Yet another way for the wealthy to steal productivity.
I get some of you like it and that’s fine but I hate it on principle.
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2026
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The theft will continue until service improves.
I like the self-checkout because it feels like I'm wasting less time at the checkout. I scan everything while walking through the store so when I get to the self-checkout I just have to pay and I'm out.
The only store where I like the regular checkout is Aldi because those cashiers are fast and the belt is long.
The worst checkout system we have is in a store called Colruyt. The cashiers have to load everything from your cart to an empty cart while they scan it. It was already a slow system and it got worse since they installed 'smart' cameras above the checkout to scan the codes instead of using the handscanner.
Self checkout works just fine in Sweden, the only people with an issue are dementia-ridden elderly (but they can't make sense of how to pay with a debit card either).
"Oh this is a PS5? I thought it was bananas."
The home depot near me has only self checkout .... I guess it was such a problem that they now have a team of workers standing next to each station to 'assist' with checkout.
The Lowes near me does the same. Their only job seems to be trying to sell a shitty credit card, and I guess making sure nobody steals shit?
But yeah, it feels like they put in self checkout to save money on labor, then lost money to theft, so now they pay people to just watch you do self checkout instead of having them do the checkout like they were doing in the first place.
Capitalism breeds innovation
This guy needs training for self-checkout? Lol
I've shoplifted at a self-checkout once, because the bag of chips i was trying to scan kept bugging out the machine
Organic bananas are just bananas in my book
“Aren’t all bananas organic, officer? I have never seen a synthetic one”
I never have but damn have I thought about it a few times
I occasionally "steal" a bag because I forget about it up until the point I have to start bagging, but I can no longer add new items
Please don't make me go to the checker who can't stop sharing about their super boring life! The machines only beep.
I like learning about other people
It helps distract me from my boring life lol
that's crazy, here everyone is installing them and they seem to be paying for themselves many times over.
In theory they can save a bunch on labor costs by having 1 person look over the lot and being ready for help vs having an army of clerks.
NGL I dig self checkout
They also saves us from hearing the privileged "can you open a line more" idiots and playing the game where old people pretend that they never learned how to queue.
If I want human interaction, I will go to a human, not a grocery store.
I'd actually be happy if they can remove the cashier job completely, so nobody has to waste their life ringing up other people 's shit, while getting abused by same people. Hardly anyone takes pride in doing that job anyway.
Despite machines and AI we don't really see increasing unemployment. People simply do more interesting things.
I'm all for protecting workers, but we don't do that by keeping them in dead end jobs.
Or you streamline and speed up the cashier like Aldi. Two areas where the groceries can go, with two card readers as well. They are scanning the next person while the previous is waiting for money processing and does the bagging
Yeah, it's the training, definitely not anything else.
i mean... alls soda cans weight the same.. why buy the expensive monsters wen you can pass a cheap one instead
How do you do that though.. you have to scan every barcode and if you get chosen for a random check the shop employee will scan all codes again and you face the risk of being reported to the police for shoplifting.
Or does the US have some different system?
im not in the us.
Took me longer than I'm proud of to realise that 500g of pasta weighs the same as 500g of beef