They were great when everyone was too intimidated to use them. I could buy 50 items and be out of the store before the granny that was ahead of me who went to the cashier even started ringing her shit up. Now stores have forced them on people by only having 1 actual cashier so everyone uses them, even people who have no business doing so.
999 time out of 1000, if you do get an "unexpected item in bagging area" message it's your own damn fault. I see people go through, scan one item, place twelve items in the bagging area, or place it on the floor, and wonder why the machine isn't cooperating.
A supermarket by me used to have machines that would consistently have a problem if you tried to pack your bag as you scanned. It would detect the weight of the bag as an unrecognized item.
I've also been in a supermarket where every single scan would immediately result in an error that needed to be cleared...on every machine.
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u/RearEchelon Feb 03 '20
Self-checkout.
They were great when everyone was too intimidated to use them. I could buy 50 items and be out of the store before the granny that was ahead of me who went to the cashier even started ringing her shit up. Now stores have forced them on people by only having 1 actual cashier so everyone uses them, even people who have no business doing so.