Self-Checkout idiots

[Rine]

Haha, I've seen two people do the "dump things on belt and then do nothing."

Sometimes I wonder if they realize that they are at a self checkout.

As for me, I love self checkouts but never understood why people go through with a huge cart load when there isn't a lot of space to bag items.

[SG15Z]

Finish And Pay, Part 2

RC scans their stuff, then swipes their card without hitting 'finish and pay', and stares blankly at the pinpad wondering why nothings happening.
Me: 'You have to hit the Finish And Pay button.'
RC continues to stare.
Me: 'Sir, you need to hit the Finish And Pay button on the monitor.'
RC: 'Huh?...oh..' -goes over to the monitor and stares at it'
Me: 'It's the button on the bottom right.'
RC: stares at monitor
Me: 'It says FINISH AND PAY'
RC: stares at monitor
Me: 'It's the big giant button that's flashing at you....'
RC: stares at monitor
Me: -about now I just go over and hit it for them-
RC: 'Oh, I did that already.'

Yeah, ok.

Yeah I see that a lot at Kroger too. It happens all the time unfortunately. Thankfully our pinpads recently got changed to where instead of saying "Please wait for the cashier" (you can guess where that's going) to "please continue checking out" so it's not as bad as it use to be...

What do I do with my card?

RC scans their stuff and hits Finish and Pay (yay for them, they actually found it). Then they stare at the monitor, and look it up and down. They try scanning their card where they scan their items. They try holding it up to the monitor as if it has psychic powers. They try putting it in the cash acceptor. They try putting it in the cash DISPENSOR. ANYTHING AT ALL except for swiping it on the pinpad like it SHOWS YOU IN THE VIDEO.

Um...just...wow. That's a new one. I've never had that happen. Seriously how can that many people not no how to use a card on a pinpad? It's not like it's a new concept or anything, the damn things have been around a long time now. If you don't know where to swipe your card you really should think of getting rid of your card and first upgrade your computer above Windows 3.1 to something more....recent...Like Windows 98? Does your computer even have a Pentium Processor?

Oh and your ASM is a douchewaffel. I would have told him off the next chance I got for sure.

However, I have seen many people get completetly bamboozled and have SC moments over them. Seriously, they're idot-proof, theoretically a mokey could operate them.

I've seen "Mentally Challenged" (as in they could barely form coherent sentences to me, mentally ill), blind and deaf people go through the damn things with no problem. No yes if a mentally ill person can do it, than a monkey can probably do it too. Makes you wanna for humanity don't it?

Haha, I've seen two people do the "dump things on belt and then do nothing."

Sometimes I wonder if they realize that they are at a self checkout.

As for me, I love self checkouts but never understood why people go through with a huge cart load when there isn't a lot of space to bag items.

I have yet to understand this either. Then they complain because "there's no room!!!". No S*** Sherlock! That's why I told you to go to a regular checkout lane you idiot.

[mandaliz8704]

I've gone through the self-checkout with a half a cart at most. I just do it because I don't like people.

But, I know how to operate the machine correctly and do not require any assistance from the person that watches the self-checkouts.

[Crab]

ASM=assistant sucky manager

Me: "I was helping him with the first--
ASM: "Just make sure you help the customers from now on."

And he walked off.

"Yessir! Let me just help this customer find the right place for this large length of dowelling."

[Setsunaela]

I'm actually pretty good with the self-checkout stations.. my grandma makes me do the ringing/bagging every time we're together in the store.

[NightWatch]

I don't mind the self checkouts. But there are couple of stores I frequent that during certain hours, shut down all the registers except the self checkout. Really sucks when your work schedule forces you to go grocery shopping for the week after midnight.

[blas]

I hate that the Wal-Mart in the city that I work in won't turn on their self checkouts until later in the morning. I go shopping on payday mornings for the peace and quiet, and I'd really like to use the self checkouts because I'd like to bag my stuff my way, and know that nothing will get left behind and that my frozen food will not go in the same bag as the Lysol toilet cleaner and the Kaboom.

[Digitalpotato]

You forgot one....


the people who think it's free
They walk up, scan the item and then leave without paying. YOU MORON THAT'S A CRIME AND YOU'RE ON TAPE!!!! Sometimes they also use it to just check the price.