Do You Use The U-scan Checkouts?

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I *love* the concept, but I have done something wrong and had to let the cashier rescue me so many times that I avoid the U-Scan ....the reader refuses my barscan.....the voice tells me "put the item in the bag" after I already have....it seems like I always have the cashier coming to help me

That happened to me the one and only time I've used the self checkout, and it turned me off to it.

We must be behind here, I've only seen a couple stores with the self checkout- I think both our Home Depot and Lowes have them. I've never seen one in a grocery store.

[sparks19]

I LOVE the one at Weis Markets....

YOu scan the item and put it on the belt and it goes to the bagging section. very few times have I ever had an item returned to me saying "Please wait for an attendant" YOu scan it and put it on the belt. We buy a weeks worth of groceries and check ourselves out in a matter of minutes.

The ones at walmart where you have to bag it and wait ten seconds before you can move the bag or scan the next item drive me crazy. I just want to scan the item and toss it on the belt and move on to the next item lol.

Lady's Human, you are totally right. Everyone says it takes away jobs but they always have people on staff to do the bagging at the self checkouts (at least at the stores around here) then they have an attendant or two to run around and help with the "Please see attendant" messages and THEN you need people to maintain them, change the paper, take out money, put in money for change, etc etc. Not to mention the increase in business it gives the company that actually FIXES the machines.... with more machines they need to hire MORE people. Plus, I find that 80% of the time... the cashier doesn't want to do their job anyway and winds up angering the customers and then they don't want to shop there anymore... THAT takes away jobs

[lizbud]

Our grocery, Kroger, doesn't have a converyer belt at the u-scans.
You scan, then bag (yourself), then scan again,etc. there really is no space
there to store items after bagging. That's why I only use the u-scan when
I need to get a few things.

[sparks19]

Our grocery, Kroger, doesn't have a converyer belt at the u-scans.
You scan, then bag (yourself), then scan again,etc. there really is no space
there to store items after bagging. That's why I only use the u-scan when
I need to get a few things.

That's what I really hate about the Walmart ones. Its such a pain in the rump.

[sandragonfly]

yeah I do .. because it's fun!!

sometimes I don't when there are lines at scanners or I am lazy with tons of stuff. rarely do so often do.