re: People who won’t use self checkouts….

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Small # of items - self checkout.
Large # of items - regular checkout.

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This. My only gripe is when they want to check my receipt on the way out. No problem using self checkout, but if you want to know what's in the bags and slow me down, then open up a register and scan the items yourself.

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Don’t they realize these low end jobs are better off being automated?

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It isn’t automated. You are doing the work instead of them.

I always do the SCO, how else will I get the employee discount?

Some places suck. Like Winn Dixie.

No matter what one i go to, the person running the self checkout has to go around fixing everybody's stuff constantly.

But i never have issues at walmart and walmart has the full lane ones with the conveyor belt.


Oh and yeah, this isnt automation, you are scanning your items instead of the $15/hr employee.

when I have to scan a whole basket full of groceries and bag them myself - it sucks
I feel for some elderly single person that has to do it all at Walmart by themselves and even if they have groceries delivered straight to their house they still have to bring them all in the house

if it's a quick trip with minimal items it's not bad at all

I normally don’t go to Sam’s after 10 but I had to stop in there this afternoon to pick something up. Was in there 5 minutes total using the scan and go. Only reason it took me that long is I had to go to the back of the store to get item. Lines were full of people waiting to check out. Plus they offer discounts on items occasionally if you scan and go.

I refuse to use self checkouts because:

A: Super-one, years back, would give you a 10 cent discount on the dollar if you bagged your own groceries. That concept should apply to self checkout.

B: Every grocery store that has implemented it has raised prices across the board on every good and service there while cutting the costs of employees. Why should I work to benefit them cutting their own costs.

C: They always ring up my groceries and bag them faster than I do. I'd rather wait in line and deal with someone getting paid for it than do my own work.

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There are certain WalMart neighborhood markets with a legit conveyer belt at the self checkout.

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The WM Neighborhood Market I go to occasionally has that, but that place pisses me off from the time I turn into the damn parking lot. For starters, it was a small lot to begin with. They then decided a year after opening to put in a shitty little gas station that takes up half the parking lot. Few people use it because it is higher on everything and the station directly across the road beats their gas prices. Then, once everything went to shite with Covid they decided to make around a third of the spots left curbside pickup. That doesn't matter to me because those spots are fair game and no employee gives enough of a shite to tell you otherwise. Making matters worse is it is a terribly designed parking lot that is hard to get into and out of.

Once inside and you get your shite there is one register with a person open that has a line, and about a twenty deep line of people at the self-checkouts. Despite having on average 6-8 useless fricks standing around up front at any given time, they will never, ever open one of the three other person-operated registers they have available.

Then, we can talk about the Mad Max level of clientele shopping their on a given day and it feels like you've done battle when you finally get your shite back to your car.

I have left that shithole, driven across town, got the same shite at Publix, paid a cashier, loaded it, and gotten back on the road in less time than I probably would have spent standing in line. That included a kid that at least acted like he gave a shite asking me if I was ready to check out as I was passing his register.

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Small # of items - self checkout.
Large # of items - regular checkout.

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This.