This thread has made me feel so incredibly millennial.

I suppose you might also leave trash at your seat in a movie theater or restaurant. After all, cleaning up is someone else’s job and you don’t even work there. Plus, you can pat yourself on the back for contributing to that person’s job security with your added burden like some of the people here.

The self checkout person always thinks I’m cute and gives me good deals

I shop in the morning to avoid lines. But, before self-checkout, they’d only have two registers open, so there was still a line. With self-checkout, in the morning, there’s never a line so it’s faster.

I like Walmart self-checkout machines better than others I’ve used, such as at Lowe’s or Target (I don’t shop at Target anymore) because I only need to put in my pin number, there’s no other confirmations. I ignore the rate the store, donation, and print or email receipt questions while I put the groceries back in the cart, those all time out and the receipt prints by default.

I’m happy enough to chat or not chat to strangers, so that was never an issue for me. I’m sorry so many of the younger generation were apparently so poorly socialized, it must be stressful.

But where are the mirrors?

Tell me the OP is from the US without telling me they’re from the US.

I have witnessed far to many people with full carts que into the self check out, and than they get frustrated when every other thing they scan throws a flag.

Bitch, SCO is for 10 items or less!

And I always prefer machines over humans

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oh nooooo, how dare they offer you a convenient option that saves time

fun fact: you can get a discount at a self-checkout! grocery stores hate this one trick!

I feel seen!

Just accidentally drop and break a gallon of milk on the self checkout machine. Then a human who isn’t paid enough to live will take its place.

This is what I tell my boyfriend anytime there’s a line at the cash register but not self-check out

I am surprised about how many people prefer self checkout. Since AI is taboo to use but replacing a worker with self checkout is okay. Kind of a weird dynamic on the platform.

Self checkout ✅ AI ❌