My rant for the day

Abrowneyegirl · ‎03-15-2010

Grocery stores that have the self scan/check-out lanes

These are meant for smaller orders.

Today on a busy weekend, when there are 12-16 other 'regular' check out aisles open

2 different shoppers are tying up the self check lanes trying to ring up HUGE cart full orders!!!!

The one guy has 2 toddlers running around- so he is trying to deal with them and scan hundreds of items and bag them and of course the area is not designed for this so there is no room for any of this to happen. So his order and the other yahoo doing the same thing have groceries and bags everywhere.

I am standing there with my 1 item; watching this like a sitcom.

((((Sigh)))))

If you have hundreds of items to be scanned go to the regular check out lane where there is a conveyor belt, a cashier, and a bagging area.

Common Sense Please.

Rant over

Snowpuppy · ‎03-09-2010

I get fooled in the full service checkout standing behind the shopper with 2 items.

She wants to chat for 20 minutes with the clerk, tries to use an expired coupon for 1 item and writes a check for her $3.95 purchase.

deedledeedeedle · ‎05-27-2014

@Abrowneyegirl

Your last sentence is a laugh-er.

People with common sense are a dying breed.

dee

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

I think we can find things to complain about if we choose to. YOU could just be patient and go to a regular checkout line yourself. JUST BREATH....

Bri21 · ‎12-30-2016

I got irritated the other day in the grocery store.

Another lady and I were heading for the same cashier. She had a cart full of items, and I had maybe 20 things. She got there first - by a hair. If that was me with all of those things, I would have let someone with less items ahead of me. But I digress.

She was being selective as she put her items on the conveyer belt - putting like items together. She wanted the items to be bagged in a certain way. She kept checking on the bagger and her cart was still full. Ringing her up was taking forever.

Finally, the cashier was ringing up the last item and then this woman decides to pull out the checkbook. She was questioning the total. If there wasn't someone behind me, I would have gone to another line, but I was stuck.

millieshops · ‎03-09-2010

Any supermarket that has self-checkouts needs to assign one person (at least) to assist. Customers like the man with toddlers and what sounds like a weekly shopping trip needs to be helped on his way. One employees almost always can service 3 or 4 self-checkouts and assist in bagging at bit, too.

KingstonsMom · ‎03-09-2010

My grocery store 'rant', is the person with a full cart in the 'Express' line (10 items or less) and the cashier says nothing, while I wait behind them with 2-3 items.....grrrrrr.

You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.

sallybusky · ‎01-06-2013

@Abrowneyegirl: I agree with you completely! It seems to me that the self checkout area is designed to speed things up even more for the folks who are using the express lane - generally those with only a few items. If one is shopping for the month with a full cart, the only sensible checkout is the one with the cashier and the conveyor belt. (When I do that, I make it an event. Find a long line in which to park, select a good magazine, and relax for a few. And then I neatly put the magazine back in its rack. Hey! I just got at least $2 worth of gossip out of a People magazine.)