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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

I shop in the morning to avoid lines. But, before self-checkout, they'd only have two registers open, so there was still a line. With self-checkout, in the morning, there's never a line so it's faster.

I like Walmart self-checkout machines better than others I've used, such as at Lowe's or Target (I don't shop at Target anymore) because I only need to put in my pin number, there's no other confirmations. I ignore the rate the store, donation, and print or email receipt questions while I put the groceries back in the cart, those all time out and the receipt prints by default.

I'm happy enough to chat or not chat to strangers, so that was never an issue for me. I'm sorry so many of the younger generation were apparently so poorly socialized, it must be stressful.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 hours ago

As an aside, the rating thing at Walmart self check out is for the cashier, not the store. If the clerks get below a certain average rating they get penalized (or at least they don't get certain benefits or some shit, from my understanding). I don't know if they count purchases that don't rate at all, but I know some people rate 1 each time because fuck Walmart, but that ends up hurting the cashier, not the store.

[–] MrSmith@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Tell me the OP is from the US without telling me they're from the US.

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[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

[…] Me: "I don't work here"

This gives me big "ok boomer" vibes. Instead of this, imo, snarky response, could you not simply politely say that you prefer a human cashier?

Remember the human.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

The point is that we are being asked as paying customers to perform work which previously employed people to do it for us, strictly out of a profit motive for the store.

They are destroying jobs by shifting the workload onto the customer, so that some chain cunt can marginally increase their already immense wealth while fucking over the workers and the customers.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 4 hours ago

As as introverted person, I gotta say self-checkout machines are my favourite invention in stores.

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[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Reminds me of this Bill Burr clip.

"You know what I hate about these corporate chains? You go in there you're paying for a business, they make you like do half the job now. I don't get it. Like I walk in there,

- Hey, lemme get a turkey sandwich. Lettuce, tomato, on rye, with mayonnaise.

The guy behind the counter's like,

- All right, turkey sandwich, lettuce, tomato, on rye.

- And mayonnaise.

- Oh, the mayonnaise is, uuh, right over there.

- Really? Why don't you, UUH, fucking GO OVER THERE and, UUH, put it on my sandwich?"

(Yeah I just wrote that out. Why? Fuck you I don't have to explain myself to you.)

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Back when Fudruckers was a thing, I always got upset when people wanted to go there.

If I'm paying you $18 for a mediocre hamburger, you can put on the damn lettuce.

[–] KombatWombat@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I suppose you might also leave trash at your seat in a movie theater or restaurant. After all, cleaning up is someone else's job and you don't even work there. Plus, you can pat yourself on the back for contributing to that person's job security with your added burden like some of the people here.

[–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

That's not the same, in OP's case it's about the store outsourcing the work onto the customer while cutting labor costs so some rich fuck can get slightly richer, while not littering is a matter of basic social responsibility, not a labor situation.

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[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have witnessed far to many people with full carts que into the self check out, and than they get frustrated when every other thing they scan throws a flag.

Bitch, SCO is for 10 items or less!

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Is it really? I've never seen such a sign in my corner of the US. Often there's only one human operated checkout.

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

The 'let the kid touch the hot stove' approach.

It worked on me, but I fear other people might nurse their burns and pray that next time things will be different.My experience is different. It's a dense urban grocer. Now that you mention it, I've been to Target in the suburbs where SCO was like thunder dome. A little more room for bagging, but not much. I feel so bad for the one team member dashing around checking IDs and explaining why coupons from a decade ago no longer work.

My location (different grocer ) may be privileged, because, even when it's slow, there are two full service registers. I remember how gross it felt watching a checker at Walmart in 02 also bag the groceries because baggers didn't exist any more.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (5 children)

Here in NZ, the self checkout is the preferred option for any amount of shopping. It's so much quicker and you don't have to engage in pointless small talk. I just got home from doing some grocery shopping and they had about 10 self checkouts and maybe 2 or 3 human ones that nobody was using.

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

With a cashier, I can start packing while they scan, which is way faster

[–] Mesophar@pawb.social 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

At self checkout, I pack while I scan, and then I have control over the order of scanning and packing.

It does suck that places are opting to have self checkout in exclusion to checkout lanes, but for the people that don't like self checkout just don't use it when you have the choice.

[–] ebc@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

Costco is especially infuriating because they do not tolerate anything on the platform before you can start. You also cannot remove anything from the platform before you've paid and everything... So you can't pack as you go, making everything slower and more stressful for everyone. If you even attempt to, the goddamn thing locks up and the clerk has to unlock it for you.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yes but you often have to wait to get to the cashier

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Self check out is faster especially since I can scan the items when I’m picking them off the shelves. The faster I can be outside and spend less time in those kind of commercial spaces the better. And no I don’t have agoraphobia. I just fucking hate the vibes of most stores.

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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 1 day ago (4 children)

fun fact: you can get a discount at a self-checkout! grocery stores hate this one trick!

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[–] azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And I always prefer machines over humans

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