Nobody Likes Self-Checkout
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Nobody Likes Self-Checkout
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Re: Nobody Likes Self-Checkout
#2....apart from the rest of the civilised world.
Self check out has teething problems mainly because users need get trained on how to do it but once you grok it, you never go back - its simply faster, more efficient experience.
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#3"unexpected item in bagging area" ... haven't heard that for years.
The new hotness is the camera replaying your last scan while flashing a red light for clerk help because you were holding the item wrong and it thinks you're trying to sneak something past.
They also seem to be confused if you're using both arms to scan things, it beeps but it asks for help often as not. Apparently ambidexterousness is rare enough to be suspicious.
I dont mind the self checkout, I like it better when it works right; and when there's actually clerks to come kick the damned thing when it gets confused. The store I go to has a newly installed fleet of i dunno ~30 or so self checkout lanes, and probably one clerk to 16 lanes. Who is usually tied up with customers using checks, here.
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#4As long as it works right, it's great. Especially with a small amount of items, I can get checkout out and on my way quickly.
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#5....apart from the rest of the civilised world. Self check out has teething problems mainly because users need get trained on how to do it but once you grok it, you never go back - its simply faster, more efficient experience.
The removal of the cash option is a hard nope for me. I don't always use cash, but if it's not an option, I vote with my feet, regardless if paying with cash or plastic.
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#6As long as it works right, it's great. Especially with a small amount of items, I can get checkout out and on my way quickly.
Spot on. Self checkout shines when it’s for 2-3 items. I wouldn’t pass a huge haul of groceries through it. The more things you buy with self checkout the greater chance of some weird bug like missing barcode, not knowing where to select esoteric non-scan items etc
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#7I don't mind them, but sometimes you get random things the self checkout will not let you buy. Like anti-perspirant, had to stop and go over to a regular line for that.
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#8I love them. Especially at Target where you can use the scanner gun and rapidly pew-pew everything much faster than the big scanner.
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#9What the hell?! I haven’t had a problem with self checkout in years.
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#10Self-checkout beats dealing with lazy cashiers. A recent checkout with a cashier included a delay because the cashier made a phone call while buyers were in line. A personal phone call.