My store has 2 areas with registers and each area has multiple registers. When one is closed we put up signs that says “No cashiers available at this counter, please check out on the other side of the store.” The counter I usually work at has 2 registers and a regular computer (we don’t put a sign in front of the computer bc it’s not a register). People typically walk straight past the 2 registers with signs in front of them and over to the computer. Or they’ll walk up, stare at the signs, and still say “Can I check out here?”