I don’t mind self check out…if it works and scans correctly. Some stores are better than others.
I use self check out at Costco…and never had a problem. It’s faster than standing in line behind someone writing a check.
“ I don’t mind self check out…if it works and scans correctly. Some stores are better than others.”
For smaller numbers it works great, as long as all items have barcodes .
Larger numbers of items or things without barcodes no.
I prefer self checkout because I don’t trust the accuracy of programmed prices in the system and can more closely monitor that myself. I also don’t like the bagging job done by the Gen-X’er employees who can’t manage to put a square peg in a square hole.
Consider yourself lucky. Our local Costco put in self-checkout lanes back in 2020. They were great until Costco decided to man the stations with 4-6 employees who basically grab the hand scanner before you even have a chance to self-checkout. In those instances where I get to the hand scanner first, I get extremely rude responses by the employees.
With this many employees tied to the self-checkout lanes, they might as well modify them to be Express lanes.
Or the 2 registers out of 20 they may have open. Then you wait in that line with a slow cashier who has to hunt for just the right bag to put something into.
Yes, Costco self check out is very fast especially if you only have a few items. It can take forever when you use regular check out lane and you’re behind someone with a lot of items or if their credit card doesn’t work.
I also use self-checkout at Costco if I don’t have too much stuff. However, there are always two or three employees at work, checking membership cards and helping shoppers.
They get better through-put with self-check, but at what cost? Those employees could be running regular checkout, and save the cost of purchase and maintenance of the extra hardware.
I have mixed feelings.
I’ll “self-checkout” if and only if, they pay me...
At the inflated prices being charged for the shrunken content of grocery items, I want some one to check me out...
Particularly the nasty clerks in the grocery stores near me in MD...