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Post by katlady on Jun 16, 2019 4:02:07 GMT
My local Wal-Mart has made the self-checkout lanes Express Lanes, meaning 20 items or less. This is the only Wal-Mart I go to so I don't know if this is common. Are the self-checkout lanes for 20 items or less at your Wal-Mart? I don't know if the clerk would kick you out of self-checkout if you had 25 items.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jun 16, 2019 4:55:47 GMT
They aren't at Walmart, or weren't the last time I was there, but for a period of time at my grocery store they were. I hated it and complained every week on my receipt survey.
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Post by mom on Jun 16, 2019 4:57:56 GMT
Our stores aren't that way. Anyone can use the self checkout.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2019 6:35:09 GMT
Self check outs are not limited in my stores. Some of them have long belts to make large cart loads easier to deal with. Others have only a small space to set a hand carried basket with next to no room to park a cart while checking out so the implication is there; but there is no signs limiting how many items can be checked.
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Post by garcia5050 on Jun 16, 2019 6:40:16 GMT
My little neighborhood Walmart had 2 self checkout lines with no limit. They recently opened 8 more self checkouts, all with 20 item limit, but left the original 2 with no limit. Sometimes, there are no cashiers in site.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 16, 2019 7:44:50 GMT
Self checkout lanes at my Walmart do not have an item limit. They do have regular express lines with a limit and cashier though.
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Post by wellway on Jun 16, 2019 9:24:27 GMT
Unidentified item in packing area....argghhh.
That's all I have say about self checkout. Only if I have two items and other queues are too long will I use the self checkout, they drive me to distraction.
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Post by Rainy_Day_Woman on Jun 16, 2019 11:58:13 GMT
Ours is designated 15 items or less, I believe. No one is policing it, but there is a really limited bagging area, so it would be really annoying to check yourself out there with more than 15 items.
There are about 8-10 self check-outs and a long marked off queue formation area. I never pop into Walmart for something quick because it is far from me, so I always have a cart full and have never used it.
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Post by naby64 on Jun 16, 2019 12:14:01 GMT
We have smaller stations on the end self checks but I haven't noticed a limit. There are 2-3 longer belt lines. I forget about those.
I'll look the next time I'm in to see if they have posted limits.
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Post by littlemama on Jun 16, 2019 12:14:46 GMT
I dont know about Walmart, but Meijer has many self checkouts with item limits and 4 or 5 with no limits
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 16, 2019 12:20:18 GMT
Our WM has about ten self checkout lines with no limit on items.
And they rarely have more than two cashiers at regular lines.
Drives me insane. I wait for real cashiers because I never go to WM for just a few items and if I'm spending my money there, I'm sure we heck not losing my sanity at the self checkout, which always has a problem and starts flashing red. Every time.
My favorite is when employees try to direct me away from the cashier line, to the self checkout. They look so confused when I politely declined.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2019 12:31:13 GMT
Note to Walmart and any other store that has this on their signs, including UK stores that do it............20 items or fewer!
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Post by mustlovecats on Jun 16, 2019 12:59:22 GMT
All our self checkouts are 15 or 20 items max. I don’t use them unless the lines are long because I don’t want to do a cashier’s job for free. Prices go up. Service goes down. But once in a while I see someone with a huge cart full go through self checkout. There has to be a good reason because I think it looks like a lot of work for no reward.
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Post by johnnysmom on Jun 16, 2019 13:13:34 GMT
All our self checkouts are 15 or 20 items max. I don’t use them unless the lines are long because I don’t want to do a cashier’s job for free. Prices go up. Service goes down. But once in a while I see someone with a huge cart full go through self checkout. There has to be a good reason because I think it looks like a lot of work for no reward. The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why?  ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. |
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Post by littlemama on Jun 16, 2019 13:19:54 GMT
Note to Walmart and any other store that has this on their signs, including UK stores that do it............20 items or fewer! YES!!! This is a pet peeve of mine! |
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Jun 16, 2019 13:55:51 GMT
Ours recently expanded the amount of self checkouts to include long conveyor belts, so I guess no, there's no limit.
Side note, yesterday I bought and scanned some toddler shorts, and it was flagged for assistance. The employee came over to help me and a video replay popped up of me scanning the shorts.
Thought that was cool and creepy. I mean I knew I was being recorded up high in general, but it felt weird to realize I have several special cameras zoomed in on each specific check stand ready for replay, like everyone is watching my every move specifically. Anyway apparently I had scanned it too fast he said.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 16, 2019 14:12:38 GMT
All our self checkouts are 15 or 20 items max. I don’t use them unless the lines are long because I don’t want to do a cashier’s job for free. Prices go up. Service goes down. But once in a while I see someone with a huge cart full go through self checkout. There has to be a good reason because I think it looks like a lot of work for no reward. The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why? ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. I don’t understand people who complain about bagging. You’re standing right there, just tell them how to do it. You can see and monitor and control what’s going on. |
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Post by MZF on Jun 16, 2019 14:45:15 GMT
Not at the one near me. I've seen people with loaded carts using ours. I almost always use self check at Wal Mart, but normally don't have many items at a time.
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Post by alsomsknit on Jun 16, 2019 15:07:32 GMT
Self check outs are not limited in my stores. Some of them have long belts to make large cart loads easier to deal with. Others have only a small space to set a hand carried basket with next to no room to park a cart while checking out so the implication is there; but there is no signs limiting how many items can be checked. Our local market has added the larger checkouts, too. I think it was a genius idea and love it. But, I prefer self-check out. There are a couple of cashiers at the local market & at Walmart that I will go through their lines, though. They are always nice and I would like to see them keep their jobs. As to the original post, there have been no limits placed on self-check out as of last week. |
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Jun 16, 2019 15:38:57 GMT
The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why? ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. I don’t understand people who complain about bagging. You’re standing right there, just tell them how to do it. You can see and monitor and control what’s going on. In fact, I cannot monitor the bagger to keep him from putting frozen food on top of my bananas and the raw chicken with the deli meat while I'm also watching the register to make sure the sales are coming up correctly and the cashier properly identifies my produce. The cashier/register are to my left and the bagger is to my right. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 16, 2019 15:43:53 GMT
Our WalMart has at least 15-20 self checkout stations and you are not limited to a certain number of items.
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Post by myshelly on Jun 16, 2019 15:47:39 GMT
I don’t understand people who complain about bagging. You’re standing right there, just tell them how to do it. You can see and monitor and control what’s going on. In fact, I cannot monitor the bagger to keep him from putting frozen food on top of my bananas and the raw chicken with the deli meat while I'm also watching the register to make sure the sales are coming up correctly and the cashier properly identifies my produce. The cashier/register are to my left and the bagger is to my right. I’ve never grocery shopped anywhere that there’s a separate cashier and bagger 🤷🏻♀️ Seems super inconvenient. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 16, 2019 15:49:05 GMT
Drives me insane. I wait for real cashiers because I never go to WM for just a few items and if I'm spending my money there, I'm sure we heck not losing my sanity at the self checkout, which always has a problem and starts flashing red. Every time.My favorite is when employees try to direct me away from the cashier line, to the self checkout. They look so confused when I politely declined. I have never had a problem with self checkout. Why would it start flashing red? Our bags and items are not weighed so there is never a reason for a light to flash. I personally love self checkout. It is much faster, I don't have to wait in line and I love putting all my items in the bags that I want them in. |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 16, 2019 15:50:56 GMT
In fact, I cannot monitor the bagger to keep him from putting frozen food on top of my bananas and the raw chicken with the deli meat while I'm also watching the register to make sure the sales are coming up correctly and the cashier properly identifies my produce. The cashier/register are to my left and the bagger is to my right.
All of our grocery stores have separate baggers. I've never shopped at a grocery store who didn't. It's not inconvenient, it's faster. |
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Post by myshelly on Jun 16, 2019 16:11:14 GMT
I’ve never grocery shopped anywhere that there’s a separate cashier and bagger 🤷🏻♀️ Seems super inconvenient.
All of our grocery stores have separate baggers. I've never shopped at a grocery store who didn't. It's not inconvenient, it's faster. But like an above poster said, you can’t watch the prices and the baggies at the same time. Don’t like that. Seems like a bad idea for the store to have to pay for double the staff. |
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 16, 2019 16:18:22 GMT
All our self checkouts are 15 or 20 items max. I don’t use them unless the lines are long because I don’t want to do a cashier’s job for free. Prices go up. Service goes down. But once in a while I see someone with a huge cart full go through self checkout. There has to be a good reason because I think it looks like a lot of work for no reward. The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why? ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. why not just ask to bag in the cashier's line? I bag all the time at my local kin soopers, especially when I bring my own bags |
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Post by freecharlie on Jun 16, 2019 16:22:19 GMT
Drives me insane. I wait for real cashiers because I never go to WM for just a few items and if I'm spending my money there, I'm sure we heck not losing my sanity at the self checkout, which always has a problem and starts flashing red. Every time.My favorite is when employees try to direct me away from the cashier line, to the self checkout. They look so confused when I politely declined. I have never had a problem with self checkout. Why would it start flashing red? Our bags and items are not weighed so there is never a reason for a light to flash. I personally love self checkout. It is much faster, I don't have to wait in line and I love putting all my items in the bags that I want them in. as more and more people use self check out for larger trips, the speed will go down. Self checkout is fast if everybody has 20 or fewer items, but if everybody has 50 or more, it slows down considerably |
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Post by johnnysmom on Jun 16, 2019 16:24:32 GMT
The reward is getting to bag things how you want. I’m still crabby that my Meijer took out the unlimited self checkout lanes (WM still has them). The last time I went they thankfully didn’t put raw meat and produce together (it’s happened before) but she totally underutilized my bags and used about 3x as many as I would have (and twice as many as any normal person, I like to really load them up) spreading like items between several bags...why? ? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. why not just ask to bag in the cashier's line? I bag all the time at my local kin soopers, especially when I bring my own bags I have but Meijer isn't setup like Kroger (and I assume King Soopers, aren't they a Kroger store?) is with a large bagging area. Meijer has the cashier bagging and there's a carousel of bags, they scan and immediately bag, nowhere for another person to be bagging or to put the stuff until it is bagged up. I have said something to the cashiers before but I can't babysit their bagging while I"m still unloading the cart, entering my member info, putting bags into the cart, etc. My solution so far has been to bitch about it  and do some of my shopping at Walmart. Meijer is supposed to be getting shop & scan (where you scan on your phone and bag as you go thru the store) it was supposed to be rolled out to everyone at the end of last year....it's still not at any stores near here  |
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Post by seaexplore on Jun 16, 2019 16:27:07 GMT
In fact, I cannot monitor the bagger to keep him from putting frozen food on top of my bananas and the raw chicken with the deli meat while I'm also watching the register to make sure the sales are coming up correctly and the cashier properly identifies my produce. The cashier/register are to my left and the bagger is to my right. I’ve never grocery shopped anywhere that there’s a separate cashier and bagger 🤷🏻♀️ Seems super inconvenient. It’s faster! |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jun 16, 2019 17:57:50 GMT
All of our grocery stores have separate baggers. I've never shopped at a grocery store who didn't. It's not inconvenient, it's faster. But like an above poster said, you can’t watch the prices and the baggies at the same time. Don’t like that. Seems like a bad idea for the store to have to pay for double the staff. I usually just chat with the cashier and/or bagger. The baggers also help carry your groceries to your car if you want them too. Also, our baggers are taught where to put different items so I've never had a problem with anything being crushed or a problem. Different strokes and all.  |
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? When I do it I bag by location: pantry stuff, bread/chip drawers, fridge, beverage fridge, etc. I don’t expect cashiers to know that but I do expect them to have some common bagging knowledge and very few actually do. 
and do some of my shopping at Walmart. Meijer is supposed to be getting shop & scan (where you scan on your phone and bag as you go thru the store) it was supposed to be rolled out to everyone at the end of last year....it's still not at any stores near here 
