As each of the WalMarts in our city expanded to Super Centres with full grocery departments they simultaneously went to having 13 self-check stands and only 3 regular registers; no express lanes at all. Self-check is a real drag for large grocery orders and/or the purchase of big, bulky items and I've seen various types of chaos ensue. There are usually at least 3 staffers overseeing the self-checks; Lord I wish at least one of them would just open a regular register.At Target I think there are the same amount of self-checkouts as there were before covid.
8, 4 on each side of a wide aisle. There are usually only one or two full checkouts in service, out of maybe 10.
Walmart increased the number of selfs someone early last autumn.
The supermarkets I frequent are the same.
I’m fine with the self checkouts. My major beef is that when I’m buying alcohol, I have to wait for an employee to come by to then scan my DL. Why can’t I do that myself?
As each of the WalMarts in our city expanded to Super Centres with full grocery departments they simultaneously went to having 13 self-check stands and only 3 regular registers; no express lanes at all. Self-check is a real drag for large grocery orders and/or the purchase of big, bulky items and I've seen various types of chaos ensue. There are usually at least 3 staffers overseeing the self-checks; Lord I wish at least one of them would just open a regular register.
I seem to almost never encounter a regular checkout with no one in line. If I saw a line for self checkout but no line for regular I'd probably go to regular so long as I saw the regular line from where I was at. It just rarely happens and I've been burned a lot with regular checkout as in getting stuck behind slow or complicated checkouts or checks,etc with just my one or two items, my preference seems to be self checkout most of the time.Personally....I really don’t like self-checkout. Something always goes wrong for me, and then I need to wait for a worker, and It’s such a pain in the butt.
The other day I went to the grocery store for one item and the self-checkout was lined up 10 people deep and the cashier for the 15 or items lane had zero people - naturally I went there. The girl and I both found it funny how all these people were going to self-checkout instead of some going to her.
The problem is that many of these stores cannot get cashiers. No one wants to work these jobs. Look to see a lot more self-service and automation in the future. I have seen a robotic burger machine and the soda at McDonalds is already partially automated.
I’m fine with the self checkouts. My major beef is that when I’m buying alcohol, I have to wait for an employee to come by to then scan my DL. Why can’t I do that myself?
Even stores like 5 below now have self checkout and no cashierI went to Target yesterday. The self checkout aisles have more than doubled since last year.
What are you seeing by you?
since they don't have to bag and then walk around the end to put each bag in the cart.
My mom's biggest opposition to self-check out is this. She will flat out (much to my embarrassment too TBH) say "I don't get paid to do that sorry and I don't get a discount for doing that". She's actually not an entitled person at all but I admit that grates on me to hear it. I've given the whole spiel too to her about normally getting out of the store quicker but to a lot of people who feel this way time isn't an issue for them as in they don't mind waiting. That's all well and good for them but I prefer quickness.I don't understand the "I'm not getting paid to be a cashier" mentality. I don't feel like there's any "work" involved in scanning a few items at a self-checkout so I can pay and be out of a store quickly and efficiently. To me, standing in a long line is more work/costly (time wasting) than just doing it myself.
It's stores that were originally intended to have a separate person bagging the groceries. Usually the cashier would scan the items and slide them onto the next conveyor belt for the bagger to package and load into the customer's cart.Where is this happening that the cashier walks around the register and puts bags in your cart? Is it after each bag is filled, or when the whole order is rung up and bagged?
I’ve never seen anything like that and I doubt anyone in my area would accept such a job if that was a requirement.
Why?They are increasing but I still refuse to use them.