Does your walmart open a new check out if there's lines?

United States
January 30, 2007 10:30am CST
I've seen at many walmarts a sign that states- if there are more then 3 people waiting in line, a new cash register lane will open. This for me is simply untrue. I've had to stand in line many times because they didn't have enough people cashing out. Or they had the 20 items or less lanes and only a couple for those with more items. Has anyone else experienced this?
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@chertsy (3797)
• United States
5 Feb 07
I have never seen the sign. Maybe that's why I'm still standing in line. Those self checkout's are a pain in the butt. One screw up and they have to shut the whole thing down, making you have to go elsewhere. I still like going there. I like being able to get some things cheaper than at other places. Maybe some day down the road it will get better.
• United States
5 Feb 07
The thing that bugs me with the self checks out is many times you can't find the person you need to help you fix it. Or they are with someone else and you can't walk away or someone might try and take your spot.
• United States
11 Feb 07
Every once in a great while, they'll decide to open another line, but usually, they refuse to do so. I've spent a lot of time waiting in long lines with only a register or two open but yet it seems there are always large groups of people standing around and no one wants to do anything about it.
@minerc (1373)
• United States
5 Feb 07
No! I wish they did. I go to Wal-mart, get everything I need go to check out and they have 6 register's open with 5 people standing in line. I get so aggravated, I have to stand there and wait, if I don't have very much I will take it up to the front desk and walk out. I am a very patient person but this happens all the time in our walmart and they won't change it so I started walking out to show them that there policy needs to be looked at.
• United States
6 Feb 07
lmao i used to work at walmart and i know for a fact they dont sometimes if we are way way busy then a manager will go open a line for a while but other then that no managers are lazy lol and ya most of the time we did jsut stand around and talk i mean after i have dealt with so many people im tired of it all