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unexpected item in the bagging area. place items in the bagging area. unexpected item in the bagging area.
I'm thankful pretty much every store here deactivated that sensor shortly after installing self checkouts.
A Kroger near me recently updated their self checkouts and now they're way more sensitive, they view any hand movements on its little camera as "you just slipped something into the bag I'm calling the employee over", and you can't mute them anymore which is the lost infuriating for me. I have trouble doing things with a lot of noise, and having a loud ass computer yelling about everything it's doing makes my checkout take easily 3-4x as long. There is no benefit to disabling the mute button, it still screams for employees when something went wrong, and it only frustrates and irritates everyone who can hear it, employees included. I can't count how many times I've heard the employees complain about it too.
Yeah the Meijer by us is sensitive like this and when it starts inevitably flashing with approval needed an employee comes over, scans their badge and an overhead security camera clip of me scanning the last item displays on screen.
Which is so awkward to have to stand there with this employee who I'm sure is just as sick of the process as I am.
I don't shoplift and I enter all produce honestly, it makes me want to start scanning my avacado as bananas.
Legit!
I'm already being treated like I'm doing shady shit, might as well actually pullshady shit.