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ProfessorGAC

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75. You Sure?

Thu Jan 18, 2018, 11:59 AM

Jan 2018

At least with regard to the big box stores, i think Moose has a point. I have NEVER, even during the holidays, seen more than a third of a registers open. Wal-Mart, Target, what used to be K Mart. 28 registers and 4 to 8 open. Take six people away and who makes sure that everything was properly paid for. 6 people at a kiosk near the front door.

Where do you shop that the population of cashiers is so plentiful? Sure don't see that around here.

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Good Bye Cashiers [View all] erpowers Jan 2018 OP

I'm sure some cashiers would rather be on Facebook Stanley Roper Jan 2018 #1

Hmmmmmmmmm. FiveGoodMen Jan 2018 #3

Not even "hmmm", but "yep." Iggo Jan 2018 #46

Not even trying to hide. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #4

hide what? Stanley Roper Jan 2018 #9

You clearly don't. nt. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #10

I see what you are doing - Stanley Roper Jan 2018 #12

Have a blessed day. nt. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #13

Next time don't assume that you know very much Stanley Roper Jan 2018 #16

I'm well versed in the TOS. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #17

My words are clear Stanley Roper Jan 2018 #22

I truly hope your day gets better. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #27

I know what you are trying to do Stanley Roper Jan 2018 #60

Please read TOS again in light of your post. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #57

It's actually pretty interesting just *how* well-versed some people are. moriah Jan 2018 #48

Wow, wishing a blessed day is a TOS violation? moriah Jan 2018 #41

No, he's doing it damn well. Chaps your "nether regions", doesn't it? nt Atticus Jan 2018 #79

CrysTAL. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2018 #40

LOL. Iggo Jan 2018 #82

Bingo. Smh. Tipperary Jan 2018 #71

Seems that may apply to brand new posters as well... LanternWaste Jan 2018 #8

Seems that may apply to some long term posters as well... Stanley Roper Jan 2018 #11

I miss the days of the granite pizza. GoneOffShore Jan 2018 #20

So the cashiers gibraltar72 Jan 2018 #33

Give cashiers some credit; customers are way worse. yellowcanine Jan 2018 #37

I don't think I've ever meet a rude cashier LeftInTX Jan 2018 #83

Welcome to DU. Iggo Jan 2018 #39

Welcome to DU! moriah Jan 2018 #44

Post removed Post removed Jan 2018 #49

LOL tenderfoot Jan 2018 #50

I rarely have sullen or rude cashiers...but then I am nice to them. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #58

Exactly. n/t pnwmom Jan 2018 #66

This! Tipperary Jan 2018 #72

They might not love their jobs but it's better than no job. pnwmom Jan 2018 #65

Won't this just be a trade-off? moose65 Jan 2018 #2

No it wouldn't be a trade off...it was amount to a huge loss of jobs. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #59

You Sure? ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #75

Apple's had this feature for years brooklynite Jan 2018 #5

Big improvement for customers. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #6

Agree... HipChick Jan 2018 #7

My local grocery store has had this for a couple of years. It is seldom used. n/t FSogol Jan 2018 #14

A couple of days ago, Target tried to push people to self-serve, cashier lines looked like Wal*Mart! TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #19

Target's the only place I use self-checkout. Iggo Jan 2018 #42

I always tell them this SoCalDem Jan 2018 #51

That's what I say. Lowes was dumbfounded I'd spend an hour picking a dozen things to walk out. TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #62

That is definitely a corporate decision crazycatlady Jan 2018 #73

At our local Kroger, they are always busy. madinmaryland Jan 2018 #35

Same here, we have self checkout at both Hannaford and Price Chopper Rhiannon12866 Jan 2018 #38

The article and my comment were not about self checkout, it is about scanning the product as you FSogol Jan 2018 #54

Hello easy shoplifting Kimchijeon Jan 2018 #15

Yup. The Walmarts near me got rid of self checkouts TexasBushwhacker Jan 2018 #24

So did ours. hunter Jan 2018 #29

Lowes pulled that shit with me. I had a load and no cashiers. I did a cargo drop and walked out! TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #18

I love self checkout on my own, much faster. But I love technology. nt USALiberal Jan 2018 #47

Picking my poison, I much prefer Lowes to Home Depot. hunter Jan 2018 #53

What a great thing. For the retailers. GoneOffShore Jan 2018 #21

AMEN! rurallib Jan 2018 #45

self check checkouts never ask for a break SoCalDem Jan 2018 #52

I prefer cashiers. LeftInTX Jan 2018 #23

Lol - you're why I use Self Checkout !! KTM Jan 2018 #70

Yeah...and they're making those check writing shelves smaller and smaller. LeftInTX Jan 2018 #81

My local Neighborhood Walmart has 100% self-checkout. There is a scanner built into the checkout politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2018 #25

Only if people use it Fullduplexxx Jan 2018 #26

The few times I've been at a Sam's Club crazycatlady Jan 2018 #28

Sam's and Walmart are the worst for that TexasBushwhacker Jan 2018 #34

Why I shop at Costco marlakay Jan 2018 #74

I feel bad about it putting people out of jobs bearsfootball516 Jan 2018 #30

This is old technology, the only difference is using your smartphone, rather than a handheld scanner OnDoutside Jan 2018 #31

Apple has been doing this for years too FreeState Jan 2018 #32

They just announced they are closing a ton of Sam's Clubs so it may be moot in the long run TeamPooka Jan 2018 #36

If they get rid of cashiers, I have no reason to go the stores...will order all online. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #43

Yep, me too Corgigal Jan 2018 #55

If they are too greedy to have people to help then screw them. Demsrule86 Jan 2018 #56

Ok. Good bye to them. Captain Stern Jan 2018 #61

Gas station attendants still exist-- come to New Jersey crazycatlady Jan 2018 #76

It looks like the employees at the stores like the self checkouts actually. In one CVS they Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #63

No way will I use 'self checkout'. It's a way to get rid of jobs. GoneOffShore Jan 2018 #64

Theres always an employee at the self checkout cwydro Jan 2018 #80

One employee at checkout covering 6 registers. GoneOffShore Jan 2018 #87

At Lowe's Home Improvement in Southern California, you scan items, bag 'em, swipe your card, & go. VOX Jan 2018 #67

You have to do the scanning yourself treestar Jan 2018 #68

each method melm00se Jan 2018 #69

In my location you can buy beer and wine at the grocery, greymattermom Jan 2018 #77

In my area, the stores have an employee on duty at the sel serve. cwydro Jan 2018 #86

They close 5 tills and you think that means jobs aren't eliminated because they have 1 babysitter EllieBC Jan 2018 #88

Not here. cwydro Jan 2018 #90

I worked retail for over 25 yrs. I was a cashier, lead cashier, and customer service. Personally, airmid Jan 2018 #78

Cashiers, Restaurant Servers, and Drivers are three professions about to get crushed. Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2018 #84

It's the Circle of Life, Simba. WillowTree Jan 2018 #85

Exactly. Coal miners are being replaced by robots. Ilsa Jan 2018 #89