How do you feel about self checkouts

[Inquisitor]

I also inadvertently stole a package of Reese’s Trees over the holidays. I had put them on the kid seat part of the cart rather than in the main section and didn’t notice until I got to the car. I considered going back in to pay for them, but ultimately decided against it.

I keep an eye out the window for the police every day.

 

[Grant Ward]

I don't mind it if I've got 10 or less items, if I've got more, I'll make the youngin's ring it out.

 

[RobBase]

When given the option, I always go to a checkout lane with a person there, even if I only have a few items. So I don’t use them often, and when I do it’s one or two things I’m buying.

 

[SJ76]

When given the option, I always go to a checkout lane with a person there, even if I only have a few items. So I don’t use them often, and when I do it’s one or two things I’m buying.

Have they banned you yet from having a cart?

 

[dikowt dowg]

I’m one of those people that looks for a sticker to scan or key in if I didn’t memorize it (I was a checker for a couple years in my 20’s) Then I’ll look it up or just use 4072 because I can’t find jalapeño because these idiots put it under “pepper”.

You just wear your crocs and mind your business. Stop becoming your parents.

He is getting a little crotchety.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

I generally like them, but as others have said there needs to be a limit on the number of items you have. There just isn’t enough room to bag all of the stuff if you have more than about 20 things. Second, you should have to earn the right to use them. They should require using a shopper’s card to use them and include whether you’ve proven yourself smart enough to use them.

“I’m sorry, sir, but our records show that you aren’t equipped to handle the rigors of the self-check process. The line for a cashier is to the left”

Way before the days of self-checkout we had the 20 items or less lanes and NO ONE ever followed those guidelines

 

[PeoplesChicken]

I’m one of those people that looks for a sticker to scan or key in if I didn’t memorize it (I was a checker for a couple years in my 20’s) Then I’ll look it up or just use 4072 because I can’t find jalapeño because these idiots put it under “pepper”.

You just wear your crocs and mind your business. Stop becoming your parents.

I don't know what all you peeps are bitchin' about? My undocumented house servant never complains about getting groceries

 

[Center Ice]

Way before the days of self-checkout we had the 20 items or less lanes and NO ONE ever followed those guidelines

Around here it's 12 items max, in the Express check out. I remember some dick in front of me with a half full cart in the fast lane. I looked at the check out clerk and asked if they had an express lane open. That usually highlights the dumbfuckery of the idiot as the clerk shrugs and just looks at him. Then everybody looks. Fun stuff.

 

[williewilliejuan]

Way before the days of self-checkout we had the 20 items or less lanes and NO ONE ever followed those guidelines

Just need better enforcement. If you ring up a 21st item, a gun pops out and shoots you in the leg.

 

[ukfanfrombirth (cali cat)]

I’m one of those people that looks for a sticker to scan or key in if I didn’t memorize it (I was a checker for a couple years in my 20’s) Then I’ll look it up or just use 4072 because I can’t find jalapeño because these idiots put it under “pepper”.

You just wear your crocs and mind your business. Stop becoming your parents.

Oh, shit.
I forgot about the crocs.

Crocs and gluten free by choice?!?

I am almost at a loss for words.

The world really is a scary place.

 

[PeoplesChicken]

Just need better enforcement. If you ring up a 21st item, a gun pops out and shoots you in the leg.

I think that is why Piggly-Wiggly's went under

 

[Kburjr]

I grocery shop where they check you out and bag the groceries. I am willing to pay a few dollars for the service.

 

[SU Nittany Tide]

ive accidently taken items during self checkout.

with the stores having all these fucking apps now. i usually scan the item with the app to see if there is a discount, then the product. sometimes i've scanned my app but not the product.

they it where you can scan the item as you shop and pay on your app....

I had a buddy who did that in college but with cashiers. He took a 20 dollar softball bat sticker and put it on a $150 bat. The upc wasn't working so the lady typed it including the description. The description was "wooden softball bat." It was hard to remain silent.

 

[Godstree]

Self Checkouts never evolved
You were suppose to be able to push your entire cart thru a scanner by now, all at one time, and it reads everything.

Yep
Nice and easy.
No hassle.
Quick.

Of course that never happened.

Yep. RFID type devices have been around and could do so much for inventory. This was something we talked about 25 years ago in college and I would pass a place in Ann Arbor (maybe Ypsilanti) that worked on the tech.

May still be a few years away. Why I don't know.

 

[Godstree]

I agree on Sam's Club. They've got it right. Lets you scan as you put the items in your cart. Then you hit the checkout button on the way out to get your Q code to get out the door. No lines, no waiting. That's the only way to go. Since Sam's and Walmart are owned by the same people, I'm surprised Walmart hasn't gone to a similar system.

They are bout to change as theft is huge.

Here at Costco we help with the self checkout. Makes things easy and fast. But when people show up with two over loaded carts it can go sideways in a hurry.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

well I guess I am officially old now.

Was in a Safeway this evening. Cart full of groceries When a kid said that stand he was in wasnt open (he was just cleaning it) I asked which one was open since all the lights were off. He said none of them. I just stared at him for a second waiting for the punchline. When that didnt come. I...

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& I still have not stepped foot in a Safeway since that day!

 

[PeoplesChicken]

I also inadvertently stole a package of Reese’s Trees over the holidays. I had put them on the kid seat part of the cart rather than in the main section and didn’t notice until I got to the car. I considered going back in to pay for them, but ultimately decided against it.

I keep an eye out the window for the police every day.

Indeed. In fact thanks to a local correspondent we have some photos of the po po chasing Willie

 

[PeoplesChicken]

They can be convenient but I try to avoid them on principle. They aren’t paying me to do their job so if I give myself a discount because I accidentally used the code for regular apples instead of organic, Idgaf. Take it out of my paycheck that you aren’t giving me.

 

[TechRaiderRider]

Way back in the day, one of my buddies used to beat the system by buying an expensive bottle of wine using a cheap (same size bottle) UPC. So he'd get a $30-$40 bottle of wine for $8.

 

[moxie]

Yep. RFID type devices have been around and could do so much for inventory. This was something we talked about 25 years ago in college and I would pass a place in Ann Arbor (maybe Ypsilanti) that worked on the tech.

May still be a few years away. Why I don't know.

I think it exists at Victoria’s Secret. When you go into the dressing rooms, there’s a screen in there that tells you all the stuff you’re trying on and lets you ping an employee to get a new size/color, etc. Kinda freaked me out at first - like, WTF?! You got spy cams in here or what?! But when I got home to take off the tags, I noticed there was an extra one sewn in, that looked like the others, but was stiffer, so I’m guessing that had the sensor in it. Thought that was pretty cool after all.