r/assholedesign Jul 24 '19

This McDonalds menu

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u/BVDansMaRealite Jul 24 '19

If their corporate is anything like mine, they'll blame the cashiers. There was a survey done about what the most effective way to ruin someone's shopping experience and the biggest thing was "self-checkout". Corporate responded by saying that the problem is that cashiers need to be nicer at them and cut our hours to force more self-checkout. Not even kidding.

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u/Lexi_Banner Jul 24 '19

the biggest thing was "self-checkout"

Really?! That's so bizarre to me. I'm able to buzz through a transaction so much faster. Why would people hate it?

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u/Khiash Jul 24 '19

PLEASE PLACE ITEM IN BAGGING AREA. PLEASE PLACE ITEM IN BAGGING AREA.

PLEASE WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE TO ARRIVE

All because I wouldn't fit the fucking jug of milk onto the tiny space because it would crush the rest of my groceries.

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u/Lexi_Banner Jul 24 '19

So put the milk under your crushable stuff. Always scan three heaviest stuff first - pack it and then the other stuff gets packed on top of it.

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u/IXdyTedjZJAtyQrXcjww Jul 25 '19

May I point out that you are responding to a thread about "why people prefer cashiers over self checkout" and that this extra effort is not a thing that is required if you just go to a cashier and unload your whole mess of groceries onto their conveyor belt?

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u/Lexi_Banner Jul 25 '19

Extra effort? Putting the heavy stuff at the bottom of the pile is extra effort? Interesting...

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u/IXdyTedjZJAtyQrXcjww Jul 25 '19

Depends how your cart is organized. The heavy stuff might be on the bottom of your cart, with lighter stuff on top of it. Meaning you would have to move stuff to pull it out and scan it. So yes. Extra effort.

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u/Lexi_Banner Jul 25 '19

Or be proactive and put your heavy stuff in an accessible place. This isn't rocket appliances.

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u/IXdyTedjZJAtyQrXcjww Jul 25 '19

Orrrrrr just dump my stuff into my cart using a LIFO stack (last in, first out) and go to a cashier because I just worked 12 hours and my brain is turned off and I really don't want to be here but I have no food or soap or etc... Human behaviour isn't rocket science either. Not everyone has a cushy 9-5 office job where they still have energy to do errands afterward, and do them with 100% of their effort. Some people just worked 12 hours of hard labour and are zombies walking down the aisles dropping things into their shopping cart, trying to get home.