Really? I don't have a problem with it unless the line is marked as X items or less. These people are usually easy to avoid by just getting in another line. People without finalsbound's mad skilz are the people that bother me as they sucker me into their line.
first couple of times ive had problems. Since then its all i use. Its really not that complicated. I do love how people cant figuer it out or are having problems...then they talk to the machine, not like thadeus, but they talk to it, "it is in the bag!" pure comedy
Love the self checkout lines. Most people don't bother with it, so naturally, to avoid the masses, I head straight to it. I rarely ever have problems with it. Unless it's some annoying chick with a sexy voice telling me to put it in the bag.
It sucks ass. It takes longer and then if you try to buy beer the f-king double secret mega huge alarm goes off and you have to wait so they make sure you aren't some 14 year old spanker. THat's like 9 out of 10 trips to the grocery store for me so there's not any point.
I never said it was complicated people..... I swear Ive never been through the damn self-checkout line without having to get cashier assistance.... If Im going to do it on my own, I shouldnt need assistance damnit. "Unexpected item in bagging area" X10 "Please wait for cashier assistance" X10 "Do you have any coupons?" Drives me mad!
You get the "Unexpected Item in Bagging Area" message when you lean on the machine. Just keep some distance between you and it and everything is just dandy.
I don't really have anything to say about self check out other than it sucks because 1 screwup in front of you blows the whole checkout time line to hell. But I hate hate hate people that pay with checks and haven't filled a *@#%ing thing until after they get the total.
Yeah, when you scan in an item, the machine immediately knows how much it's gonna weigh. The area that has the bags is a scale and is sensitive to weight. After you scan the item, the machine checks the scale to make sure that the item you put in the bag is the same weight as the item you just scanned. If you lean on the machine, or rest your hand cart on it, it'll screw things up. Try it this way: Begin without anything on the bag area or the scan surface. Scan one item. put the one item in the bag. Scan one the next item. put that item in the bag. scan the next item... etc. Don't scan one, two, three items and then put them in the bag. Don't put things on the bag area that haven't been scanned.
I like to buy a long piece of WOOD at the Home Depot and go through the self-checkout thingie, and it will say: "You got wood". Meh, I can't imitate Thadeus. YOU'RE ON, finalsbound. Now how do you get my groceries here? That's what SHE said - M. G. S. I am bookmarking this post to "use" in the future.
so what exactly is the proper line etiquette at u-scan? i've always assumed single line in the middle for the next available station, but i've seen a variation where there is a line on each side. my only u-scan beef is when people bring a cart full of groceries to it, or when some oblivious person completely ignores the line and jumps on one when it opens up (though those aren't really beefs with u-scan, just other customers).
I like the self checkout. Sometimes when I don't like talking, saying hello or smiling, I proceed to the self checkout. There I can bask in solitude. Also I like to get paper bags, and alot of times the checkout person looks like they are doing me a big favour getting me the paper bags from underneath the counter. In self checkout I can do it myself, and show those rascals who's the boss!
