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And then, to make the non-athletic person feel better about themselves, they show us a skill they themselves have perfected in life.
Surely we've all got that under our belts, right?
For example I can get groceries faster than everyone else at Winco on a Sunday morning; I know the exact route to take through the store to be as economic with my time as possible.
I can do cart tricks. I know how to push on the handle just right so the cart pivots on one wheel while pointing perpendicular to how I'm walking for a fast, compact 180ยฐ. I'm also part of a team sport called "speed self checkout". It involves knowing scanning cadence, handing them the item with the barcode facing the convenient way, knowing how many items in which category to give to fill the bag before swapping, and knowing which items go on top. The real trick is knowing which items trigger a human to come over and check an id, and presenting those at the right time so they show up just after you finish scanning everything else. Too early and they eat valuable time leaving you idle, and you miss the chance to possibly combine the item check with the id check, which doubles the number of logins you have to watch and will totally mess everything up.
Speed self checkout is a great skill.
Do you bag at the end of everything, or do you sneak your first item into a bag to start? Is there a way to not have coupons ruin the speed as it forces the helper to come take the coupons from you?
Our self checkout lets you bag as you go, and the coupons are mostly handled automatically. Any paper coupons get fed into a scanner on the self checkout, but most are digital. About 90% of the coupons I get are automatically added when I buy things that qualify, and automatically applied when I buy eligible things.
Our flow is entirely based on one person being able to have an item out where their hand expects while the other bags the last item, with the handoff taking place just over the scanner. The cart driver (me) just needs to know how many items will be in the current bag and what order the scanner likes to bag.
The real game changer is the shop and scan system they have now. We've shifted to bagging as we walk through the store as we scan with the app. It means we've been figuring out the store layout that matches our preferred bag layout for unloading into fridge and pantry.
... what in the goddamn fuck. I'm reassessing my entire shopping experience - we tend to go opposite of store route to miss most of their impulse game (no avoiding checkout but when you see it from the beginning and avoid it then it's easier the 2nd time) but then kinda go aisle to aisle based on headers/needs.
Also sometimes just order ahead to avoid the whole thing, but a little extra money wasted that way.