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    I was reminded of this incident by the self-check SC thread in the SC section.

    My mom and I got stuck behind this one SC in the wal-mart once.. we were in there to pick up my prescriptions, and snag a potpourri oil that we can only ever find in this specific wal-mart. Since we had the one thing, and there was only two registers open with huge lines, and two self-checks that were in working order, we went to the self-checks.

    unfortunately, the person at self-check A had a pretty large cart-load, mostly small items but it takes a long time. The person at self-check B had only a few items. She had just got there.. took something off of the machine, looked like a bit of paper, and placed it atop the machine. She scanned pretty quickly, and pushed finish and pay. She picked gift card. She swiped her card and waited. She swiped her card and waited. She sighed, swiped her card, and waited. repeat ad nauseum. She did this long enough for the large cart-load lady to finish, and the other large cart person in front of us waiting for a self-check to open went over there. So we're still waiting. She just kept doing this over and over, swipe, stare at swiper. Stare at screen that says "use pin pad". swipe again. Finally my mom went and got the associate to help the woman, who moved her off to a register to ring her, while she complained loudly about the machine not working.

    While we were waiting for my mom's debit receipt to print, the associate came over looking for something. She found it atop the self-check machine itself, and put it back. It was... a sign. A sign that said "No gift cards, please."
    "If looks could really kill, my occupation would be staring" Brand New - I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light

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    Quoth Setsunaela View Post
    The person at self-check B had only a few items. She had just got there.. took something off of the machine, looked like a bit of paper, and placed it atop the machine. She scanned pretty quickly, and pushed finish and pay. She picked gift card. She swiped her card and waited. She swiped her card and waited. She sighed, swiped her card, and waited. repeat ad nauseum. She did this long enough for the large cart-load lady to finish, and the other large cart person in front of us waiting for a self-check to open went over there. So we're still waiting. She just kept doing this over and over, swipe, stare at swiper. Stare at screen that says "use pin pad". swipe again. Finally my mom went and got the associate to help the woman, who moved her off to a register to ring her, while she complained loudly about the machine not working.

    While we were waiting for my mom's debit receipt to print, the associate came over looking for something. She found it atop the self-check machine itself, and put it back. It was... a sign. A sign that said "No gift cards, please."
    Sigh...why does this sound sooooo familiar to me. Oh yeah because I've had that happen at our Self-Check machines.

    We've had our pinpads not work at all and have signs everywhere saying "No EBT, Debit, Credit, etc. Cash or Checks only!". We had it on the pin pad, on the scanner, under the screen, just about anywhere we can think of. Then they get mad because the only way we can finish the transaction is either move to anothe self-check lane, or if it's busy suspend the order and sed them to Customer Service. I usually tell them, "well if you had read the sign on the pinpad (it even covered the buttons) an right next to the screen this wouldn't be happening." And somehow it's still my fault?!

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      Is this the Wal-Mart by Potomac Mills? 'cos if it is, I can completely see someone doing that. At first I thought it was the Super Wal-Mart, but that one doesn't have self-checkouts.

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      • #4
        Quoth idrinkarum View Post
        Is this the Wal-Mart by Potomac Mills? 'cos if it is, I can completely see someone doing that. At first I thought it was the Super Wal-Mart, but that one doesn't have self-checkouts.
        Yeah. That wal-mart is the ONLY one with the vanilla sandalwood oil my mom likes.. >.> it's not even in the super wal-mart. Which sucks, cuz the one by the mall is like.. always dirty, and the employees are usually grouped up and chatting with each other and get all snooty if you DARE interrupt them to ask a question or something..
        heaven forbid someone do their JOB! but that's another rant altogether... >.>
        "If looks could really kill, my occupation would be staring" Brand New - I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light

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