On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:39:30 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
> wrote:

>"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.
>
There are no "scanning points." You carry a hand held scanner with
you. Probably no more traffic jams than now. And you do not have to
wait until you get to the check out to find out that you do not have
enough money for you purchases or the can of peas costs twice what you
thought.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974