[50sDad]

Automatic Checkers are wonderful 99% of the time. When they work, I don't have to go through "happy talk" at the checkout where the checkers pretend I'm their best buddy, and try to get me to use my Kroger card on stuff that I know is not on sale so they can track my purchases better. I can zip through fast, and rarely have to wait for obnoxious drunk guys, little old ladies and indecisive shoppers.

Where those things really rock is in my Home Depot! Dang, no waiting, just blow right through and get on with life!

[Bernard Marx]

Automatic Checkers are wonderful 99% of the time.

And they'll get better year by year as the manufacturers learn from experience.

[Citizen of the Savage Nation]

Where those things really rock is in my Home Depot! Dang, no waiting, just blow right through and get on with life!

Funny, I just one of these at Home Depot this weekend and came to the opposite conclusion. Too fussy, have to hold each item at just the right angle and distance from the scanner to register, constant complaints about 'unrecognized items in baggage area', and you can't take anything out of the baggage area until completely done, which doesn't quite work when you have a few bulky items.

Where they really work is when you have smaller purchases and no large items or produce, zip in and zip out. Blasted things always complain about stuff in the bagging area when absolutely nothing is wrong.