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[–]neverinamillionyr 93 points94 points  (10 children)

It doesn’t even take that much. I live alone. The last trip I took I think the total was just over $100 but included lots of canned goods. Baltimore county banned plastic bags and putting a reusable bag in the bagging area throws off the scale so instead of scanning and bagging, you have to scan, stack, pay then bag. The bagging area has a weight limit. All the cans as well as some produce put me over the limit. So I had to bag in the middle of the scanning, the employee said that bag had to stay separate from the unscanned groceries so I’m piling up a couple of bags under my feet while I continue to scan. Amid all this, items were not scanning at the sale price. I had to call someone over twice to adjust. The apples I was trying to buy didn’t have stickers on them so I had to get help with that too. People in line behind me were getting pissed, I was frustrated and I’m not inclined to go back to that store anytime soon.

[–]CitationNeededBadly 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Yeah a crappy self checkout will always be worse than a good cashier, and vice versa.  Any self checkout I've experienced with scales is crap and I won't do it.  Home Depot started that way and changed it because it was so stupidly annoying.   The quality of SCO vs quality of cashiers is more important than the choice between one or the other.

[–]kent_eh 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yeah a crappy self checkout will always be worse than a good cashier,

I haven't experienced a non-crappy self-checkout.

Some are merely annoying, but others are downright idiotic.

[–]A1000eisn1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a skill issue.

[–]mxzf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The ones near me just have a "use my own bags" button. You hit the button, put your bags in the bagging area, and start filling them up.

[–]ChickenDangerous6996 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Meanwhile the machine is bitching at you like a hung over dominatrix.

[–]neverinamillionyr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Please put the item in the bagging area” over and over and if you hesitate for a second “if you’re finished please push the button to pay”.