• undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch
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    7 hours ago

    At self-checkout in a lot of stores employees stand behind me because I move fast. Apparently that means I’m stealing rather than I move faster than a snail when there’s a huge line of people waiting.

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      7 hours ago

      God the ones here don’t let you. The scales have to match so you can only pick up one item at a time, scan it, put it in the bag, and wait for the scales to read.

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        6 hours ago

        I stopped going to Kroger grocery stores mostly over price but honestly even if they lowered prices I wouldn’t go back specifically because of this feature. It’s more pleasant to shop at Walmart or Safeway as they don’t use this kind of system.

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          3 hours ago

          I don’t have any krogers just their rebrands. I only shop the ads (when it’s actually a good deal) and do drive through pick up.

          Self-checkout is the symptom. The disease is wandering around a store thst is ever changing and lack any industry standards.

          Having them pick the order is like the olden days when stores were merely a counter with a clerk who would go in back and grab the items on your list.

          • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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            2 hours ago

            Please let us go back to that.

            Actually we had a 7-11 type store that took over a fast food place. They kept the drive-through and used that after like 6pm, taking a list and gathering everything while you were at the window. So awesome.

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          5 hours ago

          If a store has an intentionally terrible interface like this, or displays a video feed of you using it, I’m not touching self checkout. Going through a cashier’s line is fine, and walking away from my cart and never coming back is fine if that’s not an option.