On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:31:15 -0500, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>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.

I agree. I'm very particular about how my groceries are bagged. Even
when I put the items on the belt in the approximate configuration I
like, the checker/bagger doesn't do it the way I want. But I still go
through the checker rather than self-check. WHile I love the idea of
scanning/bagging/done, there is the inevitable loss of the job. And I
am very chummy with several of the grocery store personnel, I'd be sad
to have yet another personal aspect of doing business go by the
wayside, but I suppose it's inevitable. Back in the day, you'd
actually see a gas station attendant when you bought gas, a teller
when you made a deposit. No more.

TammyM