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Bev54

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39. I never shop on weekends anymore but our Superstore (groceries and dry goods) here guarantees

Tue Nov 14, 2023, 06:26 PM

Nov 2023

all checkout lanes will be open on the weekends and they are. I went with my D-I-L a few months ago and it was really busy in the store but the checkouts did not have any lineups.

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Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 OP

I was aghast when self started. Saw it as a way MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #1

"They shifted the work of paid employees to unpaid customers " Merlot Nov 2023 #72

Not sure what they mean by "rethink" Renew Deal Nov 2023 #2

I remember a time when I was a toddler my mother going to the store... LiberalFighter Nov 2023 #3

Wow, you must be like me - OLD!! hatrack Nov 2023 #11

we do that now, as it is basically the exact same thing as online food shopping (plus they deliver it) Celerity Nov 2023 #88

I honestly don't mind them having self checkout lines at Costco because Ferrets are Cool Nov 2023 #4

That has ForgedCrank Nov 2023 #17

There are more and more Tree-Hugger Nov 2023 #5

I know what you mean about Aldi speedy check out giving you anxiety. I'm always japple Nov 2023 #30

It's profits, it's always profits. Conjuay Nov 2023 #6

This. keopeli Nov 2023 #45

I use self-checkout deRien Nov 2023 #7

The items you take off a shelf True Dough Nov 2023 #95

My observation at Costco gratuitous Nov 2023 #8

My Walmart NowISeetheLight Nov 2023 #9

Paralysis ensues radicalleft Nov 2023 #85

Lucky NowISeetheLight Nov 2023 #92

Clogged enid602 Nov 2023 #10

This Shermann Nov 2023 #29

That's a shame as its clearly a time saver for the places I shop. honest.abe Nov 2023 #12

Same PortTack Nov 2023 #23

Me, too, honest.abe. Big time saver. eom BComplex Nov 2023 #27

It WOULDN'T be "long and slow" if they HIRED ENOUGH WORKERS. n/t TygrBright Nov 2023 #46

Honestly, for a few items... Happy Hoosier Nov 2023 #81

Wal*Mart is that fucking company who has a policy to maintain at least a 3 customer minimum at their checkout lines. TheBlackAdder Nov 2023 #13

I never shop on weekends anymore but our Superstore (groceries and dry goods) here guarantees Bev54 Nov 2023 #39

I detest self-checkout. 3catwoman3 Nov 2023 #14

So do I DFW Nov 2023 #91

I dont use self checkout - i figure ill save a job getagrip_already Nov 2023 #15

I will go through self-checkout when the store gives me a W-2 for doing it...... lastlib Nov 2023 #25

But it WON'T save an employee. BComplex Nov 2023 #28

Except it won't, it will just make other staff have longer lines obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #49

In the moment, maybe, but longer term .... getagrip_already Nov 2023 #94

On California you can't buy alcohol on self checkout kimbutgar Nov 2023 #16

You effectively can't do it at Walmart either Shermann Nov 2023 #65

Ha ha good one! kimbutgar Nov 2023 #73

Scan the alcohol first. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #80

I like self-checkout at all the stores I shop at that offer it like Walmart, Target, Wegmans. ARPad95 Nov 2023 #18

This is about shifting labor costs to the comsumer and increasing shareholder value. Prairie_Seagull Nov 2023 #19

Our local grocery store has increased from two to four to ten self-checkout lanes... EarthFirst Nov 2023 #20

Kroger has done the same thing in my area. There are quite a few of us who don't like japple Nov 2023 #38

Love the self-checkout and use it 90% of the time. Bonx Nov 2023 #21

Self-checkout where I shop for groceries, Demobrat Nov 2023 #22

That is precisely hte reason I like self-checkout. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #42

I can say I can self-checkout ALL of the items at my Safeway the other posters says they can't obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #53

I can self-checkout all of those things at my Safeway obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #51

I'm obviously in the minority...as I always am! But I LOVE self check out!!! BComplex Nov 2023 #24

I love it when I have just a couple of items but often the checkouts are filled up Bev54 Nov 2023 #36

Same obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #54

Shadow labour. And they've convinced a lot of younger EllieBC Nov 2023 #26

I refuse to use them. 2naSalit Nov 2023 #31

I don't for a minute believe they are rethinking because of public backlash, they Bev54 Nov 2023 #32

I like the self-checkout at Costco. Oopsie Daisy Nov 2023 #33

They can have my Costco self-checkout from my cold dead hands Sympthsical Nov 2023 #34

The point is - Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #35

100% all of this! And, none of us will ever match an Aldi cashier for speed obamanut2012 Nov 2023 #57

When customers use self-checkout as a way to shoplift FakeNoose Nov 2023 #37

My Lunds & Byerlys started limiting self checkout to 15 items or less - reason: shoplifting progree Nov 2023 #71

Another thing to watch, is someone scanning something, then leaving. yagotme Nov 2023 #75

My Kroger store just solved the limited staging area problem by putting in self checkouts with long marybourg Nov 2023 #82

If you do hi volume buys in a grocery store, I think it's far more efficient than self-takeout, OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2023 #40

If I am spending my hard-earned money at a store totodeinhere Nov 2023 #41

I csn see their place for people in a hurry with one or two items Warpy Nov 2023 #43

I hate them. I was forced to use it at a Lowes a few weeks ago. SeattleVet Nov 2023 #44

Why should I use it? Jilly_in_VA Nov 2023 #47

There must be some customers who decide... AdamGG Nov 2023 #48

Good ellie Nov 2023 #50

There was only one time I felt forced to use a self-checkout slightlv Nov 2023 #52

abandoned carts send a message JoseBalow Nov 2023 #55

I LOATHE self checkouts. ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2023 #56

I inevitably have vegetables that need to be weighed -- so I'm supposed to memorize fierywoman Nov 2023 #58

And the constant whining dwayneb Nov 2023 #77

...and waiting for the person to come and check your driver's license because fierywoman Nov 2023 #84

Costco works fine SCantiGOP Nov 2023 #59

And yet, the walmart by me just finished a remodel last week, niyad Nov 2023 #60

At my store, customer service is a premium offering. no_hypocrisy Nov 2023 #61

I like self- checkout. What I don't like is paying for employees to fill online orders. twodogsbarking Nov 2023 #62

I know right! radicalleft Nov 2023 #86

Customers get hind tit. twodogsbarking Nov 2023 #93

We do pickup orders from Kroger for all of our large shopping trips once a week or so... madinmaryland Nov 2023 #63

1: i will not self check . i feel like i am taiking somones job. 2: pay me the prevailing walmart wage to self AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #64

Many Walmarts force everyone to use self-checkouts, whether you have 5 or 50 items dalton99a Nov 2023 #66

I refuse to use them,walk out if there is no human alternative, and tell them why. Liberty Belle Nov 2023 #67

They are also wide open to check fraud. moniss Nov 2023 #68

I will grocery shop at Walmart tomorrow morning and I always use the self check-out. elocs Nov 2023 #69

1: i feel that i am stealling someones job.2: pay me the prevailing walmart wage to self check oit. AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #70

I think they're great for a few items. Owl Nov 2023 #74

My Kroger store is bucking the trend. They just put in 4 new marybourg Nov 2023 #76

Glad to see I'm not the only one who suffers that anxiety. Xavier Breath Nov 2023 #78

The same person who trains customer service people to speak slowly and enunciate clearly as they talk marybourg Nov 2023 #83

I was forced to use a self checkout at Lowes rickford66 Nov 2023 #79

They seem really popular to me The Revolution Nov 2023 #87

Twenty minutes in line? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 #89

I'm impatient and introverted I love self checkout MistakenLamb Nov 2023 #90

W/o reading full text of replies now - maybe make 25% - 30% (depending on staff size) self checking?... electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #96