Reminds me of one radio talk show host who, back in the day, had a sister working at Walmart - so he knew the internal number for store announcements. Long lines and few cashiers, so he wandered over to a phone, dialed the number and, pretending to be an official Walmart announcer, said that there were too few cashiers to handle everyone so would some people please leave and come back on a later day when things were better. Quite a number of people left. He heard later that the store management people were livid.
No lines in my local Wallyworld. They only have 2 options: Self check out for honest people or Just walk out without being confronted for the other 40% of customers
Gotta watch it doing self checkout if you want to avoid the line. They have delegated monitoring of self checkout to ai and if it thinks you stole, they have cops come to your house and arrest you. Also, they no longer accept the excuse of honestly forgetting to scan something and have started just having everyone who forgets to scan something sent to jail. Then of course they don't show so charges are dropped but it's still a huge pain plus a theft record.
I do not use self checkout. It is someone’s job being automated. Next we’ll be told to restock the shelves with the items we put in the cart. I want someone to ask if I found what I needed. If the only checkout is self check, I leave the cart and the store.
Same here, about the wife issue. My shopping trips are a dash compared to most peoples. Takes me 2 hours to go to Walmart, Sams and Publix with a gas stop in there some where.
My sister-in-law, on the other hand, can take 2 hours to go to a convenience store. She's from the Dominican Republic and knows everyone in her town. Go to Publix or Walmart and it's an all-day affair.
You don't have to go through the age verification bullshit for gas. I *HATE* the "please wait for an employee to verify your age bullshit. It's bad enough when I want to pick up a six pack, or realize I need a pack of smokes and have to argue with some dipshit that, yes those are for *me* not my 11 year old daughter (I have legitimately been denied a sale a couple of times because the employee though I was "purchasing for a minor"), but the list of shit that now pops up as age restricted is fucking retarded. Off the top of my head, Perminant markers, Paint, Glue, Bleach, Damn near *any* first aid medication, Exacto knife/blades, Wood burning supplies, Movies, Video games (again almost wasn't allowed to purchase because I had my kid with me. I had to point out to the manager that I have hair on my balls older than they are) BBs, Gun cleaning supplies, A rifle scope, A range finder, A bipod, A nerf gun, Ginger ale, Root beer (it took a store manager to convince the dipshit it was a soda not an adult beverage "but, it *says* beer!") Candles, And stupidest of all fucking firewood.
And of course with self check out, it locks up the whole damn system for *every single item* that is age restricted, and you have to wait for the little mouth breathing dipshit to quit bullshittingbwith a customer or picking their nose to come make sure you are "old enough" to make the damn purchase, which typically takes at least five minutes, but I've waited for almost 20 minutes before walking out a couple of times (and I tend to shop late at night to avoid the rush). That doesn't even begin to touch on the loathing I have for the "I need to see your receipt" fuckheads I have to deal with on the way out. At least *most* of them have started to recognize me on site and leave me alone, but I still occasionally get some idiot who pushes the issue after being told " No. I am not showing you anything." (Or on a second request "are you a cop with a warrent? No, then fuck off.)
Damn, what State do you live in? I've bought a lot of that shit at Walmart here and the only thing I've had the age verification thing pop up for was spray paint.
Reminds me of one radio talk show host who, back in the day, had a sister working at Walmart - so he knew the internal number for store announcements. Long lines and few cashiers, so he wandered over to a phone, dialed the number and, pretending to be an official Walmart announcer, said that there were too few cashiers to handle everyone so would some people please leave and come back on a later day when things were better. Quite a number of people left. He heard later that the store management people were livid.
ReplyDeleteNo lines in my local Wallyworld. They only have 2 options: Self check out for honest people or Just walk out without being confronted for the other 40% of customers
ReplyDeleteGotta watch it doing self checkout if you want to avoid the line. They have delegated monitoring of self checkout to ai and if it thinks you stole, they have cops come to your house and arrest you. Also, they no longer accept the excuse of honestly forgetting to scan something and have started just having everyone who forgets to scan something sent to jail. Then of course they don't show so charges are dropped but it's still a huge pain plus a theft record.
ReplyDeleteI've (legitimately) forgotten to pay for a few things at their awful self check. If they want to come after me over a $7 spatula, good for them.
DeleteI look at self checkout this way - I have no training as a store clerk so if I miss scanning something, that's on chinamart not me
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I do not use self checkout. It is someone’s job being automated. Next we’ll be told to restock the shelves with the items we put in the cart. I want someone to ask if I found what I needed. If the only checkout is self check, I leave the cart and the store.
ReplyDeleteI do if the regular checkout lines are too long. My wife is disabled and there's times I can't leave her alone any longer than I absolutely have to.
DeleteSame here, about the wife issue. My shopping trips are a dash compared to most peoples. Takes me 2 hours to go to Walmart, Sams and Publix with a gas stop in there some where.
DeleteMy sister-in-law, on the other hand, can take 2 hours to go to a convenience store. She's from the Dominican Republic and knows everyone in her town. Go to Publix or Walmart and it's an all-day affair.
self checkout at chinamart and pump your own gas. what's the diff?
ReplyDeleteSelf serve gas is cheaper than full service?
DeleteYou don't have to go through the age verification bullshit for gas.
DeleteI *HATE* the "please wait for an employee to verify your age bullshit. It's bad enough when I want to pick up a six pack, or realize I need a pack of smokes and have to argue with some dipshit that, yes those are for *me* not my 11 year old daughter (I have legitimately been denied a sale a couple of times because the employee though I was "purchasing for a minor"), but the list of shit that now pops up as age restricted is fucking retarded. Off the top of my head,
Perminant markers,
Paint,
Glue,
Bleach,
Damn near *any* first aid medication,
Exacto knife/blades,
Wood burning supplies,
Movies,
Video games (again almost wasn't allowed to purchase because I had my kid with me. I had to point out to the manager that I have hair on my balls older than they are)
BBs,
Gun cleaning supplies,
A rifle scope,
A range finder,
A bipod,
A nerf gun,
Ginger ale,
Root beer (it took a store manager to convince the dipshit it was a soda not an adult beverage "but, it *says* beer!")
Candles,
And stupidest of all fucking firewood.
And of course with self check out, it locks up the whole damn system for *every single item* that is age restricted, and you have to wait for the little mouth breathing dipshit to quit bullshittingbwith a customer or picking their nose to come make sure you are "old enough" to make the damn purchase, which typically takes at least five minutes, but I've waited for almost 20 minutes before walking out a couple of times (and I tend to shop late at night to avoid the rush).
That doesn't even begin to touch on the loathing I have for the "I need to see your receipt" fuckheads I have to deal with on the way out. At least *most* of them have started to recognize me on site and leave me alone, but I still occasionally get some idiot who pushes the issue after being told " No. I am not showing you anything." (Or on a second request "are you a cop with a warrent? No, then fuck off.)
Damn, what State do you live in? I've bought a lot of that shit at Walmart here and the only thing I've had the age verification thing pop up for was spray paint.
DeleteArizona, and it seems to be a store by store decision, as it never seems to be the same at different stores.
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