Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Originally Posted By: DutchBrad
I *Hate* these things. If I am going to do all the work, I want a discount.
^^This!! Self checkout at a grocery store imo would be the same as going to a restaurant and cooking your own food.
Only way I'll ever use self checkout is if I get a discount on my grocery bill.
this is my theory as well.
somewhat related are buffets, ie cicis and some Asian buffets
I get up, get my food, refill my drink, yet when you pay the receipt always has a spot for "tip"
I'm serving myself both food and drink, you seated me and a busboy took my plates, if anyone deserves the tip, it's the busboy and not the "waitress/waiter"
normally I'll slip the busboy cash, waitress gets nothing.
to avoid lines in WalMart checkout, I'm that guy going out through the garden section which normally doesn't have a line, or the lube express area with a buggy of dinner, oil, beer, and misc other stuff.
I always go in through the garden section or TLE as well. Usually parking is easier and there's not some obnoxious solicitor asking for $$ donations at the door unlike the normal 2 main entrances.
as a kid I washed cars and did bake sales to raise money for my sports team/boy scout/cub scout/church/school club. People these days just don't bother and ask for money. Needless to say, no id never let someone wash my car with dawn, but id probably be more prone to donating to a kid who asks to wash my car for his sports fundraiser, over a kid who just has a bucket asking for money. Which brings up another off topic situation of "what are we teaching our kids just asking for money and not working for it by baking/car washing?"
I've even seen broke down DAV/VFW/LEGION vets washing cars for donations!
don't get me started on salvation army bellringers.
regardless, those automatic machines are a hassle to begin with. Especially if say you have a nonbarcoded item (ie produce) and have to search for it in the "database"
lately I've seen these automated registers in various sizes, one for standing people and one for people on the "WalMart scooters"
those things are for handicapped people that can't stand/walk for long periods, but you know some lazy fat so and so that uses them probably complained about having to stand at the register.
Originally Posted By: DutchBrad
I *Hate* these things. If I am going to do all the work, I want a discount.
^^This!! Self checkout at a grocery store imo would be the same as going to a restaurant and cooking your own food.
Only way I'll ever use self checkout is if I get a discount on my grocery bill.
this is my theory as well.
somewhat related are buffets, ie cicis and some Asian buffets
I get up, get my food, refill my drink, yet when you pay the receipt always has a spot for "tip"
I'm serving myself both food and drink, you seated me and a busboy took my plates, if anyone deserves the tip, it's the busboy and not the "waitress/waiter"
normally I'll slip the busboy cash, waitress gets nothing.
to avoid lines in WalMart checkout, I'm that guy going out through the garden section which normally doesn't have a line, or the lube express area with a buggy of dinner, oil, beer, and misc other stuff.
I always go in through the garden section or TLE as well. Usually parking is easier and there's not some obnoxious solicitor asking for $$ donations at the door unlike the normal 2 main entrances.
as a kid I washed cars and did bake sales to raise money for my sports team/boy scout/cub scout/church/school club. People these days just don't bother and ask for money. Needless to say, no id never let someone wash my car with dawn, but id probably be more prone to donating to a kid who asks to wash my car for his sports fundraiser, over a kid who just has a bucket asking for money. Which brings up another off topic situation of "what are we teaching our kids just asking for money and not working for it by baking/car washing?"
I've even seen broke down DAV/VFW/LEGION vets washing cars for donations!
don't get me started on salvation army bellringers.
regardless, those automatic machines are a hassle to begin with. Especially if say you have a nonbarcoded item (ie produce) and have to search for it in the "database"
lately I've seen these automated registers in various sizes, one for standing people and one for people on the "WalMart scooters"
those things are for handicapped people that can't stand/walk for long periods, but you know some lazy fat so and so that uses them probably complained about having to stand at the register.