Originally posted by RHINOWSO: Yes, because I value my time.
^^ THIS ^^ and I'm much less likely to wish for Para's comet due to the idiocy of the clerk.
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
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August 05, 2017, 12:14 PM
konata88
Case by case - depends on what I'm buying and where. But usually I'll gravitate toward a checker. Self service machines tend to be problematic for me as above comments have noted.
"Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book
August 05, 2017, 12:18 PM
V-Tail
Usually, whatever looks like it will get me out the door faster. My guess is wrong, 51% of the time.
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August 05, 2017, 12:20 PM
Anarion
It all depends upon what is most convenient to me.
If I've only got one or two items, then yes I do.
If more than a few items then I use a cashier.
EXCEPTION: After 10 p.m. my local grocer shuts down the cashier's line and self checkout is the only option...
============================== On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory. Gen. Douglas MacArthur
August 05, 2017, 12:25 PM
Scoutmaster
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Originally posted by 12131: I go the path of least resistance, be it the self check-out or the cashier line.
Same here. I find the biggest drawback in the self check out line is customers who don't know how to use the machine.
"Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944
August 05, 2017, 12:34 PM
LastCubScout
I self checkout because I like doing things for myself, and it's fun.
August 05, 2017, 12:49 PM
Keystoner
Sam's Club has an app where you scan your items with your phone. I love it.
Year V
August 05, 2017, 01:53 PM
Palooka84
I absolutely refuse to use self check out.
August 05, 2017, 02:01 PM
Balzé Halzé
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Originally posted by Palooka84: I absolutely refuse to use self check out.
Ok. Great.
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Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan
August 05, 2017, 02:28 PM
Deqlyn
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Originally posted by Chris42: Thought this subject might be a good one to think about -
Personally, I rarely use them. My belief is that the young workforce needs beginning jobs to get hands on experience. Cashier is one such job. There used to be guys that pumped your gas as well. In PA we now, for the most part, pump our own gas.
I see the self check out as taking away potential employment.
Most recently I see McD's as testing some kind of "Self ordering Kiosks" for customers to place their orders. Again, fewer employees, more profits but I hope the idea is a bust.
I see senior citizens running registers as well. If they can't afford to retire (which many apparently can't) this is a job they can do. I do not look down on these employees as it could well be me in that position. I am pleased they have work.
Do you use the self check out? Why?
Throughout history jobs have been replaced by technology. No need to be romantic about it. Masons, farmers, secretarys, etc... all arbitraged out by technology.
To answer the question, its faster.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Deqlyn, August 06, 2017 07:53 AM
What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin
I value my time. Whichever is quicker. I remember shopping at the store with my mother as a child when everything had to be punched into the cash register. She always knew which checker was the fastest, and to never let the few guys working there check you out, because they were slow. Stores used to send people to "cashier school", where the checkers practiced the manual dexterity skills necessary, the math skills and how to deal with quick change artists.
There is a standing joke here, of three hundred Walmart stores closing, and three cashiers losing their jobs.
August 05, 2017, 02:37 PM
flashguy
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Originally posted by Gustofer:
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Originally posted by Skins2881:
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Originally posted by WaterburyBob: Regarding Fast Food checkout, I'll be the germophobe in this thread. Yeah, I want to eat food with my hands after touching that kiosk screen that 1200 people before me, with questionable hygiene, have touched.
I'm with you here I don't like touching things other people of touched, especially right before eating.
Some of you guys crack me up.
Regarding the self check out thingies, I've often wondered how much stores lose in theft at these things. It would be quite easy to just toss items in the bag without scanning them.
Only if you don't have the bag on the shelf provided--it would notice an item being added without a scan. Of course, one could scan a low-priced item instead and place the higher-priced one in the bag.
I nearly always have some kind of a scan problem the few times I've used them, so avoid the self-scanners.
Regarding sanitation at fast-food places: most of them have facilities where one can wash up before eating if one desires to.
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
August 05, 2017, 02:40 PM
Jim Shugart
If there is a young lady with a nice butt, I usually get in line behind her. It's one of the few times you can stare at the butt of a hot stranger without getting smacked or going to jail. If the clerk is inefficient or a customer has a whole shitload of coupons, no big deal.
I'm retired. My time is not valuable.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
August 05, 2017, 02:41 PM
ZSMICHAEL
I am surprised no one has stated that their butler and maid do the shopping and they have no idea.
I recall a story in which the elder President Bush went to the grocery store and was amazed to see the technology. He had never seen a bar code scan before.
August 05, 2017, 02:58 PM
12131
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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: I am surprised no one has stated that their butler and maid do the shopping and they have no idea.
I recall a story in which the elder President Bush went to the grocery store and was amazed to see the technology. He had never seen a bar code scan before.
Yeah, we weren't born with a silver spoon in our mouth, unfortunately.
Q
August 05, 2017, 03:07 PM
BamaJeepster
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Originally posted by Gustofer: Regarding the self check out thingies, I've often wondered how much stores lose in theft at these things. It would be quite easy to just toss items in the bag without scanning them.
All the ones I have used have the bags on scales and after you scan the item it checks for the exact weight of what you scanned. If you put something on the scale/bag stand without scanning it or the item you put on there is the wrong weight, it throws up an error that requires a CSR to check/unlock.
Also, each station has a dedicated camera so I'm guessing the loss is low compared to their other areas.
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams
August 05, 2017, 03:09 PM
BamaJeepster
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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL: I am surprised no one has stated that their butler and maid do the shopping and they have no idea.
I recall a story in which the elder President Bush went to the grocery store and was amazed to see the technology. He had never seen a bar code scan before.
That was fake news spread before the days of any alternative news sources to put the truth out there. Even the vile left wing Snopes had to admit that story was not true. http://www.snopes.com/history/...ican/bushscanner.asp
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams
August 05, 2017, 03:19 PM
Balzé Halzé
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Originally posted by BamaJeepster:
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Originally posted by Gustofer: Regarding the self check out thingies, I've often wondered how much stores lose in theft at these things. It would be quite easy to just toss items in the bag without scanning them.
All the ones I have used have the bags on scales and after you scan the item it checks for the exact weight of what you scanned. If you put something on the scale/bag stand without scanning it or the item you put on there is the wrong weight, it throws up an error that requires a CSR to check/unlock.
Also, each station has a dedicated camera so I'm guessing the loss is low compared to their other areas.
The ones I've used also allow you to skip bagging any item and place it directly into the cart negating the scale.
~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country
Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan
August 05, 2017, 03:22 PM
25birdman
It's usually faster than the other lines. If I have more than a few items I will wait in a line with a cashier.
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