Gregory Morrow > wrote:

> ViLco is in Italy, it's the "European" way of getting produce weighed I
> guess...

> At the Treasure Island grocery chain here in Chicawgo you have to get yer
> produce weighed in the produce dept., I consider it a big PITA. I don't
> like having to interact with store employees any more than is absolutely
> necessary...half the time I have to run around finding someone to weigh the
> stuff, the weigher is rude, etc., etc. I mean it's 1970 already, they have
> these POS weigh systems at checkout so's ya can get produce weighed there...

The European system is self-serve. You go to the scale in the produce
section, push the button for the particular item, the scale spits out
a bar coded sticker with the weight and price. No need to look for
anyone. The buttons have pictures of the produce, so you don't even
have to speak the local language. It's probably cheaper to maintain
1 or 2 scales in the produce department than 5 or 10 at the checkout
lanes. Why your Treasure Island place doesn't make it self-serve
is the real question.

Bill Ranck
Blacksburg, Va.