Author Topic: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY (Read 2993 times)

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

Rman · « **Reply #1 on:** May 16, 2008, 01:12:15 PM »

Yey. Why not. LOL. Old People indeed.

FatalT · « **Reply #2 on:** May 16, 2008, 01:13:05 PM »

Yay. It's especially handy when you're purchasing something embarrassing.

Mupepe · « **Reply #3 on:** May 16, 2008, 01:13:44 PM »

I should pay less for my items if I'm in self checkout

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #4 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

Vizzys · « **Reply #5 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

Quote from: Mupepe on May 16, 2008, 01:13:44 PM

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

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #6 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.

Mupepe · « **Reply #7 on:** May 16, 2008, 01:40:54 PM »

Trojan Minis

NME · « **Reply #8 on:** May 16, 2008, 02:22:55 PM »

Quote from: FatalT on May 16, 2008, 01:13:05 PM

Yay. It's especially handy when you're purchasing something embarrassing.

Watch out for sneaky baggers.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2008, 02:42:25 PM »

I like self-checkout, but I only use it if I'm buying 10-15 things.

Eric P · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2008, 02:50:31 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on May 16, 2008, 02:42:25 PM

I like self-checkout, but I only use it if I'm buying 10-15 things.

same

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #11 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?

demi · « **Reply #12 on:** May 16, 2008, 02:56:48 PM »

NAY, I'm old fashioned

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #13 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:18:56 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on May 16, 2008, 02:42:25 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.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #14 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:19:52 PM »

Quote from: Buy Slayers on May 16, 2008, 03:18:56 PM

Quote from: distantmantra on May 16, 2008, 02:42:25 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.

TVC15 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:21:44 PM »

Quote from: distantmantra on May 16, 2008, 02:42:25 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.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #16 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!

demi · « **Reply #17 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!!!!

FatalT · « **Reply #18 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:29:09 PM »

Quote from: 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?

Move to South Carolina and I'll take you to a rally. It'll be a good ole' time with the boys.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #19 on:** May 16, 2008, 03:46:20 PM »

xnikki118x · « **Reply #20 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.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #21 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

demi · « **Reply #22 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:11:28 PM »

^ yes but i'm not yet, so haw haw

or did you forget, old man

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #23 on:** May 16, 2008, 04:15:05 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on May 16, 2008, 03:21:44 PM

Quote from: distantmantra on May 16, 2008, 02:42:25 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.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #24 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?"

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #25 on:** May 16, 2008, 05:20:18 PM »

brawndolicious · « **Reply #26 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.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #27 on:** May 17, 2008, 02:59:58 AM »

Quote from: Amber Lambchops 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

This has never actually happened.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #28 on:** May 17, 2008, 03:21:37 AM »

Quote from: 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

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...

Raban · « **Reply #29 on:** May 17, 2008, 05:49:54 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on May 17, 2008, 03:21:37 AM

Quote from: 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

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.

CrystalGemini · « **Reply #30 on:** May 17, 2008, 06:12:54 AM »

Quote from: 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.

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?!

Mupepe · « **Reply #31 on:** May 17, 2008, 06:16:37 AM »

Quote from: CrystalGemini on May 17, 2008, 06:12:54 AM

Quote from: 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.

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

pilonv1 · « **Reply #32 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

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #33 on:** May 17, 2008, 07:14:01 AM »

Quote from: CrystalGemini on May 17, 2008, 06:12:54 AM

Quote from: 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.

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.

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Author Topic: Self-Checkout: Yey or NAY (Read 2993 times)