I won't help the company save what they should give to their staff. Fuck self-checkouts.

On one hand, that's handy.

On the other hand, that's so much ewaste...

Genx here

Ok boomer

Some of us prefer non-human interaction

I'm with him, though, every few months the anti-self-checkout crowd is all up in arms

I somehow don't remember the anti-ATM machine crowd angry about putting tellers out of work or the anti-microwave crowd putting restaurant workers out of work, or the anti-car crowd upset about putting trolley drivers out of work

oh nooooo, how dare they offer you a convenient option that saves time

It's a normal gate like those you have at entrances to stores.

I am sure they open automatically when the fire alarm rings. You can of course just go out through the normal cashier's line.

If this country obsesses over one thing excessively, then it's fire safety, so I have no concerns about that here.

Hearing about small talk an the checkout never ceases to be bizzare to me. In all the countries I've been to, the cashiers only say the sum to pay and then goodbye.

Are cashiers in the United States of America really required to initiate meaningless conversations? I've also heard of the occupation of a door greater, which sounds even crazier.

fun fact: you can get a discount at a self-checkout! grocery stores hate this one trick!

The self checkout person always thinks I'm cute and gives me good deals

All of the top comments are from people who prefer tellers over self checkout.

I mean, I don't much care about the chitchat, but self-checkout is almost always faster. I only avoid it when I have alcohol or pharmacy items.

UNEXPECTED ITEM IN BAGGING AREA. Sorry, Jandro, I'm not here to get yelled at by a clanker.

Do you prefer any human interaction?

/s kinda

Cashiers are fast. I don't want to search for the catalog number for all my produce. The cashiers have it memorized

This thread has made me feel so incredibly millennial.

Most produce has a sticker with the code on it and most stores have now made it to where you can just scan the little sticker barcode anyways.

I have add. Proper diagnosis from a doctor and everything.

I've had to learn how to curb impatience. It is not a permanent affliction, it is a bad habit. Patience is a virtue that can be nurtured.

We were talking about this the other day. Is it faster, or does it appear faster since they have removed so many cashiers? Like 20 lanes and 1 cashier, with 4 self checkouts.

I've heard self checkout is terrible in the US, however in Europe they're generally pretty nice

I went to the US for a few days. Their self checkouts seem to be universally awful, compared to the UK or German equivalent.

While the hardware is far less reliable, and more convoluted, it's the users that seem the main issue. Self checkout is generally intended (over here) to shift the fast, small shops out of the main queues. 1 big line and a dozen or more tills. In the states they treat it as just another till. Built for trollies, and 1 queue per till. Combined with a slow user and it becomes hell rapidly.