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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:49 PM Original message |
Major Grocer Ending Self Check out Lanes.. |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. They do NOTHING to get MY business. I refuse to use them. I demand that they pay some one to check |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. They can be a pain in the ass. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. So true. When I used it, I had to get the front-end manager to get it to work properly. |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. My mom had a bad experience a couple of weeks ago... |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. LOL |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. It's like the old "Price check on Tampax Ultra-Aborbant Tampon 50-pack, please" |
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Sinistrous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. I try to never use them. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Self check-out lanes don't save me any time. |
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Macoy (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-11-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. Great News! |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have never used a self check out lane by myself |
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ellenfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. altruism? makes me wonder if maybe too many customers |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Great minds think alike................ |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. Excellent. I'm not a Luddite. But when they had me do the work. . . |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. I use them all the time or go to the customer service counter- if there is nothing to be weighed |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I don't need interaction in the check out lane. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. I'm with you. I know intellectually that the machine may be |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. I used one today..I would have rather had a person wait on me.. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. CVS just installed them. Hateful. |
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flpab (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. They replace a human, don't use them |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #11 |
37. Do you search flights and buy airline tickets online |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I hadn't been in a CVS in a few months - on the north side of Chicago. |
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likesmountains 52 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
15. The self check out lanes were gone from the Albertsons I shop at today. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
16. NICE. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I guess I am in the minority here, but I like them. |
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Sherman A1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. Yes! |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Like many here I also avoid them as they aren't faster than cashier checkout. |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
21. I refuse to use the self checkout and when encouraged to by store management I state loudly and |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. unrec for too long a line |
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ipaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
27. I don't use them because I don't work for free. |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:16 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. That's how I look at it too... I am not an employee. I spend a lot of money on groceries |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
29. I rarely go to Albertson's since they put in the self checks |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
30. They got rid of them because they were too expensive to maintain |
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Tutankhamun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yeah, their satement about |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
32. Automation kills jobs. nt |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. They are a mile further away... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. I have always refused to use them. |
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AmericaIsGreat (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
35. Who has lengthy conversations with their grocery cashier? |
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laser_red (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
36. I like self checkout |
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Politicalboi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
38. What about choice? |
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