Haven't been to the nearby grocery store (Giant) for two weeks.

[joetheman]

Went today and found that all but two cashiers were gone and six spanking brand new self checkout stations had replaced the four checkout lines. Only one lane with a cashier and one person working the service counter. WHAT!!??? Does not look good for employment numbers.

[unc70]

1. I would probably be finding a different store

[gratuitous]

2. Nothing is permanent

We resolutely get into the line with a live checker. When some "helpful" person points out that there's no line at the self checkout, we ask how much the store is willing to pay us for doing their job. That usually ends the conversation, but we have noticed that these little pilot programs don't last if everyone is willing to wait for a live checker. Stories of customer dissatisfaction with self checkout get back to the powers that be.

[Haggard Celine]

6. I hate it, too.

The only time I use the self-checkout is when I have one or two items. Like you, I feel like I shouldn't have to ring up my order and bag it too.

[niyad]

13. My store has three banks of self-check, and six regular lines. I refuse to use self- check.

First, for the jobs. Second, I HATE machines talking to me. And third, because I enjoy being able to talk with the checkers and courtesy clerks, some of whom I have known for years.

[elleng]

3. Sorry. Different from 'my' Giant,

which I've visited 3-4 times a week since the beginning of our misery.

They did some major changes inside, locations of stuff moved but most staff and customers seem to be handling it well.

Still just one self-check out area, and 3-4 cashiers usually working.

Will see what's up soon (I hope,) as my car's been 'out of service,) so hope to get back to my (one and only) shopping place soon.

[Probatim]

7. My local store (east of Pittsburgh) changes its layout on a monthly basis

Milk stays in the corner farthest from the door, but it's a crap shoot on what's in any given aisle . I think they do it to keep you in the store as long as possible - or they're gaslighting older shoppers into early dementia.

[spooky3]

4. Apart from taking people's jobs, I dislike those machines

If you have a lot of groceries, you’re probably not as fast as an employee at scanning them. And, each time I’ve used them, when I’ve had only a few things, something has malfunctioned, requiring a human being to come over and reset the machine.

[Shermann]

14. I can smoke those unmotivated teenagers any day of the week nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Another problem with the self-checkout is, from what I've read,

that a lot of customers just don't bother to actually swipe everything they are buying.

I likewise refuse to use them.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

8. Is this a DMV Giant

or one of the (unrelated) PA Giants?

[Vinca]

9. I initially hated the self checkout stations because of the concern about job loss, but

the local store seems to have had a problem recently in being staffed to meet needs and if it's between my ice cream melting or the self checkout, I scan my own stuff. I think the store where I shop has cameras on them to prevent theft. In any case, the one time I discovered I had something I hadn't paid for (2 boxes of Band-Aids stuck together), I brought one of them back. Darn honest libtards. LOL.

[Freddie]

12. I read where the biggest theft is fruit

People will buy expensive fruit and use the code for bananas or something cheap and the register can’t tell the difference.

[Vinca]

18. That makes sense. A camera would never pick it up.

[hurple]

10. If people would stop using those self-checkout kiosks

They would disappear.

But they won't stop. They'll just complain that the "others" are taking all their jobs while waiting in the self-checkout line without a hint of the irony.

[Freddie]

11. My Giant did the same around the start of the pandemic

There’s the small self-serve stations and they made about 5 of the former regular lanes into “big” self-serve stations that apparently are to check out your own large shopping trip. I’ll use self-serve for a couple things but not my “big” weekly shopping. Not many people do as those lanes are usually empty. Perhaps they thought people would prefer to not have a cashier “breathing” on them. This store is actually pretty responsive to customer needs and they bring on another cashier if the line is more than 2 or 3 deep.

[VarryOn]

15. I like self checkout when I have just a few items...

And there is usually one immediately open. It can really speed things up. But, if I have more than than a handful of things, I want a professional!

[panader0]

16. Jeannie insists on bagging her (our) groceries.

So the bread isn't under the can of coffee, or the toilet cleaner bagged with the fruit, etc.
I've learned that, in spite of my summer high school job as a bagger (pre-plastic), that I too
am incapable of doing it correctly. I lived to 50 before we hooked up 20 years ago, and I'm not
sure how I did it without her guidance. Or she's not sure.
The self check out lanes have weighted tables to prevent stealing. I never steal. To me it's the worst.
Adultery is stealing someone's wife, murder is stealing someone's life. Do not take what is not yours.

[USALiberal]

19. Technology advances, ATMs, self service Gas, etc nt

[blueinredohio]

17. I won't use the self check outs.

Ill wait in line as long as it takes. Even if I only have a few things.