Do you use the self checkout at walmart?

[slag]

Never. I'll wait in line an extra 10 minutes before i self checkout. I hate the concept and like the interaction with the clerk.

 

[madoka]

Never. I'll wait in line an extra 10 minutes before i self checkout. I hate the concept and like the interaction with the clerk.

Have you seen the people at Walmart though?

A few months back, I was immediately behind this Hispanic family with a cart loaded top to bottom with stuff. I only had two containers of ice cream and cash in my hand. The parents look at my two melting ice cream packages, but decide to go ahead unloading their cart of over 75 items anyways. Then to add a final insult, they had coupons and had to use multiple payment methods.

I would have loved to use self-checkout, but the local Walmarts disabled all of them so they can funnel every shopper through available two cashiers. Every time I go there, I wonder how they are so successful.

 

[JEDIYoda]

of course

 

[slag]

I don't mind the people at walmart. I'm a people watcher anyway and worked there for 7 years, so nothing really fazes me.

 

[IronWing]

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

I 'm surprised how long it has taken U.S. banks to do this. When I went to England in 1995, that is what Barclay's Bank looked like, a row of ATMs. If you wanted to use a teller for a transaction that could be completed on an ATM, there was a fee.

In the past decade I've spoken to a teller maybe five times:
Get wire transfer to pay off mortgage (this was a bizarre Wells Fargo requirement)
Change type of checking account when previous account went from free to fee.
Notarize title to sell car.
Notarize title to sell car.
Notarize title to sell trailer.

Everything else has been ATM and online.

 

[Red Squirrel]

If I call my bank's number I actually get someone right in my city answering the phone. That's such a rarity these days. I rarely go to a teller but sometimes do just for fun of it if I'm going in the branch anyway. My bank is more like a credit union though. (called a Caisse, I think it's basically same idea). Speaking of which, I should be getting a cheque from them soon. Evey year they tally their profits and give a portion back to members.

 

[Xstatic1]

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.

Oh gosh, that would drive me absolutely bonkers.

 

[William Gaatjes]

I would go to a walmart if we had them. I have seen so much weird stuff on www.peopleofwalmart.com that i just have to go there.
I will probably start laughing so often and loud that i start offending the people i laugh at.

edit, i just opened the site, the first picture makes you wanna self checkout as fast as you can if you where there.

 

[Carson Dyle]

What's the point of ATMs inside a bank? So that you can only use them during the 40 to 50 hours a week that the bank is open?

 

[Red Squirrel]

What's the point of ATMs inside a bank? So that you can only use them during the 40 to 50 hours a week that the bank is open?

Most banks have a section that is 24/7. They lock the inside doors so you can't go where the tellers are but you can go to the ATMs. Some banks require your card to open the door so only customers can go inside.