re: Why are people so anti things like self checkout or kiosk ordering?

There was once a time when the customer loaded the groceries on the conveyor belt, someone scanned the items, then they had someone bagging the groceries and loading them into the buggy. When the clerk scanned the last item handed it to the bagger, I was paying for my stuff. As soon as I was finished paying the bagger is putting the last bag in the buggy. It was a great system. It was team work. Now if you don’t use self checkout the person scanning is also the person bagging. If I’m using the kiosk I’m doing all three. (Don’t mind it in some cases).

We went from chic fil a drive thru to McDonald’s drive thru. Backwards.

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Why are people so anti things like self checkout or kiosk ordering?

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As an available option? I'm not. More choices is always awesome.

As MY only available option because they either close all of the regular registers or because they refuse to man them to save money and force me to work there? frick that.

I personally don't like using them and would prefer to have a person that works there be responsible for checking me out. It's part of the cost that's traditionally been built into everything. So...either keep doing that or give me a discount equal to the cost savings of me allowing you to not have an employee do that job.

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They don't as far as I know. Checking out at Costco is a HUGE clusterfrick.

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The three different ones I’ve been to are not that bad. It’s like chik fil a. Yea the lines are insano but they move people FAST.

There can be 10 people in front of me and I’m still getting out of there in 5-10 mins.

Self check out sucks if you have a buggy full of groceries, there is no room unless you get another buggy. If you make a mistake you have to wait until someone shows up to fix it.

I do like apps and kiosk in restaurants because the idiots taking your order screws it up more times than not.

I was grocery shopping one night and got to the checkout and there were no cashiers. I asked the girl at the self check out could someone check me out. She said everyone was busy. I told her they'll be even busier putting this buggy full of groceries back on the shelves and walked out.

Looks like all the "complaints" about self checkouts here are by people who are too incompetent to use them.

"I can't manage fitting all my fruit on the scale" or "i don't know the code to bananas and why should i have to"... "i have to wait for an employee to approve my alcohol purchase"... "cashiers standing there watching me work". Those are all self inflicted, or lazy, or i guess jealous? Weird.

Get over it...

I agree, full size full service checkouts are good for large volume purchases and do have a place. I've never been to a store where those types of purchases would happen and they didn't have full service. Go to those checkouts if you can't handle the speed and mind straining nature of self checkout.

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Go to those checkouts if you can't handle the speed and mind straining nature of self checkout.

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Full service is way faster at my HEB. The self checkout is constantly packed with retards going slow as frick whereas the full service has people who know what they are doing and they get you in and out quick.

Biggest problem is they can't hire enough people...

Dis tread gonna need ta pull yup an wade fo spizee

my fat arse does it at taco bell and it doesnt bother me one bit

Because I'm doing the job of a clerk.

Super One used to give discounts and coupons if you bagged your own groceries. Now they expect us to do it for free.

frick that.