Anonymous wrote:"Please place your bags in the checkout area"
(places 2 very lightweight bags)
"Please remove unscanned item from checkout area"
(removes bags)
"Please place your bags in the checkout area"
(places 2 very lightweight bags)
"Please remove unscanned item from checkout area"

** rinse, repeat until help arrives **

YES. They hate when you bring your own bags. It drives me crazy.

Anonymous wrote:Why is this such a problem for you? Our housekeeper never seems to have an issue when she gets our groceries for us.

How do YOU know?

I'd rather deal with that than the lazy cashiers who throw my stuff down the counter and expect me to bag.

Anonymous wrote:Why is this such a problem for you? Our housekeeper never seems to have an issue when she gets our groceries for us.

Haha. I know people hate to bring race into an issue but as a POC I hate the new checkout machines. It’s bad enough that store clerks are suspicious of me and now I have to worry about a machine yelling to the whole world that I didn’t place an item in the checkout area (when I just did!)

Why is this such a problem for you? Our housekeeper never seems to have an issue when she gets our groceries for us.

The only self check out that I liked was one Walmart in Maine. It was a new Walmart and there’s self checkout area had plenty of room to organize and for bagging. I have never seen one like that before.

I hate self check outs and I will always choose a human cashier over self check out, unless I have less than five items. The headache is not worth it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I envision a future where grocery stores are pick up only...or you have to pay extra to go in the store due to theft.

For those of us who like to cook this wouldn’t work. I often decide what I’m going to make based on what I see in the store. I’ve used pickup and something gets screwed up every time.

I’m amazed at the number of people who let people choose their produce and meat for them.

Same here. I tried grocery delivery in the past but the order was always messed up somehow.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I envision a future where grocery stores are pick up only...or you have to pay extra to go in the store due to theft.

For those of us who like to cook this wouldn’t work. I often decide what I’m going to make based on what I see in the store. I’ve used pickup and something gets screwed up every time.

I’m amazed at the number of people who let people choose their produce and meat for them.

It matters if you care about what you’re making. Also every pick up order I’ve made was screwed up somehow.

All the self checkout places are this annoying, not just the Giant ones.
Everywhere.

Now, if you go to the lane where there is a worker to checkout, sometimes they don't even bag your items! The only time they bag for you is when are using plastic bags. I didn't know bring my own bags mean i have to bag it myself. To make it worse, watching the slow person bagging your bag after scanning the items is painful. But, when you bag groceries yourself, they try to rush you out and start scanning the next customer. Annoying.

the checkers at wegmans at CityRidge are excellent. Using checkers would stop way more theft than self check out software changes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I envision a future where grocery stores are pick up only...or you have to pay extra to go in the store due to theft.

For those of us who like to cook this wouldn’t work. I often decide what I’m going to make based on what I see in the store. I’ve used pickup and something gets screwed up every time.

I’m amazed at the number of people who let people choose their produce and meat for them.

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People doing their own check out slows things down considerably compared to a person who speedily checks all day long and baggers who know what they are doing.

Not really, no. Only times I really see checkers being faster are at Aldi where they literally throw the groceries as they scan.

That’s because there no longer are cashiers and baggers with a lot of experience or even new employees who were trained by seasoned veterans. Those days are over.

Aldi uses the same model they use in Germany/Austria - in all grocery stores in Germany/Austria, not just cheaper ones - customers are expected to bag their own groceries and there's an area with counter space to do so after you go through the checkout if you can't get everything in the bags at the checkout.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I envision a future where grocery stores are pick up only...or you have to pay extra to go in the store due to theft.

For those of us who like to cook this wouldn’t work. I often decide what I’m going to make based on what I see in the store. I’ve used pickup and something gets screwed up every time.

I’m amazed at the number of people who let people choose their produce and meat for them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People doing their own check out slows things down considerably compared to a person who speedily checks all day long and baggers who know what they are doing.

Not really, no. Only times I really see checkers being faster are at Aldi where they literally throw the groceries as they scan.

That’s because there no longer are cashiers and baggers with a lot of experience or even new employees who were trained by seasoned veterans. Those days are over.

Anonymous wrote:"Please place your bags in the checkout area"
(places 2 very lightweight bags)
"Please remove unscanned item from checkout area"
(removes bags)
"Please place your bags in the checkout area"
(places 2 very lightweight bags)
"Please remove unscanned item from checkout area"

** rinse, repeat until help arrives **

Yes, annoying. I found a solution. Scan, let's say, a bottle of water. Instead of placing it in the checkout area, place it in your bag and only then place the bag with the water in the checkout area and continue filling it up.