I used to love using the self-checkout. But then it became a trend among the corporate overlords here to get all paranoid about people stealing food, so now they have the weight system calibrated too strict. Now if you breath on the items in the bag it locks you out and someone has to come unlock the system to continue scanning. So it's not really worth the hassle, and seems kinda pointless since an employee has to unlock the system after every few items.

I refuse to use them as a union worker, when I'm told to use the self checkout as I'm in line for the only cashier I just refuse. I'm doing it for you kids

But also, fuck off walmart

Then offer a discount for self checkout.

1. I don't work here. Stop trying to get me to do the job for free, either pay a cashier to check me out or fuck off.
2. There's an epidemic of these machines not working and then the shopper getting charged with shoplifting over it, Wal-Mart is the worst at doing this.

I was once mistaken for an employee somewhere and my sleep deprivated response was to say "I am wearing pants so clearly I dont work here." I have no fucken clue what that means but I think it was a threat.

Boomer uncle literally drives his electric bill payment to the local office to pay it when they have a perfectly fine online portal.

Same exact response 'that's someone's job' like the employee actually has a say.

Management can fuck right the hell off. Self checkout is taking jobs away from people and getting us to work for free.

I feel like most memos in Walmart break rooms are this kind of fodder for shitposting material

Corporate gaslighting be like:

Never understood that argument. I want to be in and out as quickly as possible. Self checkout makes that happen.

I don't get it. Why would you ask a customer if they want to use the self checkout lane?

Reading the comments, do people not like self checkout? Is it another one of these American things, that baffle the rest of the world? Like grocery baggers. I'm European, living in Poland and Denmark and if given the choice, I will always pick the store with self checkout. It's simply faster. Only old people don't use self check out, not because of boomer ideology, but because they need the cashier's help.

I actually prefer self checkout. Idk. I get it though.

This says much about respect and social competence in this society when the first instinct is to mock and abuse someone with different priorities than yours.

I'd rather check myself out than deal with other idiots. It's a win for my sanity.

I mean, both are right. Clients shouldn't have to do the cashier job.

But clients should stop going there to send a message instead of harassing the minimum salary employee.

I don’t understand the hate for self checkout it’s faster and easier

I personally prefer to use the self-checkout lane because I want my groceries bagged in a specific way (raw meat in one bag, cans/bottles in another, etc.). It's infuriating when I line up my groceries in order on the conveyor and the bagger just stuffs them in the bags randomly anyway.