The Anabaptist perception on self check-outs!

[cooper]

I think something closer to what Amazon Go uses is the future. You walk out of the store and it bills you Amazon account. The hassle and labor savings from self-checkouts are of marginal benefit.

[Ernie]

one time I did have reason to stop at a Walmart on the way to a business meeting; I had forgotten something that wasn't essential but might have been convenient, there was a store right on the way, and I had just enough time. Or so I thought. I found the one thing I was looking for, went to the self check out, and it double scanned. There didn't appear to be a way to delete the one that wasn't there (other stores do make that possible IIRC; the weight in the bagging area has to match anyway), the monitor was walking away from the self check out area, no other store personnel were around except staffed checkout lanes which all had lines, and I was out of time. So I left the item there and exited the store.

Why didn't you just leave that self checkout and go to another one?

[Josh]

one time I did have reason to stop at a Walmart on the way to a business meeting; I had forgotten something that wasn't essential but might have been convenient, there was a store right on the way, and I had just enough time. Or so I thought. I found the one thing I was looking for, went to the self check out, and it double scanned. There didn't appear to be a way to delete the one that wasn't there (other stores do make that possible IIRC; the weight in the bagging area has to match anyway), the monitor was walking away from the self check out area, no other store personnel were around except staffed checkout lanes which all had lines, and I was out of time. So I left the item there and exited the store.

Why didn't you just leave that self checkout and go to another one?

If it's like a Wal-Mart I went to, the rest of them were either in use, or were out of order.

[mike]

one time I did have reason to stop at a Walmart on the way to a business meeting; I had forgotten something that wasn't essential but might have been convenient, there was a store right on the way, and I had just enough time. Or so I thought. I found the one thing I was looking for, went to the self check out, and it double scanned. There didn't appear to be a way to delete the one that wasn't there (other stores do make that possible IIRC; the weight in the bagging area has to match anyway), the monitor was walking away from the self check out area, no other store personnel were around except staffed checkout lanes which all had lines, and I was out of time. So I left the item there and exited the store.

Why didn't you just leave that self checkout and go to another one?

If it's like a Wal-Mart I went to, the rest of them were either in use, or were out of order.

I don't know what kind of ghettos some of you people live in. Our rural Walmart has six or eight self-checkouts that work just fine with a monitor keeping an eye on all of them and helping out when needed.

[Josh]

I don't know what kind of ghettos some of you people live in. Our rural Walmart has six or eight self-checkouts that work just fine with a monitor keeping an eye on all of them and helping out when needed.

Some of us live in a "diverse" area.

[ohio jones]

one time I did have reason to stop at a Walmart on the way to a business meeting; I had forgotten something that wasn't essential but might have been convenient, there was a store right on the way, and I had just enough time. Or so I thought. I found the one thing I was looking for, went to the self check out, and it double scanned. There didn't appear to be a way to delete the one that wasn't there (other stores do make that possible IIRC; the weight in the bagging area has to match anyway), the monitor was walking away from the self check out area, no other store personnel were around except staffed checkout lanes which all had lines, and I was out of time. So I left the item there and exited the store.

Why didn't you just leave that self checkout and go to another one?

I probably didn't think of it; don't really recall if there might have been another one available. But that would have left the one I abandoned out of service until the monitor got back from wherever she went off to and figured out there was a problem. At least by leaving the item she might see something was wrong before someone else tried to use it.

[barnhart]

Maybe those of you who are disappointed with the progress of dehumanized shopping just live at the wrong place. I can easily walk to several grocery and general merchandise stores that follow the pre-supermarket model of products and employees behind counters.

[Josh]

Maybe those of you who are disappointed with the progress of dehumanized shopping just live at the wrong place. I can easily walk to several grocery and general merchandise stores that follow the pre-supermarket model of products and employees behind counters.

I lack the funds to live in a home that costs in excess of a million dollars.

[ken_sylvania]

Maybe those of you who are disappointed with the progress of dehumanized shopping just live at the wrong place. I can easily walk to several grocery and general merchandise stores that follow the pre-supermarket model of products and employees behind counters.

I lack the funds to live in a home that costs in excess of a million dollars.

I think the Big Apple requires the city to provide housing if you cannot afford your own.

[Josh]

I think the Big Apple requires the city to provide housing if you cannot afford your own.

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