I lost it. (u-scan story)

[Pezzle]

Okay, I guess I have to be the first one to say it was wrong. No offense, but I think you went WAY too far. You could have said something to her without attacking her like that. You could have just slipped away and got in another line. The store wasn't busy, and you weren't in a hurry. Sounds like you're not as patient as you think you are.

Yes, but that would be too non-confrontational. Woman needs to get a clue. I also sense a bit of pent-up SC angst coming through. Bet it was cleansing.

Not like he's ever going to see her again.

[Ill_Used_Heroine]

Wish I could've been there to see her face. Maybe it was a little over the top, but IME, the people who need to be read the riot act rarely ever are. I'm sure the cashier was stressed and wish she could've said something ... it's better that a stranger did it, cause I doubt (well, I would hope) the SC wouldn't turn it around to the cashier and blame her.

[zzapp the witch]

/hug and cookies Bob!

I just refuse to use those self checkouts, ever. Still have never used one, the one time I was made to go through one, I told the cashier she could check them for me (it was slow and she was bored). Damned machines.

[Sliceanddice]

personallt i think you shoulnt buy more than 30 items (ive odne the math and normally 30 items dont take up more than 4 or 5 bags and you can normally fit two bags on a scanner with out being on top of eat other and most places have two scanners scales... and i have a weird weird mind) unless you are at one of those places that has the two scale areas with rotate with three bagging area (MATH TIME AGAIN!!! 3 times 2 times 2=18 bags more than enough for a whole weeks worth of groceries) though my first problem with the u-scans is that if i went to pay something on my body would brush the scales (my belly, boobs, leg, elbow) and since one of my boobs weiths i dont know 5 pounds it would tell me to scan the item or it would call security, and then i had to explain to the cashier that yes i have F cups....

[Polenicus]

When I've only got a few items (Read: All the time) I use the self checkouts. The ones they use in the local stores (All appear to be the same model) have a rotating stand with spaces for 8 bags. They're great when you've only got a few items, because there's no lineups, even when the other lines are backed up into the aisles. People are scared of 'em I guess.

But I've seen people do a few dumb things. The U-Scans are NOT suitable for:

Produce (The unpackaged stuff with no bar code)
Self-serve bulk bin items
Furniture
Multiple masses of coupons
COMPETITOR coupons...

And yes, Sliceanddice, they're not suitable for boobs either. If you ask nice I'm sure they can weight those for you at the deli

[JustAGirl]

Me (top officially blown): No. That is wrong. You have NO RIGHT to be here. There is a large sign there stating that this line is reserved for people with 12 items or less. You have ZERO right to be here. If it were up to me you would not only be kicked out of this line for violating policy stated on a sign, you would be kicked out of the store for being too vapid to comprehend SHOPPING. On top of that, if I were governor I would kick you out of the state for lowering its productivity, and if I were president I would deport you…that is, if it is not considered a terrorist act upon the receiving country. Anyone that can not count to 12 is not a competent member of society, and dead wood should be pruned from the tree. By all means, continue scanning your 74th item in the 12 item lane, and telling ME to be patient, as if I were the one that needed correcting here. (wife nudges me and says that’s enough) (I turn to wife) I’m just saying, if Darwin was right she would be dead by now. There is no way a mouth breather could make it this far if he was right. She had to be caused by Artificial Insemination, because there is no way a sperm responsible for some this dumb won that race.

KUDOS to you for telling her off, I do think it was a WEE over the top, but after dealing with stupid customers I'm sure that really helped getting that out.

Though, even when I'm a very patient person, if I saw someone with way more than 12 items in a 12 item lane I'd go to another register and wait.

And, I've used those self scan registers for a cartload of groceries, as long as there was a self scan that had a conveyor long enough so my fiance could bag and pack the cart while I unload and scan from the other end. The ONE time I made a mistake and did a cartload at the "only four bags fit and its a scale" self scan, I regretted it and made sure the next time the conveyor is longer and there isn't a scale where the bags are.

I also make sure if I'm at Home Depot and have very light items to go through a cashier since it doesn't register correctly and we need someone to OK it so we can pay.

I love the self scan and use it as often as possible.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Okay, I guess I have to be the first one to say it was wrong. No offense, but I think you went WAY too far. You could have said something to her without attacking her like that. You could have just slipped away and got in another line. The store wasn't busy, and you weren't in a hurry. Sounds like you're not as patient as you think you are.

I absolutely do NOT agree...why should the OP be the one who ends up pissed off? If someone has to be pissed off, I prefer it to be the idiot who instigated the problem to start with.

Don't want to be chewed out? Then don't crap on other people. This is a lesson this woman needed to learn. No, this woman was counting on using other people's good manners against them. She figured noboday would have the plums to confront her. In this instance, she thought wrong.

[Geek King]

But I've seen people do a few dumb things. The U-Scans are NOT suitable for:

Produce (The unpackaged stuff with no bar code)
Self-serve bulk bin itemsFurniture
Multiple masses of coupons
COMPETITOR coupons...

Um, I do produce and bulk at the U-Scan-It all the time. My store has the numbers posted right next to the screen, and it is really obvious how to put them in. Although, in defense of your point, once, I was buying a salad (off the salad bar, measured by wieght & container size), and the cashier on duty for the six U-Scan lanes actually stopped me and said, "I've never seen anyone do that right without help before."

No big deal if you're paying attention, but...well, customers happen.

[Becks]

if I were president I would deport you…that is, if it is not considered a terrorist act upon the receiving country.

That was the best line EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sliceanddice]

And yes, Sliceanddice, they're not suitable for boobs either. If you ask nice I'm sure they can weight those for you at the deli

*blushes* haha i really have to explain to a woman that i had droped my card and had reached down to get and caused my chest to rest on the scale and yes i do have F cups and yes they weight enough for them to think im stealing and no i did not place anything i didnt scan in the bags and sure you look. I swear to god she did not believe my chest was that big and able to do that (granted she was on of those pencil thing chickas who barely have A cups and i was wearing a boob restraining and flatting camisole that made what was large to look small)...

though now i have the image of a woman asking the deli guys to weigh her boobs... that sounds like the beginning of a porno

[Pagan]

No big deal if you're paying attention, but...well, customers happen.

That is a great line!

though now i have the image of a woman asking the deli guys to weigh her boobs... that sounds like the beginning of a porno

Apparently, we've got the same kind of dirty mind, Slice!

[ColonelInTheKitchen]

The best thing about all the debating is, no matter how you cut it, nobody could have done anything about it. Sure, the woman might have tried to pin you with verbal assault, but I doubt any of the folks there would have backed her up and it would have been futile.

But yeah, sometimes situations that are out of your control need to be handled delicately.

Everything is a double-bladed sword when it comes to customers.

[Gravekeeper]

Dammit, I was mid gulp of my Clearly Canadian too. ><.

Oh well this is a work computer.

[Rubystars]

It's like u-scans are for people buying only a handful of item, not a week's worth of gorceries.

Yes, exactly. They're for small orders.

[Glutton4Punishment]

Bravo Bravo you are AWSOME