What 'grinds your gears'?

Oh yeah ever since bags were removed from self checkouts, I always get one "checking item weight".

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

You CAN but the point is you're taking in a week's shop to what's supposed to be a quick checkout

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Do they actually specify that it's for small shops? I know they used to but I'm not so sure anymore, I think I'm going to have to look the next time I go shopping.

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Originally Posted by Empired

Self checkouts are not convenient wtf, actually they 'grind my gears' or whatever because those so-called intelligent machines are so bloody STUPID
makes me think of this

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what's wrong with them

The only time I've ever had an issue is when you put your own bags on at the start usually I have to get a staff member to say yes they're bags (even when it's the shops own bags??), other than that I never have a problem with them

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Originally Posted by dbgtz

Oh yeah ever since bags were removed from self checkouts, I always get one "checking item weight".



Do they actually specify that it's for small shops? I know they used to but I'm not so sure anymore, I think I'm going to have to look the next time I go shopping.

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you'll get them back

we had that for like the first year of the 5p bag charge, then they eventually put the cheap bags back on the stands and have the 6p/10p bags at the end sitting on a barrier and some staff carrying them

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Originally Posted by scottish

what's wrong with them

The only time I've ever had an issue is when you put your own bags on at the start usually I have to get a staff member to say yes they're bags (even when it's the shops own bags??), other than that I never have a problem with them

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I always get "unexpected item in the bagging area" or "please place your item in the bagging area" even though I'd doing everything right so the employee who's supervising the self service checkouts has to come over so I have to talk to someone anyway :/

Self checkouts are only good if u have a couple of items and normal checkout is busy. Using a trolley with self checkouts only causes confusion and severe congestion in both self checkout and checkout lines.

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Originally Posted by Empired

I always get "unexpected item in the bagging area" or "please place your item in the bagging area" even though I'd doing everything right so the employee who's supervising the self service checkouts has to come over so I have to talk to someone anyway :/

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oh I never get that

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Self checkouts are only good if u have a couple of items and normal checkout is busy. Using a trolley with self checkouts only causes confusion and severe congestion in both self checkout and checkout lines.

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they're good for loads of items too, you can fit loads on the weight bit

how does it confuse anyone

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Originally Posted by scottish

you'll get them back

we had that for like the first year of the 5p bag charge, then they eventually put the cheap bags back on the stands and have the 6p/10p bags at the end sitting on a barrier and some staff carrying them

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I don't want them back I just want them to fix the bloody scales.

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Originally Posted by scottish

oh I never get that

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they're good for loads of items too, you can fit loads on the weight bit

how does it confuse anyone

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People would be like k normal checkout is busy what about this quick self checkout... oh thats busy too WAIT THIS ONE IS THE QUICK ONE BUT A GUY HAS GOT SHITLOADS OF ITEMS then they just get stuck in this loop walking to the self checkout line then to the checkout line and back etc

They would have to open a self self checkout but what happens when people come along with their trolley and busy that one up too? Do people start shoplifting to avoid the mess started when scott decided to take his trolley to the self checkout?

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Originally Posted by Stephen

People would be like k normal checkout is busy what about this quick self checkout... oh thats busy too WAIT THIS ONE IS THE QUICK ONE BUT A GUY HAS GOT SHITLOADS OF ITEMS then they just get stuck in this loop walking to the self checkout line then to the checkout line and back etc

They would have to open a self self checkout but what happens when people come along with their trolley and busy that one up too? Do people start shoplifting to avoid the mess started when scott decided to take his trolley to the self checkout?

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i've never noticed people in tesco or asda in a state of confusion between self service and staffed checkpoints and wandering back and forward between them

The self service is never that busy anyway, you have what 10 self service points, then another 4-6 self service points with a conveyor belt, then like 8-10 staffed points.

There's no lack of places to go ;l

people who can't motorway drive and/or hog the middle lane