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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not only do I not work here, I wish to spend as little time here as possible.

So I’ll hand the scanning and bagging task to someone who has been doing it every day for years and can get that done quickly, in the lane where they provide enough table space to actually work, two people to do the two jobs of scanning and bagging… and all that without the extra steps of weighing every individual item, stopping for assistance if you look at it funny, and stopping to upsell you on the fucking loyalty program.

Grocery pickup > normal checkout > self checkout.

[–] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

They aren't nearly as motivated to go as fast as I am, and they can only bag one person at a time and have lines, while usually there are 4-6 machines wide open for me to jump onto immediately.

I fucking hate going to the grocery store though.

EDIT: also lonely old people will stop and chit chat sometimes slowing shit even more.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I love it when a cashier checkout is available because everyone is doing the self-checkout and I can get my stuff bagged properly (I’m terrible at bagging up). I’ll even chat with them as they’re in the middle of the most boring shift imaginable.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Workers bagging your stuff at a store is so incredibly weird to me. In Sweden you have to bag your own stuff and afaik it has always been like that.

[–] Clairvoidance@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

as a former cashier, fuck talking to people, the mind's enough

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[–] asg101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

"I don't work here, and I refuse to be a class traitor." Fuck corporate greed that kills jobs for more profit.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I tend to buy so much booze that self check out is a hassle.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's always a hassle for me. Items not scanning. The machine screaming about the item not weighing correctly. The machine screaming at you because you moved your item.

It's great for quick purchases. But I'm going to a cashier if I have more than 10 items.

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[–] ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

I like the scan and go in the Sam’s club app. Scan the items with your phone, and if the QR code receipt is visible when you walk through the gate thing they usually wave you on without a person checking.

[–] Ymer@feddit.dk 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any mistake during self-checkout and my local supermarkets will consider it shoplifting and pursue it all the way to court if needed. I'm not running that risk.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)
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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Nope, I gotta price match. I will wait for the cashier.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s reasonable to have a store provide a service where an employee processes the customer’s items to check for damage, verify prices, and bag them intelligently.

But it’s not worth the risk of getting the wrong chatty cashier.

No, I’ll roll the dice and scan them myself. If I hit an “unexpected item in bagging area” error that requires someone to come over and help me, I can always burn down the store and run away and try again somewhere else.

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[–] anubis119@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Then just wait in line.

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