"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> " BOB" > wrote:
>
>> Are you getting a discount for doing their work? You are eliminating
>> a job, so are you getting the financial benefit from this lost job?
>> Or is the store just making more profit from you, like in the "self
>> serve check out" (which never works correctly).
>>
>> BOB
>
> Sounds great to me It would mean I would have to handle the groceries
> two fewer times than normally done. AFA supermarket profits, their
> profit margin is among the smallest * I remember reading 3% somewhere.
> I like the self-checkout things, too. I don't usually have problems
> with them, but I don't think they're fast. My two cents worth.
> --
> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ

The only potential problem I see with the new idea is traffic jams when The
Challenged have problems scanning items. You know the type of person I
mean - the ones who are unable to operate their car alarms correctly, don't
understand e-mail, and think (or wish) touch tone phones are a passing fad.

Then, there are the slobs who figure out exactly where to park their carts
in order to cause immediate traffic jams in the aisles. Instead of being a
random occurrence, they will now park their carts at the scanning points. In
a typical aisle, it only takes two carts plus a big fat ass to cause
problems.