+ Lucky Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said: Well...the "ugly American" is one who demands that Europeans comply with their own American standards. In this case the idea of self-service is already an ugly American invention so my expectations were the opposite. (Also I wasn't demanding all....in these instances I just act like I'm mentally disabled). Blind, elderly and stupid people still get help. 😉 Acting? 🤫 pubic_assistance, + jeezopete and EZEtoGRU 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pubic_assistance Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 22 minutes ago, Lucky said: Acting? 🤫 Yes @Lucky. As much as you think people with differences in philosophical viewpoints are stupid, there ARE people who can respect that people are just different. Different viewpoints borne from different life experiences. In this case, I grew up middle class with aspirations to be able to enjoy the services that I observed were afforded the upper middle class. As I grew older, the world has changed and even the "uppers" are subjected to help-yourself attitude in retail. But i didn't work this hard to do self service, so I don't. I won't bully anyone to get it but I do admit to acting confused that I should be expected to do so. 😜 + Vegas_Millennial and + Lucky 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Belgium Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 On 11/18/2023 at 4:57 PM, marylander1940 said: I wouldn't be surprised if in some European countries like France self-checkouts are banned because kill jobs. It's not banned, I know there's self-checkouts in Brussels but in most supermarkets it's just not a thing, I tried to find out why but I couldn't find a clear answer. Two years ago a supermarket chain (Jumbo) introduced a "chat cashier" for people that want a chat & don't mind waiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marylander1940 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 2 hours ago, Thomas_Belgium said: It's not banned, I know there's self-checkouts in Brussels but in most supermarkets it's just not a thing, I tried to find out why but I couldn't find a clear answer. Two years ago a supermarket chain (Jumbo) introduced a "chat cashier" for people that want a chat & don't mind waiting. I didn't say they were banned, I simply said that maybe in the future they think about doing it like they came up with a 35 hours a week trying to artificially keep jobs alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Vegas_Millennial Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, marylander1940 said: I didn't say they were banned, I simply said that maybe in the future they think about doing it like they came up with a 35 hours a week trying to artificially keep jobs alive. When I was in Europe a few months ago I encountered self-service check-out stands at some grocery stores in Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. I always went to the cashier for service. One time, I did notice on my receipt that I had been charged some nominal fee (around 0.35 Euros). I was in a hurry to catch a train so I didn't have time to ask about it, and the receipt wasn't in English so I can't be certain what it was for; but, I believe it was a fee for using the human cashier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ BOZO T CLOWN Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 If I can put him in my shopping cart, I'll head right to the self-checkout BTC pubic_assistance and + jeezopete 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EZEtoGRU Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 (edited) Recent news reports suggest multiple retail/grocery stores are removing self-checkout and re-instituting more cashiers. They claim self-checkout results in more honest mistakes, more theft/shoplifting, and more technical problems. i know at our local CVS, they seem to be having more technical problems with self-checkout lately which results in a cashier having to come over and fix the problem. It’s getting very frustrating. I don’t mind using self-checkout if I don’t have to weigh things. Our local small grocer doesn’t have self-checkout so not an issue there. Anyway, keep a lookout for your local self-checkout option being removed😉. Target is testing a new self-checkout policy | CNN Business WWW.CNN.COM Target is testing a new self-checkout policy as retailers are finding the cashier-less... Edited November 19, 2023 by EZEtoGRU + Vegas_Millennial and + Charlie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ jeezopete Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 16 hours ago, Thomas_Belgium said: Two years ago a supermarket chain (Jumbo) introduced a "chat cashier" for people that want a chat & don't mind waiting. + Vegas_Millennial and + Charlie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ jeezopete Posted November 20, 2023 Share Posted November 20, 2023 11 hours ago, EZEtoGRU said: Recent news reports suggest multiple retail/grocery stores are removing self-checkout and re-instituting more cashiers. All 4 of the Walmarts near me (3 supercenters and one Walmart Neighborhood Market all within 10 min. drive) have just added more self-checkouts. MikeBiDude and + Charlie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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