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Should get a discount or something (lemmy.world)
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[–] 52 points 1 year ago (16 children)

if i've learned anything from this thread it's that y'all have awful self-checkouts.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I never understand the press they get. As someone that doesn't want to have a chat with a stranger about everything I buy, self-checkouts are amazing. I don't consider it extra work. OP should look at the history of supermarkets. We didn't use to pick items off the shelves either.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Same with pumping gas. Self serve is the norm in so many places.

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  • [–] -4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I pass the time ignoring the dangerous substance I'm handling untrained by thinking about how we stopped employing a specialists so that someone's quarterly profits could go up a bit more.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You don't need a tucking specialist to pump gas lmao

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't hate self checkouts, I hate the people who use self-checkouts. The mom with a cart filled with food to feed 4 people for a week, holding a baby in one hand and trying to scan and bag with the other. The guy apparently shopping for his whole apartment complex, scanning 4 items, paying for them, then scanning 6 different items, slowly working his way through an overloaded cart. The Gen-Z narrating each item into their phone for some reason, also struggling to bag items single-handed.

    One of them isn't bad, but two of them will strangle the entire kiosk farm, and make it seem like everyone is a self-absorbed idiot. Never go grocery shopping on a weekend morning.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Exactly. Get in line behind me, I'll show you how it's done! I don't get visibly annoyed that other people exist and also need food. I'll be watching and immediately start scanning my items when a self-checkout opens up. I know to scan the produce barcodes, or how to quickly look up the code. I keep my cart close by, but out of everyone's way. If I have to get an age-verification or other cashier intervention, I let them know as soon as they're available. I put my reusable bag in the bagging area, and efficiently load it as I go. I don't stand in anyone's way... I may even leave you cashback from my debit card sticking out of the machine, because I'm a forgetful dumbass!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I thought that was a basic design principal since it's so widespread.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    here they don't talk, don't weigh, don't time out, and can be cleared remotely when you buy age-restricted stuff and don't look like a twink. my only gripe is that some of them won't allow you to delete duplicate scans without help.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    They were awful at first, especially the ones with scales that insisted items weigh a certain amount and be placed a certain way. I'm not aware of any around here that do all that crap, and this is a relatively poor little town.

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