Posted on 03/24/2023 3:06:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A SOCIAL media post has stirred up controversy amongst grocery shoppers after learning they've been using the checkout divider wrong.
The debate was sparked by Region 8 Chief Meteorologist Ryan Vaughan on Facebook after sharing a split image of a checkout lane with the divider in the correct and wrong positions.
The debate was sparked by Region 8 Chief Meteorologist Ryan Vaughan, who claimed some shoppers don't know how to use the divider correctly 2 The debate was sparked by Region 8 Chief Meteorologist Ryan Vaughan, who claimed some shoppers don't know how to use the divider correctlyCredit: Getty "I’m at the store tonight and noticed some of you don’t know how to use the divider," Vaughan captioned the post.
"You need to put it long ways to trip the sensor AND keep a distance. Some of y’all use it as a privacy fence."
The post sparked a mixed reaction among shoppers as some were left speechless, while others found it pointless.
"I’ve literally never seen it used this way… 😬," one shopper commented.
Another person wrote: "I’ve worked in the grocery business for 19 years and I’ve never seen this lol 😂 🤷🏻♀️."
An ex-Walmart employee said: "I worked at Walmart 9 years and never once saw someone do it this way 💀."
However, other shoppers believe it doesn't matter how you place the divider because the groceries on the lane trip the sensor.
"FYI, the groceries trip the sensor," one woman said.
"The divider is there to tell the cashier where your groceries stop. If you were supposed to leave 2 feet in between orders you wouldn't need a divider."
"Actually it doesn't matter which way you put it because your own groceries will stop it," a second person wrote.
A grocery store wrote shared: "As a cashier supervisor who is on the floor full time, please don't."
Sensors trip just fine with them the regular way, which is the only way the cashiers ever position them.
This is why I prefer self checkout.
I use it as a sword to keep self checkout people from getting to close to me.
What about a 45 degree angle? That way everyone is happy.
About as significant as which way the toilet paper is hanging
I don’t even check - just throw it on there both of them
Get in with life
If you use the so-called “right” position and start putting your groceries on the conveyer behind the divider, the person behind you would have to wait an extra two feet or so of your stupid empty conveyor length to even begin putting their own groceries down on the belt.
Ridiculous fail.
I stand mine upright to see which way it falls.
Same here.
Keep yer paws off my stuff.
The dividers far predate the sensors. There is a limited amount of conveyor space and placing it long ways would often make it impossible for all the groceries to fit. It is a privacy fence. If it weren’t, a thin stick would be the wrong shape. A half sphere would probably be better.
War in Ukraine
Pending financial system meltdown
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COVID vaccines causing airline pilots to keel over in flight...
And he’s having a cow over how we use the checkout divider.
By the way, that register conveyor belt is FILTHY!
The only thing wrong in the first picture is the sugar free cheesecake Jello pudding. Please get chocolate or butterscotch instead!
Exactly.
New Covid distance regulation. 2’ for produce. 6’ people.😉
I do angle mine so it trips the sensor, but not vertically like that.
It’s not yours until you pay for it, lol
But some pandemic panicked somebody may have recently come up with the idiotic idea to place them the long way for “social distancing”.
Yeah.
Just try and touch it, then.
;D
I”ll bet that shopper is going to make pudding with the almond milk!!! Yuck!
is this a moron test?
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