"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
...
> Bob Terwilliger wrote:
>
>> Hugh wrote:
>> > 90% of the time it's done by a senior, or semi-senior woman who pulls
>> > out
>> > the checkbook only when the tally comes up on the register. On good
>> > days
>> > she remembered to get the checkbook out she starts to write the check
>> > when
>> > the tally comes up. Then she laboriously enters everything in the
>> > checkbook before the teller gets the check. It takes *seconds for the
>> > teller to clear the check, and finally we're off.
>>
>> > It really ****es me off, as you can tell.
>>
>> One of the advantages of shopping in the wee small hours of sixpence is
>> that
>> there's usually no line at all.
>
>
> One of the advantages of using an online grocery delivery service like
> Peapod or whatever is not having to put up with some idjit wasting
> one's time whilst shopping. Much less stressful...if there were more
> than one in my household I'd use it routinely, even exclusively. I
> know families that have not set foot in a grocery store for years now,
> it's a great convenience for them.
>
> One of the stupormarkets here has self - checkout, which in theory
> should work fairly smoothly, but in practice the few times I've used
> it there has always been some mishegos with the person in front of me,
> so it's back to the standard checkout line for me. I tend to be a
> "power shopper", e.g, I have a specific list, I don't dawdle, I get in
> and out fast even with a lot of stuff. I have my wallet out, my
> coupons or store card if any ready to hand to the clerk, if I'm paying
> cash I have some spare change in hand if needed so I don't get excess
> pennies back, etcetera...I am *organized*!

I've had nothing but issues with self-checkout lines. Invariably, something
wont scan correctly or something is so light it wont register on the scale
where you bag stuff so the machine just repeats over and over 'please place
the item in the bagging area'.

BJ's is the worst. They have 1o self checkout lines and 1 or 2 live
checkers. Every time I use the self checkout either something won't scan or
the belt kicks it back saying the landing area is jammed. It is usually 5
minutes before I can get someone's attention to get it cleared and be on my
way.

Self checkout is really bad for my blood pressure.

Jon