Anyone Else Refuse To Use Self Checkout?

[theman]

Had quite the experience at Wal Mart today. I was standing in line to be checked out by a cashier when another employee walked up to me and said "Sir, could you please go to the self check out line?" I just stood there and looked at him. After he not only asked me a second AND third time I looked him in the eye and said " I would be happy to check myself out if you will give me the proper paperwork so I can use my time working here as a tax write off". He was stunned I stood up to him so I waited in line and paid for my items  at a normal cash register as it should be. I refuse to use any kind of self check outs or do any type of work myself in big box stores. That's what their employees are for. I would rather stand in line for an hour than use a self check out.

[K5]

i don’t use them but mostly because I am a creature of habit + often have cash on me and some don’t take that

[2sweeeeet]

I'm the opposite. I try to only use self checkout if at all possible. I'd rather GTFO of the store and get on with my life.

[Rocky Balboa]

I use them if the other lines are full. It's not a big deal.

[X-27]

Right on.

[tmnt316]

90% of the time the lines are packed so yeah I use it quite often.

[sonstuds]

Sometimes I get intimidated if I have a bunch of fresh produce that I can't scan and have to look up the number code for but then I successfully do it and it proves to me there's nothing to be afraid of and I can accomplish anything if I set my mind to it.

Also there's usually an employee I can just ask for help.

[bWo]

First time I saw one was 8-10 years ago at a McDonalds. I walked in and stood in line. An employee/a teenager came over and asked me if I wanted her to show me how to use their new self ordering system. I looked at it, looked at her, and said, "if people start using machines people won't have jobs." She came back with, "I won't have a job if people don't want me to teach them how to use the machines." I pointed at the cashier (a 50 ish year old woman) and said, "I'm more worried about her than you. Sorry."

I don't like them. I've gotten halfway through and something goes wrong and then I have to stand there and wait for help. I've gotten all the way through and then there's something wrong with the keypad when I'm trying to pay. I don't work for the store. Why am I doing this? Among other things they were supposed to reduce salaries which would lower costs, and that sure as crap hasn't happened. 

There was a hilarious story in Ottawa a few weeks back. A Walmart there is scrapping the self check out ideology because there has been a 30% increase in theft. They are staffing the self checkout stations with employees to do the scanning now. What makes this story absolutely fugging hilarious is the sign telling customers about the changes,

We are pleased to announce the test of the full-serve experience starting Saturday, July 29th. During this test, our associates will be available to scan all items including those being processed in the area known as our self check-out, the sign reads.

We look forward to interacting with you on a more one-on-one basis. We appreciate your patience and understanding during the operation of this test.

"Test?" IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE THAT. Someone scanning your groceries is now considered a, "full-serve experience?" That's right. Bring the kids on down and woo them as the cashier uses a magic gun to read little black lines on a box. Enjoy the concert like rush you'll get from watching the previously mentioned cashier place your items into a bag. There will be music and dancing and balloons for the kids.  

[GreyHaze:Big Bad Booty Daddy]

I prefer self checkouts because actual lines with cashiers are usually longer. The thing is, this is where we're heading and there's nothing you can do about it. At some point we'll have have mostly stores without any employees just like Amazon Go stores where you could just walk in and walk out without having to use your credit card. There's also tech where you could just scan the palm of your hands to identify payment. I think this brings up a sh*tload of problems. I think the weirdest thing for me was adjusting to Mcdonald's (even though I don't eat there anymore). I remember it being a colorful place where you could eat, have fun and play at the playpen. Now, it just looks like a giant metal tinbox from the Jetsons. I sound a bit old, but things are changing very quickly. I think I read by 2030, most cars will have to be electric. Just a lot of things going on.

[tmnt316]

One thing annoys me about Wal Mart is the door monitors need to see your receipt.

I'm literally walking out with the bags in the cart.

[wrestlingfan1000]

No way! Once I enter the store and get everything I wanted/ need I want to be out of there as fast as I can. Majority of my stores have lines for the cashier and I am not waiting 20 minutes to be attended to when I can be out of there in 2 minutes when using self check out.

[Nivro™]

Aug 12, 2023 11:38:06 GMT -5 tmnt316 said:

One thing annoys me about Wal Mart is the door monitors need to see your receipt.

I'm literally walking out with the bags in the cart.

Every Walmart I go to just has some retiree sitting on a stool that looks at me and says "Have a goodun"

[mrmonkeyofficial]

When you tell the employee to bring out the paperwork after the employee tells you to do a self checkout

[rkmo: Autonomous Meat Shield]

Aug 12, 2023 13:32:33 GMT -5 mrmonkeyofficial said:

When you tell the employee to bring out the paperwork after the employee tells you to do a self checkout

Fighting for overworked minimum wage workers by yelling at overworked minimum wage workers!

[TKO Propagandist]

The thing with technology is that it can always malfunction. Self checkout especially.

[rkmo: Autonomous Meat Shield]

Aug 12, 2023 19:35:15 GMT -5 TKO Propagandist said:

The thing with technology is that it can always malfunction. Self checkout especially.

In my experience though, I've had more encounters with malfunctioning human cashiers than self checkouts.

[Evil Abed]

The only thing keeping me going to stores like that is self checkout. People who work in those positions are only getting equal parts lazier and stupider.

[Sizzle]

No 🤭

[bWo]

Aug 12, 2023 19:45:52 GMT -5 rkmo: Autonomous Meat Shield said:

Aug 12, 2023 19:35:15 GMT -5 TKO Propagandist said:

The thing with technology is that it can always malfunction. Self checkout especially.

In my experience though, I've had more encounters with malfunctioning human cashiers than self checkouts.

Yeah but there aren't any good looking self checkout machines............ Unless someone is into that kind of thing.

[rkmo: Autonomous Meat Shield]

Aug 12, 2023 21:10:20 GMT -5 bWo said:

Aug 12, 2023 19:45:52 GMT -5 rkmo: Autonomous Meat Shield said:

In my experience though, I've had more encounters with malfunctioning human cashiers than self checkouts.

Yeah but there aren't any good looking self checkout machines............ Unless someone is into that kind of thing.

Obviously you've never been to Japan.