do you like self-checkouts?

I like them for two reasons:

1. I can double check to make sure the prices are correct, sometimes those cashiers are so fast that you miss something.

2. There are usually very few people in the self-check lines and once you get to your spot you can scan and go without delay. I'm all about the speed!

Believe me, where we have these types of registers, the cashiers are still very busy with customers that don't use the self-check lanes. They aren't standing around doing nothing!

I love the self-checkouts. I can get out much faster because I don't have to wait for the other people in line to take their sweet little time paying.

Self check-outs are nice when they work, but I don't use them because they are just another way to put someone out of work

my wife uses them once in awhile, I don't use or like them at all.

They annoy me so I don't use them. But I don't have a problem with them being there. ;)

ha! ha ha ha ha! Maybe I'm crazy, but as a Wal-mart cashier I rarely find time to stand around. Also, if I see someone going to the self-checkouts and I happen to be available, I strongly encourage them to use me instead. This is for several reasons.

1) I USE self-checkouts when there are lines to leave more cashiers available for "real" customers, and the operating system in them runs slower and you can't scan as quickly. No matter how fast you try to be, you will check out more slowly on a self-checkout.

2) You cannot write checks on self-checkouts. If you purchase alcohol on self-checkouts it flags you and stops the transaction, no matter how old you are. You can't buy or reload shopping cards on self-checkouts.

3) I like doing my job, like serving the customers, and suspect that they are not getting the best service when the store gets too "self-serve" focused.

Now, as a cashier, I can tell you that it is a very rare thing that I "redline" (that's when we stand up there and beg you to check out with us). When I am not busy, I am SUPPOSED to be dusting off all the shelves in my checkout line, looking around for mislaid merchandise, stocking candy and gum, and other things which contribute to the general appearance and image of the store. A cashier that does their job right, if the store's scheduling system is operating correctly, should not have much time to stand around. For me, it's usually less than twenty minutes out of an eight hour day. :-)

That being said, plenty of my coworkers stand around and gossip ten or twenty minutes at a stretch, and one coworker actually leaves her station to go talk to the door greeter, even if my register, right beside hers, has four or five people deep in line... *sigh*

Self checkouts are fine... if everyone else is busy and you're only buying one or two things. They're too slow and cumbersome, though, for large purchases - just my opinion.

I use them at Krogers

I like them because you can use any coupon, as long as it's in the store, there, even if you do not have the product to check out. I think that is GREAT. Not supposed to, but I've seen too many people doing it. They will check on you, though, so if you are going to do that, be careful.

It is kind of like cheating them, though.

I hate them. They never work right. I always go to a manned station.

Yepper, all the time!

I like them especially when the checkout lines are long, and they haven't put any additional cashiers on. They take coupons, they take cash or debit or credit cards. Every now and then they can be annoying though. I don't see it as tsaking away someone's job.

I never use them. I want to put people to work, not just make corporations richer than they already are. I want them to pay people and give them benefits.

They took them out of my local K-mart because they said there was too much theft going on with them.

Hire a real checker!!!

I do!

I don't like them. I feel like they are taking a job away from someone who could probably use it.

They work slower than a good clerk and I always have at least one item that doesn't scan. I only use them if I have only a couple of items.

i find myself not going into a store if they don't have self check outs. I LOVE EM!

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In most cases I try to use them. C):-)

I like the self checkouts-too many people are scared of them...

I can live with either way....

I'll do anything to get out of a crowded store.

Maybe I didn't get it. When I used one a cashier came over to help me. It didn't make sense to me. It was as if she was there to make sure I did it right and didn't cheat the store. What is the sense in having someone watch me do the work. Maybe I missed the point.

I only use them if I have a couple of items and all the other lines are long, seems like they are always having to call a cashier over to them anyway.

I think we have only used them once or twice. If all the lines are really long and we have just a few things we use them but mostly we go through the check out with a clerk. I dont think they will ever eliminate the cashier. I think most people like the personal touch of a cashier verses a do it yourself machine.

NO - I always wind up having something that doesn't work or I screw something up with the machine or something.

Love ;em, and there is the choice not to use them.

I like them especially when I don't have alot of items. I can get in and out of the store a lot faster.

love them and hate them based from using them at walmart. You can't just purchase any cold medicines without it stopping to get approval and those "free" coupons need approval also because a price has to written in.

Other than that, I love them. So easy to use and I won't have that senseless 1 item in a bag thing happening!

I use them all the time. My wheelchair won't fit in regular cashier lines. And I don't have to deal with cashiers trying to help me when I don't want help.

They're supposed to be for express sales, 10 items or less.

I use them sometimes, if I only have 1 or 2 items and the lines are long. But I'd really rather have a person check me out -- I like the more personal approach:-)

Ha! I doubt I'll transfer. They don't pay me enough, for starters... the other issue, of course, is that I am trying to find a work-from-home job that pays at least as much as my take-home, so I can skip paying for childcare and still earn a living. :-D

Never seen one around here.. so can't answer it.

It depends on the store but in general "YES" because I can pack my own stuff and get out sooner.