learn to deal with disappointment, won’t you? Have you always had everything handed to you on a silver platter? Never had to fend for yourself? Boot straps are your friends in these situations. Adulting is hard but you can do it!!

Who are you patronizing? The guy who is gaming the system to his advantage with free food? You're the bootlicker too chicken shit to plant your own stake. I'd make you piss your pants in real life.

Now, now. It seems you some pretty big feelings about this. Throwing a tantrum does feel good but you will need to learn to deal with what the world throws at you without sulking or misbehaving or losing control of yourself. I have confidence you can grow up if you try!

Mommy-speak is so ick.

Seriously, gross.

Don't take anything from Target. They have one of the most sophisticated facial recognition systems in retail. I used to date a head of AP for a local Target who showed me their AP office and systems.

They compile all instances of theft until you reach felony level ($1,000 in VA) and then they pounce.

You are banned (trespassed) from all Target stores after getting caught, and like I said, their facial recognition software will be able to nab you if you try to enter in the future, then they press a trespassing charge.

Anonymous wrote:At self checkout, I have a rule that if I try in good faith to scan something and can't get it to scan, and then request help, I will wait about two minutes, tops. Then I make a call. If it's less than $5 and it's something I genuinely need immediately, I just stick it in my cart. If it's pricier but I really need it, I'll wait longer. And if I don't really need it and it's more of an impulse buy, I just abandon it and finish my purchase.

I don't feel guilty about the stuff I wind up taking in this situation -- I'm genuinely trying to pay for it but the store is not invested enough in my purchase to facilitate that. Their loss, literally. For the record, the only place I've ever wound up taking things is Target because they have the worst combination of bad scanners and poorly staffed self-checkout stations. I've never had trouble flagging someone down to help me at Whole Foods or Harris Teeter.

And I have never taken anything rom Trader Joes' because they don't have self checkout at all and their checkers are always really good and efficient.

I do assume that Target simply doesn't care that much whether I pay $4 for my Colby jack cheese, especially as part of a $80 purchase of other items. They likely profit more if I just take the cheese I can't get to scan than they would if they hired and trained people to actually be helpful at self checkout, or to man more of the other checkouts so I didn't wind up in self checkout to begin with. It's very much a choice on their part.

But if they weren’t efficient you’d feel justified stealing from them too, lol

At self checkout, I have a rule that if I try in good faith to scan something and can't get it to scan, and then request help, I will wait about two minutes, tops. Then I make a call. If it's less than $5 and it's something I genuinely need immediately, I just stick it in my cart. If it's pricier but I really need it, I'll wait longer. And if I don't really need it and it's more of an impulse buy, I just abandon it and finish my purchase.

I don't feel guilty about the stuff I wind up taking in this situation -- I'm genuinely trying to pay for it but the store is not invested enough in my purchase to facilitate that. Their loss, literally. For the record, the only place I've ever wound up taking things is Target because they have the worst combination of bad scanners and poorly staffed self-checkout stations. I've never had trouble flagging someone down to help me at Whole Foods or Harris Teeter.

And I have never taken anything rom Trader Joes' because they don't have self checkout at all and their checkers are always really good and efficient.

I do assume that Target simply doesn't care that much whether I pay $4 for my Colby jack cheese, especially as part of a $80 purchase of other items. They likely profit more if I just take the cheese I can't get to scan than they would if they hired and trained people to actually be helpful at self checkout, or to man more of the other checkouts so I didn't wind up in self checkout to begin with. It's very much a choice on their part.

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Anonymous wrote:I never cheat at self checkout and I would think less of a friend or coworker that openly admitted to doing so. It makes me wonder what else they try to get away with when no one is watching.

That said, stores with self checkout have decided they’d rather take a hit from people stealing than pay more workers, so they get what they get.

All of this. I avoid self checkout though. I hate it. If I am forced to do it though, I definitely don’t steal. I’ve also accidentally scanned something twice and did not feel like waiting for someone to come fix it for me so I paid double for one item. I hate self checkout though. Really hate it.

Where are people forced to use self checkout?

Our Safeway at many hours; Target with one cashier for the whole floor, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I steal every chance I get it I have to use self-checkout.

If the store is forcing me to be an unpaid employee by being my own cashier, then I’m taking advantage of an employee discount.


Not even a little, teeny, tiny bit sorry.

Then go to a regular checkout lane, dipshit

NP and I don’t steal, but I really resent the fact that many stores have zero or one cashier available in the “regular checkout lane”. I do not want to hassle with self checkout but am often forced to. I agree with the poster above that the store should give an incentive for self checkout.

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Anonymous wrote:I never cheat at self checkout and I would think less of a friend or coworker that openly admitted to doing so. It makes me wonder what else they try to get away with when no one is watching.

That said, stores with self checkout have decided they’d rather take a hit from people stealing than pay more workers, so they get what they get.

All of this. I avoid self checkout though. I hate it. If I am forced to do it though, I definitely don’t steal. I’ve also accidentally scanned something twice and did not feel like waiting for someone to come fix it for me so I paid double for one item. I hate self checkout though. Really hate it.

Where are people forced to use self checkout?

Very often its the only open checkout and I need food.

So no one is forcing you. Just wait for regular checkout.

Learn to read, moron. Often self check out is the only option. There is no 'regular' checkout, dumbass.

That is very sad for you. You will need to learn to deal with disappointment, won’t you? Have you always had everything handed to you on a silver platter? Never had to fend for yourself? Boot straps are your friends in these situations. Adulting is hard but you can do it!!

Who are you patronizing? The guy who is gaming the system to his advantage with free food? You're the bootlicker too chicken shit to plant your own stake. I'd make you piss your pants in real life.

NP. Like…from laughter?

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Anonymous wrote:I never cheat at self checkout and I would think less of a friend or coworker that openly admitted to doing so. It makes me wonder what else they try to get away with when no one is watching.

That said, stores with self checkout have decided they’d rather take a hit from people stealing than pay more workers, so they get what they get.

All of this. I avoid self checkout though. I hate it. If I am forced to do it though, I definitely don’t steal. I’ve also accidentally scanned something twice and did not feel like waiting for someone to come fix it for me so I paid double for one item. I hate self checkout though. Really hate it.

Where are people forced to use self checkout?

Very often its the only open checkout and I need food.

So no one is forcing you. Just wait for regular checkout.

Learn to read, moron. Often self check out is the only option. There is no 'regular' checkout, dumbass.

That is very sad for you. You will need to learn to deal with disappointment, won’t you? Have you always had everything handed to you on a silver platter? Never had to fend for yourself? Boot straps are your friends in these situations. Adulting is hard but you can do it!!

Who are you patronizing? The guy who is gaming the system to his advantage with free food? You're the bootlicker too chicken shit to plant your own stake. I'd make you piss your pants in real life.

Now, now. It seems you some pretty big feelings about this. Throwing a tantrum does feel good but you will need to learn to deal with what the world throws at you without sulking or misbehaving or losing control of yourself. I have confidence you can grow up if you try!

Like I said. Chickenshit.

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Anonymous wrote:I steal every chance I get it I have to use self-checkout.

If the store is forcing me to be an unpaid employee by being my own cashier, then I’m taking advantage of an employee discount.


Not even a little, teeny, tiny bit sorry.

Tell me you're a MAGAt without telling me you're a MAGAt.

Yet, ironically all the entitlement class votes D. I wonder why that is? LOL.

Anyway, I so enjoy watching you suffer for the next 4 years.

Actually most welfare goes to rural whites, but I wouldn't expect a MAGA CHUD to understand facts.

https://www.naco.org/articles/rural-areas-see-highest-snap-participation

https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/rural-americans-are-now-the-largest-slice-of-federal-food-aid-recipients/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/16/the-biggest-beneficiaries-of-the-government-safety-net-working-class-whites/

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Anonymous wrote:I never cheat at self checkout and I would think less of a friend or coworker that openly admitted to doing so. It makes me wonder what else they try to get away with when no one is watching.

That said, stores with self checkout have decided they’d rather take a hit from people stealing than pay more workers, so they get what they get.

All of this. I avoid self checkout though. I hate it. If I am forced to do it though, I definitely don’t steal. I’ve also accidentally scanned something twice and did not feel like waiting for someone to come fix it for me so I paid double for one item. I hate self checkout though. Really hate it.

Where are people forced to use self checkout?

Very often its the only open checkout and I need food.

So no one is forcing you. Just wait for regular checkout.

Learn to read, moron. Often self check out is the only option. There is no 'regular' checkout, dumbass.

That is very sad for you. You will need to learn to deal with disappointment, won’t you? Have you always had everything handed to you on a silver platter? Never had to fend for yourself? Boot straps are your friends in these situations. Adulting is hard but you can do it!!

Who are you patronizing? The guy who is gaming the system to his advantage with free food? You're the bootlicker too chicken shit to plant your own stake. I'd make you piss your pants in real life.

Now, now. It seems you some pretty big feelings about this. Throwing a tantrum does feel good but you will need to learn to deal with what the world throws at you without sulking or misbehaving or losing control of yourself. I have confidence you can grow up if you try!

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Anonymous wrote:I never cheat at self checkout and I would think less of a friend or coworker that openly admitted to doing so. It makes me wonder what else they try to get away with when no one is watching.

That said, stores with self checkout have decided they’d rather take a hit from people stealing than pay more workers, so they get what they get.

All of this. I avoid self checkout though. I hate it. If I am forced to do it though, I definitely don’t steal. I’ve also accidentally scanned something twice and did not feel like waiting for someone to come fix it for me so I paid double for one item. I hate self checkout though. Really hate it.

Where are people forced to use self checkout?

Very often its the only open checkout and I need food.

So no one is forcing you. Just wait for regular checkout.

Learn to read, moron. Often self check out is the only option. There is no 'regular' checkout, dumbass.

That is very sad for you. You will need to learn to deal with disappointment, won’t you? Have you always had everything handed to you on a silver platter? Never had to fend for yourself? Boot straps are your friends in these situations. Adulting is hard but you can do it!!

Who are you patronizing? The guy who is gaming the system to his advantage with free food? You're the bootlicker too chicken shit to plant your own stake. I'd make you piss your pants in real life.

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Anonymous wrote:I never cheat at self checkout and I would think less of a friend or coworker that openly admitted to doing so. It makes me wonder what else they try to get away with when no one is watching.

That said, stores with self checkout have decided they’d rather take a hit from people stealing than pay more workers, so they get what they get.

All of this. I avoid self checkout though. I hate it. If I am forced to do it though, I definitely don’t steal. I’ve also accidentally scanned something twice and did not feel like waiting for someone to come fix it for me so I paid double for one item. I hate self checkout though. Really hate it.

Where are people forced to use self checkout?

Very often its the only open checkout and I need food.

So no one is forcing you. Just wait for regular checkout.

Learn to read, moron. Often self check out is the only option. There is no 'regular' checkout, dumbass.

That is very sad for you. You will need to learn to deal with disappointment, won’t you? Have you always had everything handed to you on a silver platter? Never had to fend for yourself? Boot straps are your friends in these situations. Adulting is hard but you can do it!!

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Anonymous wrote:I never cheat at self checkout and I would think less of a friend or coworker that openly admitted to doing so. It makes me wonder what else they try to get away with when no one is watching.

That said, stores with self checkout have decided they’d rather take a hit from people stealing than pay more workers, so they get what they get.

All of this. I avoid self checkout though. I hate it. If I am forced to do it though, I definitely don’t steal. I’ve also accidentally scanned something twice and did not feel like waiting for someone to come fix it for me so I paid double for one item. I hate self checkout though. Really hate it.

Where are people forced to use self checkout?

Very often its the only open checkout and I need food.

So no one is forcing you. Just wait for regular checkout.

My local grocery store often has NO “regular” check outs open.

Should I plan my shopping trips around the store employee roster schedule? Do you think they’d tell me that information if I asked for it?

What other ways do you expect the world to accommodate you?