Chadstroma
Footballguy
If you are over the age of 50, chances are you can't operate the machine efficiently and will need assistance. Please go to the full check out. Thank you.
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People who ought not use self check out (1 Viewer)
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Chadstroma
Footballguy
If you are do not own a computer, chances are you can't operate the machine efficiently and will need assistance. Please go to the full check out. Thank you.
rockaction
Footballguy
If you have produce, chances are that finding the exact code for the exact amount of produce you have will result in terribly long waits for the other customers. Please go to the full check out. Thank you.
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Chadstroma
Footballguy
If you are buying alcohol you WILL need assistance. Please go to the full check out. Thank you.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
If you have forgotten your store card and will need a manager to run his or hers for the discount, please go to the full check out.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
If you are unable to operate an ATM to get cash in less than 2 minutes, chances are you can't operate the machine efficiently and will need assistance. Please go to the full check out. Thank you.
Chadstroma
Footballguy
If you need glasses to see and forget them at home, chances are you can't operate the machine efficiently and will need assistance. Please go to the full check out. Thank you.
dparker713
Footballguy
The self checkout is a scam. The cashiers are faster and you can bag as they scan. The only people you're helping are the store owners.
B Maverick
Footballguy
for most people if they have more then 5 items they need to let a professional handle it.
belljr
Footballguy
i remember seeing a couple with 2 full shopping carts at a self checkout.
freaking idiots
Chadstroma
Footballguy
If you do not contribute to this thread in the correct way, chances are you can't operate the machine efficiently and will need assistance. Please go to the full check out. Thank you.
dparker713
Footballguy
You know who operate the machine efficiently? The cashiers. Especially the ones in the express aisle.
TheAristocrat
Footballguy
Teenage girls in packs of two or more. Why are the most mundane things in life so funny to you that you have to summarize and relive the experience you just had two seconds ago?
Chadstroma
Footballguy
I can be in and out faster than it takes most cashiers as long as I follow the correct rules of self check out. And as long as the people above are not clogging the check out's- you don't have to wait in line to do it too.
Express aisles? Those went the way of the dodo in any grocery store near me. Full checkout or self-checkout and I can get out with the self-checkout faster than full. I will use full if there is no one in line. If there are soccer moms with full grocery carts at every line (usually is since most lines don't have cashiers), I always get checked out myself faster than the people already in full lines.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Why do you hate the self checkout? Did you do it wrong and find yourself in one of the categories above?
Hu-Tang Clan
Footballguy
I'm stunned this still exists. I'm pretty sure these are not accepted at any establishment in Canada and haven't been so for at least 5 years if not longer.
dparker713
Footballguy
Chadstroma
Footballguy
squidrope
Footballguy
Rirruto
Footballguy
This is one of the most insanely idiotic things that I have ever read.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
Really? The owner gets to hire fewer workers and passes the responsibility of scanning and bagging to the customer, who is now unpaid labor.This is one of the most insanely idiotic things that I have ever read.
There's nothing idiotic about this statement. It's like complaining about automated corporate customer service.
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Chadstroma
Footballguy
Dickies
Footballguy
I have self checkout dialed in. I only use it if I have 20 items or less (produce is okay as long as there are code stickers). Avoid at all costs if all stations are occupied by Asians or Indians. (Same goes for getting behind them in a gas station line.) If there is a line of more than two people waiting for self checkout, then the odds of having total idiots occupying all stations is too high, and a regular cashier is the better bet. Also, have your club card/credit card ready prior to even stepping up to the self checkout station instead of fumbling through your wallet looking for something you knew in advance you were going to need.
Scoresman
Footballguy
Same here, but this ends up being a problem at my local stores. If you go too fast, the ####### thing says "Unexpected item in bagging area" fifty thousand times until you want to smash the thing to pieces.
The Ref
Footballguy
Dickies
Footballguy
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Should be 4 items or less. I'm a self checkout ninja.
sbonomo
Footballguy
very impressive!Walking Boot said:If you've forgotten your cash back, please use self check out. Thank you.rockaction said:
True story: Mother and her bratty 8 year old are wreaking havoc all over the self check out. Mom keep scanning stuff and putting it in the bagging area, kid keeps picking stuff up to look at it, machine keeps resetting because the weight is now off. They take an enormous amount of time to get through. Holding up the line and making life miserable for everyone. Plus she has produce. Plus some other stuff that won't scan. In short, the whole thing is a disaster. Anyway, she also wants cash back, and she finally starts bagging as the machine processes her transaction. Eventually she gets everything in the cart and starts to leave. I'm finally able to start scanning, when I look down and see a stack of 20s in the bill dispenser. I think about it for a moment. I mean, this woman completely inconvenienced the whole store and just left money sitting on the table. But, I'm a good guy. So, I shout "Hey you!" just as she's about to wheel out the door. I point to the cash and she comes running back. "Thank you thank you thank you" she says. I feel like I'm a minor superhero and a good guy and the universe should be good to me for a day.
I go home. My cellphone dings as I'm unbagging my groceries. Some chick just swiped right on me on Tinder. I message her a "hey", she writes back quickly, saying she's looking to have some fun tonight. I invite her over.
Month or two later, I'm at the same grocery store. Guy in self check out is taking forever. No kid but he's still a mess trying to figure the machine out. Finally he finishes and turns to leave. I walk up, look down at the scanner, and sure enough, this guy's paid cash and left about $15 in bills and change sitting in the dispenser area. I call over to him. "Hey you!" and point to the machine. He comes running back. "Thank you thank you thank you." I feel like I've done another good deed and I'm a national hero.
I go home. My computer dings as I'm putting stuff in the fridge. I swear to God, a former stripper/nude art model-turned-marijuana farmer sends me a message on OKCupid. "You're very funny. Let's hang out." I suggest a bar near my house. She agrees.
Now I lie in wait for people to forget their cash back so I can have the universe owe me one.
pollardsvision
Footballguy
I do two things better than anyone in the world. One is throwing & catching a football without putting my beer down.
The other is self-checkout. Particularly at Sam's. To those that said self-checkout is a scam, the conveyor belt might be, but the wand is absolutely not.
The problem most people have (aside from the old fogey's that have other problems as well) is that they don't load the cart with self-checkout in mind. Get those barcodes up and accessible fellas. Up until about 40 items, there's absolutely no reason you should have to move anything in order to scan the whole cart. 60-70 items if you are using the big flatbed cart. Certainly no reason to unload all that #### onto the conveyor belt only to have to load it back immediately. Load it all in Tetris-style so that all barcodes are up and accessible. If it's multiple items, just make sure one is accessible. Then zap, zap, zap with that wand. Checkout of 30-40 items from start to finish, including the debit card going through, should take no more than 12 to 14 seconds.
Regular stores with no wand are a bit more of a hassle and you must use the conveyor since there's no magic wand, but still, you gotta be preparing for self-checkout when you walk in the store and keep your head on a swivel. Note where every barcode is when you load into the cart. Organize the conveyor with items that will be bagged together, do crushable stuff last, etc.
The other is self-checkout. Particularly at Sam's. To those that said self-checkout is a scam, the conveyor belt might be, but the wand is absolutely not.
The problem most people have (aside from the old fogey's that have other problems as well) is that they don't load the cart with self-checkout in mind. Get those barcodes up and accessible fellas. Up until about 40 items, there's absolutely no reason you should have to move anything in order to scan the whole cart. 60-70 items if you are using the big flatbed cart. Certainly no reason to unload all that #### onto the conveyor belt only to have to load it back immediately. Load it all in Tetris-style so that all barcodes are up and accessible. If it's multiple items, just make sure one is accessible. Then zap, zap, zap with that wand. Checkout of 30-40 items from start to finish, including the debit card going through, should take no more than 12 to 14 seconds.
Regular stores with no wand are a bit more of a hassle and you must use the conveyor since there's no magic wand, but still, you gotta be preparing for self-checkout when you walk in the store and keep your head on a swivel. Note where every barcode is when you load into the cart. Organize the conveyor with items that will be bagged together, do crushable stuff last, etc.
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TheAristocrat
Footballguy
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
I get a salad and/or a soup pretty much every day. You would be impressed with my skillz. I'm in and out in about 45 seconds. 
Mr. Ected
Footballguy
The only reason to go thru with a large amount of stuff is if the store has those devices that allow you to scan your stuff as you are filling your cart. Then you are all set at the end, no need to fill the conveyor, no need to refill cart, you just place in bags as you go. They are genius, although I can force the labor reduction argument.
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
Self checkout is money if you're buying somewhat embarasing stuff. Boom scan, in the bag.
Rirruto
Footballguy
That's not the part that's idiotic. It's the part I don't care about.rockaction said:Really? The owner gets to hire fewer workers and passes the responsibility of scanning and bagging to the customer, who is now unpaid labor.Rirruto said:This is one of the most insanely idiotic things that I have ever read.squidrope said:dparker713 said:
There's nothing idiotic about this statement. It's like complaining about automated corporate customer service.
Self checkout is quicker virtually every time. For me. Even when people who don't know how to think are in front of you.
Mr. Retukes
Footballguy
I always get the organic vegetables, then go through the self checkout line and enter the code numbers for the regular vegetables.
dparker713
Footballguy
If everything you buy at a grocery store has a barcode, your diet must be crap.That's not the part that's idiotic. It's the part I don't care about.rockaction said:Really? The owner gets to hire fewer workers and passes the responsibility of scanning and bagging to the customer, who is now unpaid labor.Rirruto said:This is one of the most insanely idiotic things that I have ever read.squidrope said:dparker713 said:
There's nothing idiotic about this statement. It's like complaining about automated corporate customer service.
Self checkout is quicker virtually every time. For me. Even when people who don't know how to think are in front of you.
rockaction
Footballguy
Our experiences must be different. I guess at CVS it's one thing, but at a crowded grocery store where you're now the guinea pig, it's not as fun.
