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The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending::Self-checkout is a failed experiment, and a growing number of stores are backpedaling on these cursed machines.

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[–] panja@lemmy.world 47 points 10 months ago (13 children)

No please... I love self checkout :(

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)

For real. The wait is often shorter than the cashiers' lines, and I don't have to interact with anyone. 99% of the time that someone has a problem with them it's user error. Though I do hate that the ones near me can no longer be muted.

[–] Grangle1@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

Not to mention that I prefer using my own bag(s) when I can, and whenever I go up to a manned checkout especially with a bagger and hand them my bag to use, at least half the time they start to panic as if they haven't seen this before, and then they're eager to start using the plastic bags after my bag is barely half full. This is even in stores that sell their own reusable checkout bags. At the self checkout, I can use my own bag worry-free and fill it however full I want, and if I overfill it, that's my problem and not on the store, so they don't have to worry either.

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