Wow I hate self-serve checkouts.

[Deactivated] on 08/11/2017 - 21:48
Last edited 08/11/2017 - 22:02 by 1 other user

Shop opens til 10pm but if you're there any time past 7pm, you have to self-serve yourself or wait a few minutes for them to turn on a register…

This is one of the biggest shopping centres near me too.

Then I have to proceed to self-serve myself a whole shopping trolley full $100+… That's okay, it's relaxing.

But then the checkout chick who's meant to be on the registers comes up behind me and starts just watching me… (profanity) , I didn't want to self-serve.

Next time I'm just going to wait til they turn a register on.

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Food & Grocery

Comments

  • [Deactivated] on 08/11/2017 - 22:06
    +98

    Eat a Snickers.
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    …….
    ……..
    ………
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    ……..
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    .

    Feeling better now?

    • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2017 - 00:58
      +20

      I forgot to buy snickers. N000

    • florachan on 10/11/2017 - 13:32
      +2

      you are not yourself when you are hungry.. amirite??

      • Slippery Fish on 11/11/2017 - 21:14

        "Your not you when your hungry"

        • dm01 on 11/11/2017 - 23:16
          +6

          you're / you're

        • [Deactivated] on 12/11/2017 - 00:04

          @dm01: ur fookin nate ya mams own boy when ya aint a snickars'd up

        • dm01 on 12/11/2017 - 00:08
          +4

          @StoneSin: Sounds like you take your snickers deep-fried.

        • [Deactivated] on 12/11/2017 - 16:36

          @dm01: Yes pls

      • Atazoth616 on 14/11/2017 - 08:47
        +1

        "amirite"

        No, especially if you start spelling "am I right" as "amirite" .

    • pennypincher98 on 14/11/2017 - 10:31

      and don't forget to use the self serve checkout to buy it with :D

  • Stewardo on 08/11/2017 - 22:08
    +19

    Shop at Aldi

    • Wystri Warrick on 09/11/2017 - 11:58
      +3

      Ahh Aldi

      • fullmetal on 10/11/2017 - 13:41
        +8

        Most Aldi close at 8pm?

        • D6C1 on 11/11/2017 - 00:12
          +4

          7?

    • WhyAmICommenting on 11/11/2017 - 21:45
      +15

      Get it thrown at you. Also not relaxing

    • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2017 - 23:40
      +15

      Every time I have shopped at Aldi I have spent 20+ minutes in the queue, often just buying 2 - 3 items.

      I love self serve checkouts!

    • jjj123 on 12/11/2017 - 14:19
      +3

      I hate Aldi, when everytime they stuffed up with the price or misplaced the items , they will not match the shelf price or give you for free, they give you three options:

      1. take it at the wrong price
      2. return and refund the item
      3. return and re-purchase the correct item

      they dont have scanning policy like woolworths and coles, they want to spend your time and their time to solve the problem instead of giving you the shelf price even there is a long queue.

      • eug on 12/11/2017 - 18:22

        What do you expect when shopping at a low-cost store? That's how they keep prices lower. It's like flying a budget airline. You'll get there in the end for less money, but you'll have to put up with some inconveniences along the way.

      • RedHab on 13/11/2017 - 14:37
        -2

        The law in NSW is that if the scan price is incorrect then you get the first item free, subsequent items at shelf price.

        • eug on 14/11/2017 - 12:14
          +1

          The law in NSW is that if the scan price is incorrect then you get the first item free, subsequent items at shelf price.

          That is not a law. It's a voluntary code of practice.

          It also doesn't cover items over $50, or liquor and tobacco products.

      • jlogic on 14/11/2017 - 08:32

        Seen that happen in real life… I was like WTF the sign is up there and I could see from the checkout. Just scan it for the price you see on the sign. Nopes calls the manager and they have a talk and then say to scan for the individual price because the box didn't have a barcode the system recognised. Customer CBF and said whatever to speed it up.

        It was a box of mineral water which had a sign for a lower price if you buy the box than individual bottles.

  • Herodotus on 08/11/2017 - 22:19
    +69

    Just ring everything up as carrots. Good for the farmers.

  • poboy on 08/11/2017 - 22:21
    +195

    Drop a deuce on the scales to show to show them what an unexpected item in the bagging area is.

    • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2017 - 01:28
      +9

      I laughed so hard I almost pooped

      • kerodean on 10/11/2017 - 20:51
        +12

        onto the register I hope

    • payless69 on 12/11/2017 - 12:28

      put the checkout chick on the scales

    • pennypincher98 on 14/11/2017 - 10:32

      That right there is worth a screenshot to enjoy for years to come :)

    • zota on 14/11/2017 - 17:27
      +1

      Can someone please explain the above statement. I am unable to understand the joke.

      • eug on 14/11/2017 - 17:41
        +2

        Sometimes when you place the grocery item you just scanned into the bagging area, you'll get a message saying "unexpected item in bagging area" even though the grocery item is something you'd expect to find in the bagging area.

        The next time it happens to you, drop your pants and take a good shit on the scale. A pile of shit is definitely not what you'd normally expect in a bagging area, resulting in the entire store bursting out in laughter. If you're lucky, the manager might even give you a free basket of groceries.

  • Yttrium on 08/11/2017 - 22:50
    +23

    Walk straight past the unattended checkouts with your full trolley. They will open a checkout for you immediately.

    • Kangal on 08/11/2017 - 23:25
      +17

      First they take our money, then they take uor jobs, then they take our plastic bags… what will they take next?

      • dasher86 on 09/11/2017 - 08:10
        +13

        Your free shopping trolleys

      • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2017 - 15:14

        Well i had no dignity to start with so no risk there…

        I hate them too OP, and if i'm forced to use them i feign incompetence (yes, yes i do) and get that chick who keeps saying "next waiting" to deal with it.

      • Slippery Fish on 11/11/2017 - 21:15
        +2

        Your virginity

        • Harold Halfprice on 12/11/2017 - 11:12
          +3

          Not even they can take that from him.

      • serpserpserp on 12/11/2017 - 09:25
        +1

        Next they'll take away our rewards points.

      • 42 on 12/11/2017 - 13:15
        +2

        …but they will never take our freedom.

    • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2017 - 01:00
      +3

      Last time it took them 5 minutes and the light was ON. This time no lights on :(

      But definitely will.

      • silverrat23 on 10/11/2017 - 18:16
        +2

        Just ask someone at a regular register instead. Achieves the same result (opening a new checkout) but without staff giving you the stink eye.

  • bobbified on 08/11/2017 - 23:34
    +6

    comes up behind me and starts just watching me… (profanity) , I didn't want to self-serve.

    Instead of self-serving, start self-pleasuring. She'll be gone in no time! haha

    • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2017 - 21:31
      +16

      Louis CK is that you?

      • Twodogs on 11/11/2017 - 23:32

        Too soon ? ………. :-)

    • airal3rt on 09/11/2017 - 00:30
      +53

      People with families and/or those who shop once a week? WTF?

    • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2017 - 01:02
      +9

      My father used to buy $300+ in one go. We had a big family.

      I'm buying $100 or so because I rarely shop and this time I had a special event coming..

    • Cheapo Moose on 10/11/2017 - 13:04
      +61

      Maybe go with your mum next time she's buying your food and see how much it is.

      • D6C1 on 11/11/2017 - 00:14
        +2

        $527.39

      • [Deactivated] on 23/11/2017 - 00:03

        This is such a great lesson. I can't believe I missed it last week.

    • berry580 on 10/11/2017 - 18:28
      +5

      Your mother who does the $100+ shopping for you?

    • MrFrugalSpend on 11/11/2017 - 00:30
      +1

      Err…. what? Who doesn't… a word of advice, dont have kids if you want to keep your bills at two digits! Lol. I miss the days where my weekly three digit total started with a 1 instead of a 2!

    • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2017 - 23:42

      With a wife….3 kids….a dog and 3 cats we spend $300 or so on our big fortnightly shop. I do love self serve check outs when I am buying 2 - 3 items though.

    • redwood on 08/11/2017 - 23:53
      +42

      If they're opened til late, they should be prepared to serve til late.

      • ceebee on 11/11/2017 - 03:44

        You're not owed service though, just because you wanna go in during extended hours. I mean obviously, if you're the only person in the store that late, (as op was) there is not going to be a ton of employees around, because your sale wouldn't cover all their wages.

        • rawm on 11/11/2017 - 10:36
          +8

          Gerry Harvey, is that you hiding behind that pseudonym?

        • billy77 on 11/11/2017 - 14:08

          When it comes to essential services, like groceries, fuel etc… that are mono/duo-polised, they DO owe you a service. Where else do we go? Free market and all, customers are a little bit cornered.

        • smartazz104 on 12/11/2017 - 11:04

          @billy77: Ahh there was a time when service stations actually provided, you know, service; someone would come and fill up your car for you. Here we are today doing it ourselves so whatever protests people may have put up back then didn’t work. All these complaints about self serve are futile; anything you do to avoid them serves only to inconvenience yourself. Don’t be surprised if one day all check outs are self serve.

        • billy77 on 12/11/2017 - 12:15

          @smartazz104:
          Sadly, you are right :(

  • original15 on 08/11/2017 - 23:55
    +55

    Self checkout is essential when buying special items:
    24 pack of condoms, lube, prunes, D-cell batteries and a pineapple

    • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2017 - 01:26
      +10

      if you need lube, your not doing it right.

      • dasher86 on 09/11/2017 - 08:11
        +33

        Pineapple…

        • ily on 10/11/2017 - 16:11
          +3

          you've got the wrong technique

      • Your Friend on 13/11/2017 - 09:23

        you're*

    • tooblue on 09/11/2017 - 10:27
      +2

      24 pack of condoms, lube, prunes, D-cell batteries and a pineapple

      Lube is required when you try to put a pineapple into a condom. Batteries to power something. But I don't understand the prunes.

      • original15 on 09/11/2017 - 12:03
        +8

        You won't until you try

      • YellowDieselGolf on 10/11/2017 - 18:40
        +14

        They help you get rid of the pineapple.

      • D6C1 on 11/11/2017 - 00:15
        +3

        Batteries to power something? I assumed they were going to get lubed then….

        • BuzzBuzzBuzz on 11/11/2017 - 23:46
          +1

          The batteries add a little spark of excitement.

    • MrFrugalSpend on 11/11/2017 - 00:34

      Its the combination that arouses suspicion. No one would blink an eye if you bought them separately… !

      • Antikythera on 12/11/2017 - 06:11
        +3

        pretend you dont have enough money. eye up both the pineapple and the lube then put the lube back.

    • ceebee on 11/11/2017 - 03:45
      +2

      Really? I have no shame when it comes to buying pinapples.

  • spychiatrist on 09/11/2017 - 00:52
    +32

    Hate Coles self-serve checkout. Need to wait for the light to turn green before you scan next item. Oh, the scales where the plastic bag is failed to weigh the item…Skip Bagging? Oh, you sikpped bagging too many times, wait for assistance. Oh, place item back in the baggage area. No, place item in the bagging area. Assistance required. All this time the Coles assistant watches me like a hawk like I'm gonna steal.

    • JIMB0 on 10/11/2017 - 17:43
      +3

      I skipped bagging twice before the attendant came over warning me if I did it a third time the machine would stop.

    • arcticmonkey on 10/11/2017 - 22:16
      +3

      Whatever it takes to make rich people richer. You doing that work has probably got a rich exec a bigger bonus and a shareholder more dividends.

    • [Deactivated] on 11/11/2017 - 00:21
      +2

      Yep watch you like a hawk. They WANT you to steal. They get a $20 Coles voucher if they catch you.

    • MrFrugalSpend on 11/11/2017 - 00:43
      +3

      Not to mention their plastic bags, if/where they still have them, are way harder to open than woolies ones

      • spychiatrist on 11/11/2017 - 12:56

        It has improved a bit but still a pain to open

        • Frugal on 11/11/2017 - 23:20
          +1

          Agreed. What's up with the plastic bags? It's as if they stuck them together. They should have those moist sponge thingy you find at the post office to stick the stamps.

          An attendant said you sorta curl your pinky finger and scratch it towards yourself.

        • yabree17 on 12/11/2017 - 13:53
          +3

          @Frugal:
          Ew would you really want to put your finger in some moist sponge that 100 other people have also put their fingers in?

        • MrFrugalSpend on 12/11/2017 - 19:27
          +1

          @yabree17: at the staffed counters, the checkout attendants at the Coles I regularly visit often lick their fingers to open the bags… they are probably wondering how they catch gastro every month or so given they are touching everyone's groceries and sticking their fingers in their mouth berween every 5-6 items. Nasty… They should at least have their own spongy thing.

  • ozhunter on 09/11/2017 - 01:17
    +5

    My local Coles normally closes them around 7:30pm and you have to go through the checkout which is frustrating if you only have a couple items. I think it's to prevent people from stealing.

  • jjjaar on 09/11/2017 - 08:02
    +3

    My store isn't the opposite. Open til midnight and from 8pm there are two registers open and no self checkouts. One register and 10 self checkouts would be much more efficient.

  • myusername on 09/11/2017 - 09:42
    +2

    one thing i hate about the self service checkouts is the way they just stand there and watch you like a hawk at what you're scanning.

    on a few occasions i've asked the operator(wannabee security guard) to scan my stuff if they feel i'm trying to steal something, otherwise go and intimidate someone else.

    so you pay top dollar for your products only to be treated like a thief when you're using the self service terminals.

    • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2017 - 13:39
      +3

      The girl was standing behind me and putting the stack of baskets from one stack into the other, then back again. She did it about 5 times, then started polishing the metal pole. It couldn't be more obvious that they are told to watch in case we steal shit.

      I also asked (a few times, before she registered me 1m away) to get an item removed and they acted like it was the end of the world… then went back to polishing the pole.

      I don't want to do this myself and it was made clear in my gestures before I arrived…

      • MilkDrinker on 09/11/2017 - 14:04
        +10

        While I think its possible they do it for stealing I don't think they assume EVERYONE is gonna steal, more likely its so they can quickly shove their card in whenever theres a bagging issue (happens almost everytime for me at self service) and get people out the door faster.

        Although since its their ONLY job to just stand there watch and help that operator sure sounded a bit shitty when she had to help.

        I reckon you have every right to just walk up to them and ask them for a register until they learn to keep at least 1 on every night. If you keep letting them get away with having no registers at 8pm they will keep doing it.

        • [Deactivated] on 09/11/2017 - 15:57
          +9

          Yeah. The weird part was that there were more workers than customers… Yet still no registers.

      • cashless on 10/11/2017 - 19:48
        +8

        then started polishing the metal pole.

        I would have turned around and started staring at her at this point

        • D6C1 on 11/11/2017 - 00:17

          How did you do the quote thingy

        • eug on 11/11/2017 - 17:41

          @D6C1:

          How did you do the quote thingy

          Quote as in, she started polishing the "metal pole"?
          :)

          (put a > at the start of the line)

        • D6C1 on 11/11/2017 - 20:10

          @eug: > Quote as in

          Edit: Mmmm nope

        • smartazz104 on 11/11/2017 - 21:09

          Yes

        • D6C1 on 12/11/2017 - 07:48

          @smartazz104:

          No

      • arcticmonkey on 10/11/2017 - 22:18

        Then why did you do it? I refuse to use self serve scanners and always make an effort to ask them to open a lane.

        • myusername on 11/11/2017 - 11:21
          +4

          sometimes i just want to get out of the shops as quickly as possible, bulk of the time i refuse to use the self service scanners.

          i'm paying top dollar for my goods i want someone to pack that stuff in a bag

      • lddv04 on 11/11/2017 - 23:46
        +4

        Tell me more about this pole polishing…..

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