I prefer weighing/printing a label for produce. I do it all the time at Wegmans; wish other stores would do the same thing. Makes it easier/faster for them to scan at the cashier as well vs. having them look up / punch in the code.
American supermarket cashiers now hand the receipt, bills, and pile the coins on top. I HATE THAT. Give me the coins first so I can put them in the appropriate place in my wallet, then the money bills, THEN the receipt (or preferably, put the receipt in one of the bags).
In many Muslim nations there are separate cash register lines for men and women. I got in the wrong one in KL. I did not realize the shape above the register was supposed to be a woman in a head scarf.
The woman cashier cashed out and a male manager brought another cash drawer.
I did not know what was happening until the male manager showed up w the cash drawer.
I think there is a backstory there…
I know you didn’t ask me directly, but Yellowfin Tuna (small steaks-frozen) are on sale for $5.89/pound (digital coupon - Bashas’). I’ll buy two (1 pound) packs. I can usually get 2 meals (for the two of us) out of one pack.
Sunshine loves Tuna sushi rolls. It has been a while since there was a sale, but here is my last batch of tuna sushi.
I’m not so sure of that. Our nearby Albertson’s got rid of their self-checkouts a few years ago. The manager told me it was “to improve customer interaction”. I think there were other reasons, but hey! who am I to judge? Our Costco stores got rid of them a bit before that, but put them back in during the height of Covid.
My local major chain location has the automated coin return which I appreciate so they only hand you cash/the receipt. Of course, that is the store I least frequently buy groceries at as well, so it doesn’t really matter lol.
We stopped shopping at one WM near us. Usually just one manned checkout open, forcing everyone to the self checkouts like a bunch of cattle. I mentioned this to an acquaintance who works at another WM and was told that WM employees refer to the back of the store as the “bull pen” and the front self checkouts as the “corral”. So I wasn’t too far off in my assessment.
I’m amazed it’s done at any U.S. store, given how easily it can be manipulated (e.g. more expensive radicchio masquerading as red cabbage).
As I mentioned, it’s more of a pet peeve when there’s no translator for the scale language, or when I’ve already loaded up a basket and headed to the cashier. Of course, the language thing isn’t the store’s fault, but it just slows things down.
Hmm, I don’t use cash at U.S. supermarkets. But what you mentioned is not exactly related to the Europe issue.
Anyway, in some Japanese supermarkets, a cashier does the scanning side of the check-out, and then you move onto another machine to process the payment. And then you bring your basket to another “island” to bag up the merch. It’s inefficient.
From another country’s perspective, China is all about the mobile pay. Credit cards were never too big on the mainland, there was a big leap (ahead, not forward) to QR codes. Now, even sweet potato vendors on dimly lit curbs accept mobile payment.
I was just there for a couple of weeks. Every now and then, a shopkeeper would try to dissuade hard cash usage – or might not have change – but I had no other choice. Tourists might be able to use their foreign credit cards with the mobile payment apps, but I didn’t want to sign-up for that stuff.
For certain! That’s why it’s so annoying, at our closest market that has no self-checkout) to wait with one or two items when even the 15 item ‘express’ lines are loaded.
Tip: the other day the Starbucks person came over to the express line and took a guy with one item back to her counter to check him out. Who knew!!!
