Do you use the self checkout at walmart?

[FeuerFrei]

Yea, verily. Nice not to have to wait for others.

 

[Sonikku]

What I hate is the self checkouts are not a supplement as they were billed; they're a replacement. They're just being phased in gradually is all. Once Walmart has everyone trained to bag their own groceries you may see cashiers being a thing of the past or significantly marginalized within the next two decades.

 

[BoomerD]

Fuck self-checkouts. I MIGHT use one occasionally...if I only have 1-2 items and the other lines are long...but until the stores start paying me (5-10% discount) to do their jobs for them....fuck that shit.

 

[Ken g6]

I tend to pile too many things in my cart to use the self checkout. But, @BoomerD, that's a good point.

 

[Carson Dyle]

From urban dictionary, this is priceless:

banana code
(verb) to use 4011 at a self-service checkout machine to weigh out more expensive items at the going rate of bananas

**At Walmart using self-service checkout machine**

Max: Fuck, this beef jerky is pricey!
Tim: Just banana code it.
Max: Just huh?
Tim: Give it here.

**Frustrated, Tim grabs the beef jerky, places it on the scanner, clicks produce, types in 4011, then throws it in the bag**

Max: What the?!
Tim: You've honestly never banana coded? Were you born yesterday?
Max: So my jerky is only 33 cents?!
Tim: (unimpressed) Yeah.

 

[Ns1]

^^

game changer.

 

[MrSquished]

maybe I'll go to walmart so I can get banana pricing on shit like steak and cheeses. Do they even have any cheeses there besides American?

 

[Carson Dyle]

maybe I'll go to walmart so I can get banana pricing on shit like steak and cheeses. Do they even have any cheeses there besides American?

They don't even have American. Only Velveeta and stuff that squirts from cans.

 

[lxskllr]

I was getting ginormous blocks of Cabot seriously sharp cheddar at walmart for awhile, but I haven't looked in a couple years.

 

[Imp]

Concerning cheese, I actually had trouble finding paneer at a nearby grocery store. Wal-mart had it... but the staff there was like 50% Indian so that may be why.

 

[BoomerD]

From urban dictionary, this is priceless:

banana code
(verb) to use 4011 at a self-service checkout machine to weigh out more expensive items at the going rate of bananas

**At Walmart using self-service checkout machine**

Max: Fuck, this beef jerky is pricey!
Tim: Just banana code it.
Max: Just huh?
Tim: Give it here.

**Frustrated, Tim grabs the beef jerky, places it on the scanner, clicks produce, types in 4011, then throws it in the bag**

Max: What the?!
Tim: You've honestly never banana coded? Were you born yesterday?
Max: So my jerky is only 33 cents?!
Tim: (unimpressed) Yeah.

No, that's theft. No way to argue that it's not.

Concerning cheese, I actually had trouble finding paneer at a nearby grocery store. Wal-mart had it... but the staff there was like 50% Indian so that may be why.

Around here, the Walmarts are staffed mostly by the "Philippine Mafia."

Front managers, cashiers, even some of the stock clerks.

 

[Red Squirrel]

What I hate is the self checkouts are not a supplement as they were billed; they're a replacement. They're just being phased in gradually is all. Once Walmart has everyone trained to bag their own groceries you may see cashiers being a thing of the past or significantly marginalized within the next two decades.

Yep exactly. I could see them having maybe ONE regular cash, and an attendant overseeing all the auto checkouts (and also making sure people arn't trying to steal) , but it's still way less jobs.

 

[Ns1]

Yep exactly. I could see them having maybe ONE regular cash, and an attendant overseeing all the auto checkouts (and also making sure people arn't trying to steal) , but it's still way less jobs.

Chase already does this. What was once 4 tellers is now 2.

 

[sandorski]

Only because I haven't found the regular checkouts. Apparently they exist, but not in the parts of the store I have used...

 

[Sonikku]

Chase already does this. What was once 4 tellers is now 2.

give it a decade. There will be one.

 

[SearchMaster]

From urban dictionary, this is priceless:

banana code
(verb) to use 4011 at a self-service checkout machine to weigh out more expensive items at the going rate of bananas

**At Walmart using self-service checkout machine**

Max: Fuck, this beef jerky is pricey!
Tim: Just banana code it.
Max: Just huh?
Tim: Give it here.

**Frustrated, Tim grabs the beef jerky, places it on the scanner, clicks produce, types in 4011, then throws it in the bag**

Max: What the?!
Tim: You've honestly never banana coded? Were you born yesterday?
Max: So my jerky is only 33 cents?!
Tim: (unimpressed) Yeah.

That totally explains this statistic:

http://www.businessinsider.com/bananas-the-best-selling-item-at-walmart-2013-9

 

[sandorski]

That totally explains this statistic:

http://www.businessinsider.com/bananas-the-best-selling-item-at-walmart-2013-9

I like the PR Spin.

 

[x26]

I've been to a Walmart thrice ever in 40 years. I never want to go back please.

+1-Walmart is Despicable!!

 

[ponyo]

Self checkout and Amazon are the reason I now shop at Walmart. Lines are shorter and I can checkout quick.

 

[Xstatic1]

I pay with plastic (Citi Double Cash), so my transactions at self checkouts are pretty quick. I hate waiting in line at grocery stores (that don't have self checkouts) and customers are paying with cash.

 

[nakedfrog]

I was getting ginormous blocks of Cabot seriously sharp cheddar at walmart for awhile, but I haven't looked in a couple years.

You still can (at least here).

 

[BoomerD]

I pay with plastic (Citi Double Cash), so my transactions at self checkouts are pretty quick. I hate waiting in line at grocery stores (that don't have self checkouts) and customers are paying with cash.

You'd love waiting for my wife...not only will she often pay with cash, (or a check) she uses coupons...and rain checks...and often argues with the cashier about the price of stuff...requiring things to grind to a halt while some clerk goes to check the shelf price.

 

[shortylickens]

Or are you old school?

I would, if it didnt mess up every single time.
Walmart is so broken they really shouldnt try high-tech gadgets like self checkout.
Instead they should be teaching their employees arithmetic. Would probably work out better in the long run.

 

[Carson Dyle]

You'd love waiting for my wife...not only will she often pay with cash, (or a check) she uses coupons...and rain checks...and often argues with the cashier about the price of stuff...requiring things to grind to a halt while some clerk goes to check the shelf price.

The first golden rule of retail consumerism has always been to get in a different line if there's an elderly person in front of you. That will never change.

 

[Herr Kutz]

Always because the cashiers at Walmart are slow as balls. It always takes 15+ minutes of waiting if you don't do the self checkout around here.