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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on May 16, 2008, 01:11:06 PM

Title: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 16, 2008, 01:11:06 PM
Some guy was flipping out about having to check himself out at the store this morning. lol old people
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Rman on May 16, 2008, 01:12:15 PM
Yey. Why not.  LOL.  Old People indeed.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: FatalT on May 16, 2008, 01:13:05 PM
Yay. It's especially handy when you're purchasing something embarrassing.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Mupepe on May 16, 2008, 01:13:44 PM
I should pay less for my items if I'm in self checkout
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Phoenix Dark on May 16, 2008, 01:21:54 PM
the main reason i stopped doing self checkout is OLD PEOPLE. everytime i did it some old person would ask me to help them, and offer to pay me the change. and then when you help them and say "no thanks, you don't have to pay me. i'm just helping out" they're all like "but i didn't really need help like that, i needed services and you should be paid for services to me. i can take care of myself you know!" i just chuckle and walk away
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Vizzys on May 16, 2008, 01:24:40 PM
mostly nay for a few reasons
1. most people have no idea what the fuck they are doing when using them, causing lines
2. in my experience something always goes wrong with the machine and the designated person watching over them has to fix something

I should pay less for my items if I'm in self checkout
there is a grocery store here where you bag your own stuff, the prices are really low because of it
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on May 16, 2008, 01:36:48 PM
Nay

The automated voice for most of those self checkouts are so loud that I become very self conscious when using them.  When the other side of the checkout lanes can hear the automated voice, it is time to turn the volume the fuck down.  Instead, they might have made them louder instead.

Having worked in retail for a while, most checkers don't give a flying fuck about what you buy or don't.  They hate the job and by association, you, so much that they don't care if you're buying a douche, Trojan Minis, or Immodium AD.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Mupepe on May 16, 2008, 01:40:54 PM
:rofl Trojan Minis :rofl
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: NME on May 16, 2008, 02:22:55 PM
Yay. It's especially handy when you're purchasing something embarrassing.

Watch out for sneaky baggers.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 16, 2008, 02:42:25 PM
I like self-checkout, but I only use it if I'm buying 10-15 things.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Eric P on May 16, 2008, 02:50:31 PM
I like self-checkout, but I only use it if I'm buying 10-15 things.

same

Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Smooth Groove on May 16, 2008, 02:55:12 PM
Self-checkout and gay marriages?  WTF is happening to good, ol' America?

Do I have to move to the South or Midwest to live the American way of life?
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: demi on May 16, 2008, 02:56:48 PM
NAY, I'm old fashioned
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: MrAngryFace on May 16, 2008, 03:18:56 PM
I like self-checkout, but I only use it if I'm buying 10-15 things.

Thats the only time youre supposed to use it. They still generally direct people with carts of stuff to the normal check out lanes.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 16, 2008, 03:19:52 PM
I like self-checkout, but I only use it if I'm buying 10-15 things.

Thats the only time youre supposed to use it. They still generally direct people with carts of stuff to the normal check out lanes.

I've seen a couple places that have no-limit self-checkout stations.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: TVC15 on May 16, 2008, 03:21:44 PM
I like self-checkout, but I only use it if I'm buying 10-15 things.

Same.  People here generally don't seem to have a problem with it, either.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Van Cruncheon on May 16, 2008, 03:23:58 PM
it really irritates me when folks with carts packed with shit go through self-checkout, because they are roughly 1/4 as fast as the slowest-ass checker, and the POINT of self-checkout is to get us impatient folks with a few items through asap. fucking anti-social soccer moms what don't wanna talk to a checker!
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: demi on May 16, 2008, 03:24:06 PM
It's those self-checkout lanes which are making hard-working men and women lose their jobs!!!!! Unemployment is through the roof!!!!
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: FatalT on May 16, 2008, 03:29:09 PM
Self-checkout and gay marriages?  WTF is happening to good, ol' America?

Do I have to move to the South or Midwest to live the American way of life?

Move to South Carolina and I'll take you to a rally. It'll be a good ole' time with the boys.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on May 16, 2008, 03:46:20 PM
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Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: xnikki118x on May 16, 2008, 03:58:06 PM
I love self-checkout lanes. I hate when there's a moron in front of me who can't work them, though. IF YOU CAN'T DO IT GTFO.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 16, 2008, 04:10:34 PM
Yes, for less than 15 items

And for the 809741983492837342th time, stop ragging old people

allow me to blow your mind:

YOU WILL ALL BE OLD SOME DAY
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: demi on May 16, 2008, 04:11:28 PM
^ yes but i'm not yet, so haw haw

or did you forget, old man
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Mr. Gundam on May 16, 2008, 04:15:05 PM
I like self-checkout, but I only use it if I'm buying 10-15 things.

Same.  People here generally don't seem to have a problem with it, either.

I always see clueless people at the self-check station. I know it's awful of me, but it drives me nuts.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Eel O'Brian on May 16, 2008, 05:11:43 PM
I don't get why they still have baggers at some self-checkouts

doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of, you know, "self?"
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on May 16, 2008, 05:20:18 PM
.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: brawndolicious on May 16, 2008, 05:51:29 PM
I like it but I can see why some people would get pissed that the store isn't doing their own job.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: AdmiralViscen on May 17, 2008, 02:59:58 AM
the main reason i stopped doing self checkout is OLD PEOPLE. everytime i did it some old person would ask me to help them, and offer to pay me the change. and then when you help them and say "no thanks, you don't have to pay me. i'm just helping out" they're all like "but i didn't really need help like that, i needed services and you should be paid for services to me. i can take care of myself you know!" i just chuckle and walk away

This has never actually happened.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Cormacaroni on May 17, 2008, 03:21:37 AM
Yes, for less than 15 items

And for the 809741983492837342th time, stop ragging old people

allow me to blow your mind:

YOU WILL ALL BE OLD SOME DAY

I think I'm so old and cynical that your cynicism looks like optimism to me. I seriously doubt all of EB will reach old age...
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Raban on May 17, 2008, 05:49:54 AM
Yes, for less than 15 items

And for the 809741983492837342th time, stop ragging old people

allow me to blow your mind:

YOU WILL ALL BE OLD SOME DAY

I think I'm so old and cynical that your cynicism looks like optimism to me. I seriously doubt all of EB will reach old age...

Health standards aren't that bad.
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: CrystalGemini on May 17, 2008, 06:12:54 AM
I love self-checkout lanes. I hate when there's a moron in front of me who can't work them, though. IF YOU CAN'T DO IT GTFO.

Yeah, really...  There was an old guy ahead of me in self checkout a couple months ago and he was just staring at the screen for a while so I stepped up to see if he needed any help and he just snapped at me!  I mean WTF?!
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: Mupepe on May 17, 2008, 06:16:37 AM
I love self-checkout lanes. I hate when there's a moron in front of me who can't work them, though. IF YOU CAN'T DO IT GTFO.

Yeah, really...  There was an old guy ahead of me in self checkout a couple months ago and he was just staring at the screen for a while so I stepped up to see if he needed any help and he just snapped at me!  I mean WTF?!
HE'S NOT STUPID!  HE KNOWS HOW TO WORK IT!  geez
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: pilonv1 on May 17, 2008, 07:09:41 AM
Self checkout would be fine if I didn't have to wait for the pimply faced teen working there to check my visa signature. ends up slower than getting them to run it through anyway
Title: Re: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY
Post by: BlueTsunami on May 17, 2008, 07:14:01 AM
I love self-checkout lanes. I hate when there's a moron in front of me who can't work them, though. IF YOU CAN'T DO IT GTFO.

Yeah, really...  There was an old guy ahead of me in self checkout a couple months ago and he was just staring at the screen for a while so I stepped up to see if he needed any help and he just snapped at me!  I mean WTF?!

He was in the WAR. He flew a plan over GERMANY and killed NAZIS. How dare you try to help him out? The pretty lady with the numbered buttons on her face just didn't notice him.