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[–] lime@feddit.nu 52 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

if i've learned anything from this thread it's that y'all have awful self-checkouts.

[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 25 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I never understand the press they get. As someone that doesn't want to have a chat with a stranger about everything I buy, self-checkouts are amazing. I don't consider it extra work. OP should look at the history of supermarkets. We didn't use to pick items off the shelves either.

[–] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Same with pumping gas. Self serve is the norm in so many places.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip -4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I pass the time ignoring the dangerous substance I'm handling untrained by thinking about how we stopped employing a specialists so that someone's quarterly profits could go up a bit more.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You don't need a tucking specialist to pump gas lmao

[–] Evkob@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

tucking specialist

Is this a type of drag queen? I agree you probably wouldn't need one to pump gas.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

Tucking the nozzle into my carussy

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

I don't hate self checkouts, I hate the people who use self-checkouts. The mom with a cart filled with food to feed 4 people for a week, holding a baby in one hand and trying to scan and bag with the other. The guy apparently shopping for his whole apartment complex, scanning 4 items, paying for them, then scanning 6 different items, slowly working his way through an overloaded cart. The Gen-Z narrating each item into their phone for some reason, also struggling to bag items single-handed.

One of them isn't bad, but two of them will strangle the entire kiosk farm, and make it seem like everyone is a self-absorbed idiot. Never go grocery shopping on a weekend morning.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 6 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I thought that was a basic design principal since it's so widespread.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 18 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

here they don't talk, don't weigh, don't time out, and can be cleared remotely when you buy age-restricted stuff and don't look like a twink. my only gripe is that some of them won't allow you to delete duplicate scans without help.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Thats great for you, and your area.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 19 hours ago
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

The duplicate scan is the only hassle I ever get.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That sucks for you and your area

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

They were awful at first, especially the ones with scales that insisted items weigh a certain amount and be placed a certain way. I'm not aware of any around here that do all that crap, and this is a relatively poor little town.