I have 4 items. I go to the self-scan, cause I have only 4 items. Two of the registers are occupied by customers with literal cartloads. One has to be assisted by the worker overseeing the self-scanners, cause they’ve run out of bagging room, and gee, why’d that happen, Pa? Self-scanners were meant for 10 items or less, not so you can have fun playing with a fucking scanner with your hundred dollars worth of items. —Justwannagohomealready
This article appears in Feb 10-16, 2011.
Is there a SIGN that says 10 items or less?
I get just as annoyed as the next person when someone’s using the self check out that either a) doesn’t know how to use them and/or b) has a cartload of crap, but there’s nothing barring them FROM using said check out.
Honestly, though, why WOULDN’T people want to go to actual cashiers? Let THEM bag your stuff for you! 😛 (they can usually get it through faster anyway — the self check outs even slow down actual cashiers so can you imagine how SLOW it makes it for people without said experience?).
Yeah those self-check outs definitely need some fine tuning… I used to be a cashier and those things are terrible! They’re painfully slow and are so effing annoying with bagging…if you don’t put an item in the tiny ‘bagging area’ it freaks out!
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and could it have an option of
“Press here if you’ve done this before”…
so we all don’t need to hear the instructions every single time?
Please place the item in the bag… beep… please place the item in the bag… beep… please place…. SHUT UP! JUST SHUT UP!
I HOPE YOU ENCOUNTER A SEGMENTATION FAULT, OVERFLOW YOUR BUFFER AND DIE A SLOW HORRIBLE, AND PAINFULLY VIRAL DEATH.
I swear it’s so annoying, it has to be written by Micro$haft.
I always use the self checkouts because they’re quick and simple, and even faster once you get used to how the machine operates (i.e the ones at Sobeys). It sucks when the machines are malfunctioning or offline, or when seniors are attempting to use them and are blown away by the technology, or people have a hoard of crap to scan. The machines with PayPass are the best for small purchases because you don’t have to sign anything. Cashiers are mindless drones and I can’t be bothered to deal with them. No wonder machines are replacing them.
I don’t think I’ve ever been to a grocery store with a self-checkout.
the larger s/s have them 195. i never use them…as far as computers go—>watson said ‘toronto” wtf, tho it is winning^^
I know!?! What’s up with Watson calling Toronto a US city… was that his attempt at humour? weird…
I should say “it’s” attempt…
zZz -wishing death 🙁 just not nice. (jk)
The rise of the machines, has begun.
I like the self check outs if I only have a few items. If you know how to use them right then you won’t hear the annoying beep 🙂 People can have however many items they want, there’s no signs. Good effort on seniors for at least trying 🙂
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Grocery cashier here, please use the self checkout as much as possible. Customers are mindless drones, or just plain idiots.
Pssssssst….ralm…’it’s’ is a contraction of ‘it is’. I know you meant to say ‘its’ not ‘it’s’
The lines at the cashouts are the determining feature for me. Shorter lines at the self-scan? I’m there!
;p gee, thanks chickie! ha ha.
LOL, I just had my bff IT guy spend 20 minutes explaining what segmentation faults and buffer overflows were, zed.
…does that make me a nerd?
resourceful maybe… a nerd, not so much.
and Hugo, you’ll be wishing the robots dead all to soon….
I heard from the grapevine, they’ve started developing their nanomorph mimetic poly-alloy.
be afraid….
OMG has anyone been following this Jeopardy thing where they have the computer answering questions against humans or something and the computer is kicking ass?
I think that’s the short of the long of it — I only read the headline, :|
Blech, anyone else’s hump day going soooooo slowww??? I’m SO not busy at work this week it’s crazy. *sigh*
And these sweethearts 😉
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ain’t technology great. you can hane a hundred dollars worth of stuff, and it only equals 8 or 9 items. and it doesn’t matter a bit what time you go in the store, they are always jammed. why is that? because they only have 2 or 3 cashiers open, and the rest are out back, snoozing or whatever they do there.
yeah, i see your point o.p., and i know just exactly how you feel and know the shitty day that you are having, by just being in any line. down with self scanners, put people to work again.
here kitty: breakdown
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/16/wa…
I don’t know what came over me ralm, I NEVER correct grammer mistakes (well, only my own) but apparently I have no qualms about other people’s punctuation errors. One misplaced apostrophe was all it took. Who knew? :S
That’s otay, you’re easily forgiven. I try not to make too many errors. The your/you’re is one that drives me bonkers.
Pretty Kitty – breadlady and I had heard of Watson, hence the comments earlier in the thread. ha ha. Hope your day goes faster – kill more time by reading the threads through! 😀
I dont use self scanners.
Fucking sobey’s one asks for airmiles about 10 times before you’re done. Acutally twice, but still too many.
I’m very sure the amount of people that aquire a card within a single transaction does not justify asking again at the end.
Yea I don’t know about that OP. I have looked a couple times for the item limit signs but have never seen any in my neighborhoods grocery stores. I agree it isn’t the best method for ‘cartloads’ but what can ya do? Go to the EXPRESS lane.
Alright, anyone who doesn’t get that three- bag, limited bagging area, and zero room for more than three bags. indicates that a self-scanner isn’t meant for huge orders is a brainless idiot. Signs and “principles” nonewithstanding. Seriously. Are people in this city THAT hippie and stupid?
“Cashiers are mindless drones and I can’t be bothered to deal with them.”
That’s the pot calling the kettle queer.
silly me, i will actually wait longer just to use a cashier i like