I don't mean to rag on any demographic, except for the demographic of generally ignorant people who assume they can use the self checkout machines at supermarkets. A few days ago I got held up behind a few people at the self checkout machines. With one machine down: the count of people there went like this.
Machine 1: woman who couldn't understand that the machine wanted her to put her scanned items on the scale and assumed the machine knew she was buying two peaches or a pound of potatoes or what not. She then would not place them in to the bagging area after the machine asked her to, after she figured out it would weigh her food and it would stop up on that. Then the hole cycle would start all over again. Plus she had 33 items in her cart at the express checkout machines (I had that much time. I counted all of her items).
Machine 2: out of order!
Machine 3: a gentleman who simply placed the items on the scale/scanner and stood their waiting for them to scan. It took the service desk girl two trips to get him to understand that he needs to run the UPC over the laser, and after that, he'd scan it and put it down on the scale/scanner and wait.
Machine 4: a woman who did the math after each scan to make sure the machine wasn't ripping her off. scan "4.99" scan "4.99 + 3.99" scan "8.98+12.99." I could hear her doing the math outloud.
After about 8 minutes, the math lady cleared first, I hopped on, got ID'd for liquor and checked out before the other two finished. There was an audible sigh of relief from the person behind me when I got out so quickly.
There should be a sign on the Self Checkout machines indicating that if you have no idea what you're doing, you shouldn't use them.
Machine 1: woman who couldn't understand that the machine wanted her to put her scanned items on the scale and assumed the machine knew she was buying two peaches or a pound of potatoes or what not. She then would not place them in to the bagging area after the machine asked her to, after she figured out it would weigh her food and it would stop up on that. Then the hole cycle would start all over again. Plus she had 33 items in her cart at the express checkout machines (I had that much time. I counted all of her items).
Machine 2: out of order!
Machine 3: a gentleman who simply placed the items on the scale/scanner and stood their waiting for them to scan. It took the service desk girl two trips to get him to understand that he needs to run the UPC over the laser, and after that, he'd scan it and put it down on the scale/scanner and wait.
Machine 4: a woman who did the math after each scan to make sure the machine wasn't ripping her off. scan "4.99" scan "4.99 + 3.99" scan "8.98+12.99." I could hear her doing the math outloud.
After about 8 minutes, the math lady cleared first, I hopped on, got ID'd for liquor and checked out before the other two finished. There was an audible sigh of relief from the person behind me when I got out so quickly.
There should be a sign on the Self Checkout machines indicating that if you have no idea what you're doing, you shouldn't use them.
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