If you have the option, do you use the cashier or the self checkout line at the grocery store? What about other types if store like hardware stores?
If you have the option, do you use the cashier or the self checkout line at the grocery store? What about other types if store like hardware stores?
No. I caved. Self-checkout is much faster, even than before there were any self-checkouts. The reason is that they’re all always open, whereas the cashiers were always throttled to match the number of customers, ensuring the line was at least three deep. Also, because they want you to go to the self-checkout, I think they purposely don’t require the cashiers to be fast or efficient anymore. The one time last year when I went through the cashier line, it was fucking ridiculous. The cashier was chatting up the customers, and taking their sweet time, way worse than they used to.
I do my grocery shopping early in the morning and there is never a line, I just roll right up to the machine and start.
At Lowe’s, I use the self-checkout for small things, but when I’m also getting sheets of plywood, etc. I go to the cashier in the “pro” section. I think that’s pretty typical.