Automatic Checkout at the grocery store

[Echewta]

"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"
"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"
"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"
"Please return removed item into the bag"
"The weight has changed"
"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"
"The weight has changed"
"Please return removed item into the bag"
"Please return removed item into the bag"
"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"

If you have more than 4 items, please don't waste your time. Stand in the long line and help checkers keep their jobs.

[skinnybutphat]

"Have you scanned your preffered card yet"
Grumpy old man - "No"
"Have you scanned your preffered card yet"
"Have you scanned your preffered card yet"
Grumpy old man looks around - "I said no god damn it"

Funniest shit I have ever seen.

[cookiepuss]

I don't like computers telling me what to do. (n)

[skinnybutphat]

People occasionally leave their foldable change in the change dispenser. I'm 1 - 2 in the karma category in this regard.

[K-nowledge]

Just like the automated 411 service. What a load of crap. You end up talking to a real person after 5 minutes of "could you repete that".

[Echewta]

The people behind me were all huffy like I was taking too long. Its not my fault that the machine was going crazy because I only had a scoop of granola in a bag.
I'm waiting for a Twilight Zone moment where the checker machine comes to my door and says "Echewta" "Echewta" and then I'll jump out my window.

Thank goodness i'm on the first floor.

[kll]

It's funny that it's the guys complaining... I have no trouble anywhere, but I see men struggling constantly... It's not THAT difficult, boys!

[enree erzweglle]

I like it when it announces to everyone within four rows exactly what I'm buying and I especially like it when I buy something that makes other people look up and over their checkout aisle to see who's buying that thing.

[Echewta]

I had a female with me to assist. We both couldn't figure out what the machine's problem was. Nice try Kll.

[kll]

I had a female with me to assist. We both couldn't figure out what the machine's problem was. Nice try Kll.


Not my fault you hang out with retards.

[Echewta]

I'm going to totally rip off your leg when I meet you and beat you with it until you like it.

[boys_beastie]

i get on fine with the one at sainsburys and im a mannnnnn

[DandyFop]

I'm quite skilled at the auto-checker.

I don't like using it, kinda freaks me out in a "robots taking over the world" kinda way, but I just don't like buying my hemmrhoid, yeast infection, and foot fungus cream in front of the checker.

Oh, and the various fruits and vegetables I buy for personal use.

Oh, and the lube.

[Rock]

It's funny that it's the guys complaining... I have no trouble anywhere, but I see men struggling constantly... It's not THAT difficult, boys!
No complaints from me. I was a bit nervous using it the first time 2 weeks ago and had no problems. And I used it again this weekend and was in and out like *SNAP* that.

Side note...why does this Black Berry Blow Pop rip off taste like banana now?

[CrankItUp!]

I never use those things. The thought of giving more than a quarter to a machine just doesn't seem right. The cheap bastard stores only do that so not to hire cashiers these days. I guess they will soon have a machine for store returns as well - you insert the returned item into the machine which inspects it and shoots it out back atcha and says - DENIED ! We'll fuck that.

[Dr Deaf]

shit is so futuristic, it makes me feeling like i'm living in a galaxy far far away.

[Lindsey_1535]

What the hell? You scan your own stuff?
Why dont we have any of those? HUH HUHUH!!!!

[Dr Deaf]

funny story. beth i were leaving Target with a mexican tile accent table, when LP stopped me and checked my reciept. meanwhile, the girl directly in front of me had underwear price tags hanging out of her jeans.

[abcdefz]

Wow -- I like the automatic checkout lanes quite a bit, unless there are others in line to use 'em. Then it's a toss up to guess whether those folks will move smoothly through the process or get hung up.

So: if no one (or only one person)'s in line, I go auto. (y)

I think the "skip bagging" button will be your friend, Chewie.

[adam_f]

It'd be even better if Peter Weller died, was resurrected, and became the most hardcore cashier this side of that side.

[Herbivore]

what grocery store has automatic checkout?
I have only seen auto-checkout at home depot and Target.

[Echewta]

Whole Foods and the Albertsons in my town.

[Herbivore]

oh, I havent been to the new store since they moved, arent they in the Jans mall now or something?
The one in Woodland Hills doesnt have self check out.

[Echewta]

the whole foods is just up the street from Jans near Chueys. Its pretty nice. Fun to go their and get random items from their bakery/sandwich/pizza/salad/soup/sushi/cheese/hot food bars.

[Herbivore]

Whole Foods is the bestest, only place I shop.....aside from Hot Topic cause they got the best threads at the mall. HA!

[Echewta]

If you are into Slayer, I guess so.

[Herbivore]

or Rush.

*runs*

[paul jones]

it was much better in the olden days when you had to hunt for your dinner or trade 2 of your pigs for a cow

[Echewta]

or Rush.

*runs*

You can't hide.

[Herbivore]

not to damper the subject, I had a childhood neightbor friend who commited suicide listening to Rush, I havent been able to listen to them since. :(

[QueenAdrock]

My brother's gonna mix a song to what the grocery store computer says.

"Please move your golden delicious apples...apples, apples, app-app-apples! Yeah, girl, move them apples!"

That's just because he's an idiot, though.

I'm fine with automatic checkout, but that's because I had experience for about 3 years as a scanner for retail. You scan, then stick in the bag. Repeat. However, one hilarious thing I saw was a foreign lady at the Wal-mart scan things and give it to her 4-year old daughter to put in the bag. She'd take it and then put it back on the conveyor belt. I would have said something, but it was one of those deals where you were paying attention, but not really processing what was happening until they were already gone. Then it's like "Wait a minute!" And by then, it's just funny.

[cosmo105]

i'm completely inept with them. i remember once trying to buy some pvc pipe connectors at home depot with that and trying to scan one thing 14 times because i had 14 of the same thing...i think i left crying.

[Tzar]

automatic checkouts!?

they better not come to Australia. i'll be out of a job!! :(

but knowing how big Coles is here; anything can happen.

[minton]

automatic checkouts!?

they better not come to Australia. i'll be out of a job!! :(

but knowing how big Coles is here; anything can happen.

I'm pretty sure I've used them in Australia at Coles stores in Melbourne or perhaps it was Sydney. Either way they're here.

[Documad]

Whole Foods = Walmart


I love automated check out at the library.

[beastieangel01]

I never had a prob with them. I use em if the cashier lines are super backed up.

[Documad]

Oh, and the lube.
They sell lube at grocery stores in Utah? :p

[Tzar]

I'm pretty sure I've used them in Australia at Coles stores in Melbourne or perhaps it was Sydney. Either way they're here.

shite (n)

[JBernas]

I only had a scoop of granola in a bag.

I only use them if I don't have to weigh anything like bulk or produce....takes too long to look up those codes (n)

[monkey]

i love the automatic checkout. im really good at using it too. you must be mentally deficient, echewta.

[Nuzzolese]

it was much better in the olden days when you had to hunt for your dinner or trade 2 of your pigs for a cow

No kidding. I can't give these pigs away.

[mickill]

not to damper the subject, I had a childhood neightbor friend who commited suicide listening to Rush, I havent been able to listen to them since. :(
I'm just thinking, what Rush song is even suitable for killing yourself to? Seriously. And no offense meant by that, but seriously.

[Echewta]

Listen. I'm not retarded. I'm not scared of technology. Just dictionaries. The machine was going crazy. I put the bag of granola in after weighing it and adding it to the list. The machine told me that I put something extra in. I didn't. I took out the granola, which is the only thing I put in, and then it said I need to put the item back in. Even the automatic checker babysitter was rolling his eyes at the machine. Like in loops. His eyes went back to see his brain and came back kind glazed to look at the machine which was lighting up like I got BAR BAR BAR. I'm dorky enough to read 2600 Magazine, I don't think something like this is my fault.

whole foods does not equal walmart. Where did that come from?

[monkey]

whole foods does not equal walmart. Where did that come from?


whole foods runs my life. theyre multiplying!

[cosmo105]

well, i think comparing them to wal-mart is a bit too much, but yeah, they're one of the corporate giants in the health industry crushing little independent places like mine. i hate wild oats/henry's more, though.

apparently automatic checkouts are all over the south. steger was amazed that we don't have that many of them here.

[Echewta]

In the south, you can also pump gas and then pay.

Free banjo tuning with every 8 gallon or more fillup.

[cosmo105]

hahaha.

they also sell Coke in pumps like that you know. i've seen people walking around with Coke IVs.

[monkey]

we have automatic video/dvd rental places. soon enough, mcd's will be automatic. and no one will mind becuase the machines dont give you an attitude or spit in your fries.

[Echewta]

In europe then have places that have dozens of mini oven/lockers and they sell long fried tubes of something. You don't have to even look at a person to get your hot food.

[Nuzzolese]

Yes yes, but it is all more work for the individual. Where is the service?! What is this, the Iroquois Nation?

[Echewta]

Perhaps Nuzz, the owners of the business find themselves as "Ongwi Honwi" and feel its beneath them to address the concerns of the consumer.

WalMart does have people say hi to you sometimes.

[cosmo105]

Ikea does too. <3swedes<3

[Nuzzolese]

WalMart does have people say hi to you sometimes.


They don't mean it.

[Nuzzolese]

Perhaps Nuzz, the owners of the business find themselves as "Ongwi Honwi" and feel its beneath them to address the concerns of the consumer.


I feel that way sometimes, in some stores. They aren't typically the stores with automatic checkout though. "I don't think we have anything for you"

[Rock]

I only use them if I don't have to weigh anything like bulk or produce....takes too long to look up those codes (n)
The grocery store down the street has a scale that prints out a barcode for your produce when you put in the code that is listed right next to the fruit/vegetable you just bagged up. Makes things easier. Wegman's is lovely.

[Echewta]

Ikea has people that say hi to you? Must only be on the weekends.

[cosmo105]

i know, i was shocked and amazed. he had an accent. cute little old guy.

[Echewta]

that was me you ass.

[cosmo105]

i thought i smelled Tiger Balm.

[Herbivore]

I'm just thinking, what Rush song is even suitable for killing yourself to? Seriously. And no offense meant by that, but seriously.

I dont remember, I was a small child at the time.

[Echewta]

They did a slow song or two on Flight by Night and 2112. I'm just saying.

[Herbivore]

When is PF Changs opening in your hood?

[Echewta]

Its open. Been there and done that.

Claim Jumpers opens soon too. I don't understand why people go ape crap over that place. Its just ok.

[Herbivore]

wow, I was out there a month ago and the lot they were building it only looked half way done, what else is there?

[b-grrrlie]

I was a bit surprised about automatic checkouts! I'd never heard of them before, not anywhere else than libraries!
What is this world coming to? No personal service at all...
In Finland tho you have to weigh your fruits and vegetables yourself and you get a price sticker to put on the bag. When my friends come over here they start looking for the scales, but here they're weighed at the checkout.

[Echewta]

some sushi place, CPK, and some little stores. Its kinda lame.

But PF Changs rocks so...

You should come take me out to dinner there.

[Herbivore]

the nerve.

[Nuzzolese]

I can't believe you flip your top over PF Changs that's so commercial it's like an Applebees. :rolleyes: :p

[Echewta]

Its not like Applebees. Goodness me no. Its not that bad. Its better than most of the chinese places around los angeles that taste like all of the other chinese places in america.

The nerve? Fine, we'll go dutch.

[Herbivore]

omg.....applebee's is garbage on a plate.

[Herbivore]

I like pick up stix too for fast food chinese, panda express can kiss my grits.

[Echewta]

Does Jinky's have that good of pancakes?

[Herbivore]

no actually, they have awesome chili.
my pancakes are the best, and dupars.

[Echewta]

Just down the street is Chili My Soul. On Ventura. Its so expensive but the chili is groovy.

[Nuzzolese]

I'm actually not picky and will eat anywhere - especially La Bamba where you can get burritos the size of your head.

I was working at the bookstore Sunday when a lady came up to the information desk and asked if there were any nice places to eat around there. Yeah, it's the information desk so people come up with any old question, even though it's a book store. I didn't realize she had meant to emphasize the word 'nice' so I just decided to list all the restaurants in the neighborhood and for some reason I started at one end and the first thing I said was "well down memorial there's Applebees...." and she cut me off with "No I mean a NICE place." Bitch. I just sighed, man I was tired. I said I didn't know. She was incredulous. "There are NO nice places to eat around here?" I just shrugged and said "I don't know" and she walked off in a huff. I should have pretended I didn't know of any place nicer. "Oh no Applebees is really nice they have this spinach dip with tortilla chips! I'm just a bookstore employee, I can't afford any place nicer."

[Herbivore]

what's your favorite breakfast place in LA?
I would sport the bill for a yummy breakfast with you.....

Guaranteed good times and no fighting cause breakfast makes me a happy girl, I'll just kick your ass at lunch time.

[Echewta]

Applebees though? I mean Nuzz. TGIF is better. :(

[Nuzzolese]

Applebees though? I mean Nuzz. TGIF is better. :(

I was going to say The Olive Garden next. Then Sterling Family Restaurant which is owned and operated by a hot Greek Family. She missed out. Then I was going to say Le Cafe (dumb name, good quiche) I felt satisfaction in her impatience and annoyance with me. I'm passive aggressive. I'm not proud of it but I can't seem to stop being that way.

[Nuzzolese]

We don't even have a TGIF as far as I know. It's just so dull, we have no culture here.

[Echewta]

Perhaps you should carry a container of Bacon BitsTM in your purse to accent any meal you have.

[abcdefz]

Just down the street is Chili My Soul. On Ventura. Its so expensive but the chili is groovy.



Interesting.

We've got Pizza My Heart up here, about which people rave.

[abcdefz]

I was going to say The Olive Garden next. Then Sterling Family Restaurant which is owned and operated by a hot Greek Family. She missed out. Then I was going to say Le Cafe (dumb name, good quiche) I felt satisfaction in her impatience and annoyance with me. I'm passive aggressive. I'm not proud of it but I can't seem to stop being that way.




...those are the kind of restaurants in the area I just left. It amazed me -- there really wasn't much privately-owned, NICE restaurantage.

My new work area isn't so hot for that, either, but San José is good. (y)

[boys_beastie]

for meals i put a carrot up my ass

[Echewta]

Creepy for who though? Me? You? The whole place?

And you were offering to buy me breakfast?

[kll]

Hi Echewta.

[Echewta]

Hi Kll, am I talking to you again?

[kll]

Why would you talk to me? :mad:

[Echewta]

Are you going to open your studio in the area?

[Echewta]

All of the cool kids are moving out here. Heck, with P6, what more could you want?

And if you go to P6, don't wear a necklace. If you do, apparently it means you are available to swap.

My good deed for the day.

[Echewta]

There is a good breakfast place in T.O. Let me know when you want to go.

[Echewta]

i would assume it depends on your budget and what you are looking for.

Harolds is gone by the way.

[Ace42X]

I don't like computers telling me what to do. (n)

Not a big fan of cyber-sex then?

[little j]

i was a cashier for a few months at our local grocery store.
that automatic is just not nice.
i know what its like to stand on my feet for 8.5 hours a day and be friendly to everyone even if i just broke it off my my boyfriend and im competing for the affections of the hot new guy.

the machine knows none of this.

[Echewta]

is it Harris then? It was open on Sunday morning. :confused:

:D I'm playing. No, thats not it. The place I go has oatmeal pancakes along with like 5 other flavors.

[Echewta]

Ahh, you saw that? Holy smokes. That comment makes up for the taco bell stuff. I've never been in there but I've driven by a number of times. Its always empty and it didn't look like they did chocolates as much as pastries and drinks. It almost looks like a place where women would have their afternoon meetings etc.

Eggs-N-Things on the corner of Janns and Moorpark.

[Echewta]

Cheating? My truffles could taste awful. Kll spit hers out and sent them back to me. Skinny's wife had to get her stomach pumped.

[kll]

Cheating? My truffles could taste awful. Kll spit hers out and sent them back to me. Skinny's wife had to get her stomach pumped.
Yeah, make good chocolates this year, please.


I never got my refund either... :mad:

[Echewta]

I know. I should go. It just didn't look that interesting.

[Echewta]

Not enough people in T.O. I've thought about a satalite store in the future there.

[Echewta]

Well, if you drive by that place, its usually empty. I would need more traffic than that. That location isn't that great. Hardly any foot traffic.

[hardnox71]

"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"
"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"
"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"
"Please return removed item into the bag"
"The weight has changed"
"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"
"The weight has changed"
"Please return removed item into the bag"
"Please return removed item into the bag"
"Please take the unscanned item out of the bag"

If you have more than 4 items, please don't waste your time. Stand in the long line and help checkers keep their jobs.
I have found that dealing with the checkers sometimes isn't much better.

[Echewta]

I have no idea skye. Its quiet out here. Los Dos Amigos for mexican I suppose. There isn't a place to go and hang out that is hip and happening.

Let me know if you find something.

24 hour food? Its all about the valley.

[Echewta]

What should we name our kids?

Oh, and Roxy's is horrible.

[cosmo105]

get a room.

[cosmo105]

you mean the klippan. it's a little small though.

[cosmo105]

you mean the LACK?

[Echewta]

Oh man, my IKEA sexual fantasy could come true.

[Echewta]

Nevermind. I forgot about that one time sitting in the PELLO.

[Echewta]

IKEA names its furniture. Cosmo has IKEA furniture, hense the name reference.

[cosmo105]

actually i pick it up in dumpsters and pretend it's from Ikea. :(

[Echewta]

I thought that was just your B.O.