grocery store self checkout incident of the day

[spacefem]

I realize that emotional trauma related to grocery store self-checkout is totally a first world problem but zomg I HATE SELF-CHECKOUT... the problem is my husband just loves them and says "these problems" never happen to him when he's alone. when we go together, he always convinces me they'll be okay because he'll do the checking out and I just

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[tabloidscully]

Personally, I prefer the self-checkout option. I always bring reusable bags to the store, and it's such a pain to get the cashiers to use them. And when you're wrangling two children under the age of four who are even more unhappy at being in the store than you are, there isn't much room to focus on monitoring the cashier to ensure items are being bagged correctly, if at all. More than once, I've turned my back only to see my reusable bags have been shoved into an undesirable plastic sack.

Not an issue with self-checkout. And here, it is kind of a big deal since you get deductions for utilizing reusable bags.

[beunydd]

Heh, I have 2 comments, both of the #firstworldproblems sort...

First, there's a store near here that checks the groceries out, but you have to bag them yourself. They send them down the belt and they have 2 sides, so that after you pay you have until the next person is done before it's a problem. There I was hurriedly trying to bag my own groceries, and scurrying up and down the conveyer belt when someone rudely shouts at me "use your knee!" I'm like..."what?" They shout, "hit it with your knee!" while rolling their eyes like I was dumb as shit! Turns out, there's a big buttony type thing you press...with your knee :O...and it sends the groceries down so you don't have to run around collecting them all.

And the other story is that we have a fantastic market here that ONLY offers self checkout. I'm a pro now (after earing a "checkout champ" sticker once...I know, I rolled my eyes too)...but I HATE it when people send their groceries down the line when I'm not done bagging yet! Seriously????

[sunneschii]

I feel indifferent about the self-checkout, but I think you only have it here in IKEA (and I tried it on holidays in Portugal and Prague).

What I love is the self-scanning... walking around the store with a scanner thingy, and being able to put the groceries in the bag already when putting them in the cart, so I only have to handle them again when I take them out at home. And at the checkout, I only have to hand the cashier the scanner device, and I pay my groceries there.

[wig]

argh! Like you I only like self checkout to get rid of extra coins. And quite often when I do get a cashier I give them some change so I don't get extra pennies and 5p coins back...

total £9.62
I give £10 and 12p
cashier (looks nonplussed): why did you give me 12p?
me: so you can give me a 50p coin?

At least the self checkout never questions my logic!

[aryanhwy]

The first time I was forced into a situation where I had to use a self-check-out at a grocery store was in Paris. Where it was, yes, in French. A language with which my acquaintance is limited to 13 years of ballet class, and a comprehensive indexing of the 1292 census of Paris.

Trauma, definitely.