Late Night Poll.

Ciaram22

The grocery store I work at is adding self-checkout lanes.How do you feel about ringing up your own groceries?

shannonalise

If it results in lower priced goods, I'm down. But don't charge me an arm and a leg to be able to pay for these machines that allow you to keep more profit to avoid paying employees.

sapphirebaby926

If I only have 1 or 2 things and the other registers all have people at them I'll use it but overall I'd rather have a cashier do it. Personally I hate those things because I either get stuck behind the idiot who doesn't know how to use it or I get some stupid weight issue and it locks up until a cashier comes to fix it.

Ciaram22

I personally hate it. But then again I am a cashier for my normal job so why would I want to do that when I am not at work. However I will use them at our local Wal-Mart because the cashiers there are complete idiots, who can't seem to check faster than one customer every 10 minutes.

saschaduran

I think it is really fun.  I love bagging things, and hearing the beep.

shannonalise

PLEASE PLACE YOUR ITEMS IN THE BAG! PLEASE PLACE YOUR ITEMS IN THE BAG! REQUESTING ASSISTANCE. PLEASE WAIT.

MissSarah786

It's fine to have self-check out. What is not okay is having a line of 10+ customers, 4 self-checkout lanes (which some people can't seem to operate), and only 1 cashier. That pisses me off. Self checkout should not be for a cart full of stuff, (or for Home Depot, Lowe's, or Costco) it should be for 15 items or less. I say this for my sake and the sake of the store. It's way to easy to steal from the store with a cart full of stuff. My sister does it often.

futuremrsdawes

I hope you don't have to work them - I worked at a grocery store for way too long, and when we got the self checkouts its like the idiot gates opened up. No matter how many times you explain to some people how to use them they will never understand it and they will be the people that constantly use them. Not to mention the people that let their kids use the area that the bags sit on (and on most is a scale) as a bench/jungle gym.

Ciaram22

Thats the problem, I'm most likely the one that will end up running them. I'm not looking forward to that at all.

thesuninherhead

I feel that putting employees out of work right now is probably not in the interests of the current economy. (although, I should add, we've had these here for awhile, and every now and then I do use them. mostly to let the check-out-girl-in-a-former-life within out).

[Deleted User]

I love it for several reasons:1. it's quicker2. I've always had this thing about the checkout person judging me for what I buy. This avoids that. 3. I love making the beeping sound.

sarah0725

I use them all the time. I bring reusable bags to the grocery store, and there is a very specific way to pack them to make "happy" grocery bags that stay put when you put them places. Generally when I try to use these grocery bags with a cashier, they act really pissed off and like they have never seen them before (despite the fact that I bought them at the same store where I generally use them) and then put canned goods on top of my bread. So self-checkout it is.My Pathmark has pretty cool self-checkout lanes that have their own belt, so you can scan everything and then bag it all when you're done. I prefer to use those, but if I'm at a grocery store that doesn't have them, I have no problems with using the regular kind, because the stores aren't providing for my needs otherwise.

danieliza1127

I use the self checkout lanes if I'm just getting a few things but if I'm doing my major grocery shopping with a cart full of stuff, I always use the regular checkout lanes.

cdeshane

Most of our local grocery stores have at least 4 of them. Then they still have a bunch of cashiers. Honestly there are always people in the self checkout. I don't need them to bag my groceries for me.

cdeshane

If you are the one working them, then you have a job still. I like being able to gently put my stuff in bags as opposed to some pissed off cashier throwing my stuff in bags.

vallyhoo

My grocery store does not have them. But Lowes does, and Kmart did for a while before they tore it down and built the Lowes in its place. I don't think I'd use them for groceries because we buy in bulk, and that would be a lot of work. Plus my friend is a cashier at Publix and I always go through her line

A-D

I bring reusable bags to the grocery store, and there is a very specific way to pack them to make "happy" grocery bags that stay put when you put them places. Generally when I try to use these grocery bags with a cashier, they act really pissed off and like they have never seen them before Our area has gone to all reusable bags. If you show up to the grocery store and you have no bags, they charge you 5 cents for each plastic bag. I think this is genious. I love my reusable bags/bins - if they get icky, you wash them, and they're awesome as totes for all kinds of crap.