Self check out lanes?

[Aristotelian]

As 90% of my supermarket purchases are cigarettes, this is important.

As it is now, they keep the cigarettes behind only one or two cash-registers, never the "12 items or less" counter, and so one's compelled to stand in line a long time, twiddling the thumbs, because by coincidence, the cashiers who have the cigarettes behind them are exactly, precisely, those same cashiers mobbed by people with overflowing grocery carts.

Over here there's a separate kiosk which sells tobacco - even if one has other stuff to buy one has to go there to get cigarettes &c. (all tobacco is cashier service, never on open shelves). I would complain about the nanny-statery of it, but as I've never smoked I've never worked up a sense of injustice.

By contrast, alcohol (including spirits) has a large open-shelf space - plus loads dotted around on the shelves for special offers.

Buying alcohol from self-service checkouts is a nuisance though, they still have to have a person confirm that one is over 18.

[jukin]

The real reason that DUmmys hate self check out lines?

They are the 5% of the population that cannot work them which points out how super smart they are.

[GOBUCKS]

The real reason that DUmmys hate self check out lines?

They are the 5% of the population that cannot work them which points out how super smart they are.

DUmmies loved the transition from VHS to DVD. DVD players don't have that annoying "12:00" blinking all the time.

[thundley4]

DUmmies loved the transition from VHS to DVD. DVD players don't have that annoying "12:00" blinking all the time.

DUmmies fell for buying the DVD rewinder , though.

[zeitgeist]

DUmmies fell for buying the DVD rewinder , though.

As soon as I get the summer air changed I am goin lookin for one of those bad boys.

EATA Darn, Thundley, I was laughing so hard I forgot why I loggend on this thread in the first place.   

I use the do it your self lane for the milk and other quick in and out stuff.  Nothing worse than getting stuck in the twelve items or less line while the folk in font of you get eleven items then want smokes. 

I keep always keep a couple crisp yuppie food stamps at the ready so I can run in, scan, feed and leave.  And the attendant-less gas pump was a shear stroke of genius.  I can't remember the last time I DIDN'T use one, ( well accept for diesel in the motorhome )

[LC EFA]

DUmmies loved the transition from VHS to DVD. DVD players don't have that annoying "12:00" blinking all the time.

When I ran the service centre at  the local franchise of %large_electrical_retailer% , the term "12:00 Flasher" was bandied about fairly frequently in the workshop.

[Charles Henrickson]

The DUmmies are glad when grocery stores get rid of self-checkout lanes, because it's at the regular lanes, while standing in line, that they have all these bouncy conversations with ignorant rethugs.

[franksolich]

The DUmmies are glad when grocery stores get rid of self-checkout lanes, because it's at the regular lanes, while standing in line, that they have all these bouncy conversations with ignorant rethugs.

Good point; I hadn't thought of that.

[seahorse513]

The grocery store seems to hire young kids to work the registers, not democrats who think that being a Wal-Mart cashier is a long-term career choice.

it's a job!!!I would rather be a cashier than be a smooch living off of welfare, thank-you very much!!

[thundley4]

it's a job!!!I would rather be a cashier than be a smooch living off of welfare, thank-you very much!!

I have  no problem with that.  I've been going to the same stores for many years and have seen the same cashiers and sales people working there for years.

[JakeStyle]

Self checkout is the best invention since debit cards.

Agreed, I can check myself out in a heartbeat, and I didn't really need to build a relationship with the checkout chick or the  bagger in the first place.  I just want to buy my shit and get the hell out.  The downside is that the only market with self check-out in my area is the Ralphs that nadin and her imaginary retired submarine captain frequent.

[jtyangel]

it's a job!!!I would rather be a cashier than be a smooch living off of welfare, thank-you very much!!

Agreed. I think crap like that is uncalled for. Work is work is work. People shouldn't be shamed for an honest day's work with a legitimate employer.

[AprilRazz]

I love the self check out lanes at the commissary. The boy and I manage to get out of there faster than going through the regular lanes. I can also sort my groceries while we are checking out so it is faster to put away when we get home.
As a former grocery store cashier ( in MD so I was also forced to join a union at 17) I know how to scan quickly and I know that things are bagged right. I have lost count on how many times I have found food items bagged with cleaners and the like after going through a regular check out.

[seahorse513]

As a former grocery store cashier ( in MD so I was also forced to join a union at 17) I know how to scan quickly and I know that things are bagged right.

Was the grocery store called "Martins" red shirts and black pants?? I worked in one of those when I lived in Hagerstown, MD
 I hear ya, though i think it is common sense to bag food and household chemicals separately even though they have been jumbled together in the carriage for a half hour or so

[AprilRazz]

Was the grocery store called "Martins" red shirts and black pants?? I worked in one of those when I lived in Hagerstown, MD
 I hear ya, though i think it is common sense to bag food and household chemicals separately even though they have been jumbled together in the carriage for a half hour or so

Maguder's in Montgomery county. Tiny little stores with great produce departments.