Scan & Go! No thank you~

ues all of them and I hate the thingsd I will mot usetjhem

They are not entirely reliable to begin with. I mean what if that machine isn't working or the person won't have his groceries scan.

We do have stores that have self checkouts. They still must have an attendant, but it is usually something like one per four registers. I hate them. The few times I have tried to use them they have malfunctioned. If they talk to me with an audible voice I talk back and feel crazy for doing so. I do not see that they save any time for those people who believe they do, but the overwork the attendant who must manage four lanes instead of one.

There are one or two in the Supermarkets but they do give you a choice at the moment. I avoid those kind of things also all I can. I suppose that I will have to learn how to use them but I don´t like them either.

We do, and I avoid them if can. I've tried them on occasion when there have been long queues at the regular check-outs, but have always had to call an employee when something goes wrong.

More people will be out of job and more money to gain by the capitalist. So sad how the world is turning out today.

We have the self check out thingies..but not in my immediate area. I don't really like them. There is always some kind of problem getting checked out it seems.

I would be intimidated as I would not know if I was doing it right.

I haven't seen these yet at our local Walmart. Aren't they just like the self check outs no?

We have not (yet) this Scan & Go aisles here in Switzerland, but the Italian supermarkets are replacing all the regular cashiers with the new machines. We have no choice there, but use the new machines.

I don't avoid the stores but I do avoid the scan and go isles.

We don't have these here and even if they come it'll be in big cities first. I live in a small town where even supermarkets are not the norm

We do have them here and I refuse to use them. Not only is it taking away jobs from others but why should I do all the work and not even get a discount for doing it? I see they even have them at McDonald's now when you are placing your orders.

I haven't seen here yet but I think that's a good idea

@PatZAnthony (1717) Very often even with the Cashier there those things that they pass through the scanner often don´t bip even the second go. Just imagine using the other rubbish.

I think it is not advisable.

I love the scan and go checkouts, as I can get my shopping done ten times faster than waiting in line for a cashier to ring me up. Nothing frustrates me more than having a cashier that scans my items slower than a turtle crossing a field of molasses in winter time. I'll give you an example of why I like the self checkouts so much. I visited Office Depot yesterday to buy some printer ink. I always have horrible checkout service at the Office Depot store, so I decided to time my entire shopping experience so I could show the manager how ridiculously slow they are. It took me 11 seconds to walk in the door, find the printer ink I needed, and walk to the checkout line. It then took me 17 minutes to checkout. To me, that is just unacceptable.

We have self scanners at our location one at each end. We used to have four registers for bigger orders too, but replaced those with people manned registers this past October. We found a lot of people were stealing on the larger ones. We live in a town with a lot of international people and many from here travel and live elsewhere for five or more years at a time. When they return they've been used to doing more on their own and want the self scanners. If we took them all out, we'd lose those customers too. Our store is one of the top five busiest ones in the mid-west, probably because of the influx of people living here, but we also get a lot of people traveling between Detroit, or even further south and the lakes up north and they'll stop here for groceries before hand. If we got rid of all those, people would be upset since if the order is simple those are a bit quicker many times. We also have more cashiers working the busy shifts than any other stores. We have 26 regular lanes that are manned all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9am until 7pm. We'd never replace more lanes with the self-checkouts, I know that much.

I noticed it in the grocery store and figured it just was faster, not standing in line but I don't think I would use a store like Walmart if they had that in it. It isn't for speed, it is for money.

I know the grocery stores have them, but when I was at Target the other day, I didn't see any there. I don't know about Walmart since I haven't been there in ages.