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."
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."

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