The local Fry’s (Kroger) has TWO banks of self-serve cashiers, but fortunately they always keep enough human cashiers open to prevent long lines, and the human cashiers are VERY quick and efficient.
Personally, I don’t mind the self-serve if I’m only buying a handful of items.
I 100 percent use self service check out. Ain’t nobody’s business when I’m buying depends, tampons and male enhancement medicines...
For giving out to the needy, of course.
It’s the principle of it for me. They want the customer to do the work. They don’t pay anyone that way but we’re still paying for labor in the price.
I can see if you only have a few things.
Right now I’ve never used a self-serve cashier and I’d sure like one time to practice. As it is I worry I will make mistakes, look stupid, be very self-conscious.
And like you said....a few items would work for me.
But once I got to put the things on the conveyor, run them over the register thing, then bag everything and put it in the cart, then use my debit or feed cash into some kind of ATM thing....on and on and on and on....
The ones in my local Walmart are almost always empty, or used by people with a few items.