Self checkout (1 Viewer)

[xulf]

20% to the bag boy is pretty standard.  I'll go 25% if he doesn't break the eggs. 

I give 15% to the employee in charge of the self checkout area, 20% if they have to check my ID or key in my produce for me.

 

[Brony]

I don't mind the idiots in the self checkout.  Makes my constant thumb over the barcode mistake seem more credible.

 

[Arizona Ron]

Tip who??  You people really tip cashiers at grocery stores???

FBGs tip everyone, guy.

 

[DallasDMac]

20% to the bag boy is pretty standard.  I'll go 25% if he doesn't break the eggs. 

Is this schtick????

 

[Arizona Ron]

I like the self check out system, the problem is it really doesn't work well with a cart full of stuff.  More than 3 bags and it's a #### show.

 

[shuke]

Maybe I didn't understand what you were asking but at my store you put the basket with all your stuff down on one side. It takes the weight, then as you pick something up it makes sure you put it on the bag side. If the weight doesn't match it stops the whole process and flags the main attendant person. I assume it's so you don't steal / not scan things.

I don't mind the self serve thing if I have just a few things and not much produce. It seems to get hung up about fairly often for some reason or another when I use it which is semi-annoying.

What store is this that you have to put everything on a scale first?  

 

[shuke]

I give 15% to the employee in charge of the self checkout area, 20% if they have to check my ID or key in my produce for me.

Oh bull####

 

[The General]

What store is this that you have to put everything on a scale first?  

Pretty much every grocery store where I live that has this self checkout thing. You put the stuff down on one side and it weighs it, then as you scan it makes sure that item gets placed on the other side or it stops working.

 

[Galileo]

I like the self check out system, the problem is it really doesn't work well with a cart full of stuff.  More than 3 bags and it's a #### show.

Pretty much this.  A full cart wouldn't be too bad either if they gave you more space to put your stuff.

 

[The General]

The ones here already know what an item weighs. You scan it and put it on the scale.

I can see why you wouldn't like self checkout if you had to weigh it first.

I'm just an idiot. The mysteries of the grocery store checkout lane

I just assumed there was a scale under the things you placed the bags on, after rereading and my coffee kicked in this makes more sense 

 

[Angry Beavers]

Hate using anything but self checkout. The lines is shorter and I can be faster by myself than most of the crappy cashiers anyway... at least for the grocery store!!

 

[shuke]

Pretty much every grocery store where I live that has this self checkout thing. You put the stuff down on one side and it weighs it, then as you scan it makes sure that item gets placed on the other side or it stops working.

You don't have to put the stuff down first, you can leave it in your cart.

 

[The General]

You don't have to put the stuff down first, you can leave it in your cart.

I mistakenly thought it weighed the whole thing at that point including the basket or whatever. Then as you picked something up and scanned it it would make sure the same weight was put down on the other side, instead of knowing the weight of the scanned item which makes a lot more sense.

Good thing I'm not designing these things - would have been chaos at the selfcheck line

 

[[scooter]]

Self-checkout is awesome. How else can you get organic vegetables for the price of regular vegetables?

 

[James Daulton]

I mistakenly thought it weighed the whole thing at that point including the basket or whatever. Then as you picked something up and scanned it it would make sure the same weight was put down on the other side, instead of knowing the weight of the scanned item which makes a lot more sense.

Good thing I'm not designing these things - would have been chaos at the selfcheck line

WTF?  

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

I use self-checkout so frequently at this one store that I know the five-digit code to grant approval for liquor purchases. There is usually one employee who stands at the head of the bank of registers, and they have to come over and punch the code in. I have seen them do it so many times, that I memorized the sequence.

 

[The General]

WTF?  

At grocery store I use they only have self checkout for 15 or less items in a basket so I assumed it weighed it before and after.

Apparently places let you scan an entire grocery cart I gather from this thread? F that. 

 

[James Daulton]

Am I the only one who uses those scanners that you take around with you?  You scan it, throw it in the bag, then just scan your scanner at checkout and pay.

Rulz

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Am I the only one who uses those scanners that you take around with you? 

Rulz

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Am I the only one who uses those scanners that you take around with you?  You scan it, throw it in the bag, then just scan your scanner at checkout and pay.

Rulz

They don't offer that here.  What if you change your mind and don't want to buy an item - can you rescan as a "drop"?

 

[cstu]

Apparently places let you scan an entire grocery cart I gather from this thread? F that. 

Makes the regular lines shorter. 

 

[cstu]

Self-checkout is awesome. How else can you get organic vegetables for the price of regular vegetables?

It would be just my luck to get arrested for stealing vegetables that are exactly the same as the ones I paid for.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

FBGs tip everyone, guy.

 

[James Daulton]

They don't offer that here.  What if you change your mind and don't want to buy an item - can you rescan as a "drop"?

Similar to how we need an "unlike" button here, the scanners have an "unscan" button (ok it really says remove).

 

[James Daulton]

I love all movies scifi and I could never get into that one.  Weird.

 

[jon_mx]

Similar to how we need an "unlike" button here, the scanners have an "unscan" button (ok it really says remove).

When we unlike something though, does it still count towards our daily limit?  

 

[James Daulton]

When we unlike something though, does it still count towards our daily limit?  

yes/no

 

[T J]

20% to the bag boy is pretty standard.  I'll go 25% if he doesn't break the eggs. 

i can honestly say I've not seen a single person, myself included, tip someone for simply bagging groceries in my life. Back in the day when they took it out to your car and loaded it in the car my parents would tip but never ever for doing nothing more than bagging. And a lot of people don't even carry cash anyway.  I call BS.