Our Walmart took out ALL their self checkout lanes. Turns out they lost more due to theft than it costs to hire cashiers. They also lost more to theft than what it costs to lock everything up, and keep those areas staffed by people who have a key to unlock them.
I stopped in one of the big-chain ‘do-it-yourself’ stores and discovered they had gone self-checkout. They also seemed to have cut out their roving assistants, meaning it was impossible to find anyone in the store to help. [There was someone in each of the different sections but they couldn’t leave their assigned section.] After spending a long time studying the wall of screws and picking the two I thought would work, I stood in line behind several people, all of whom were having trouble figuring out how to do-it-themselves. A simple errand that should have taken 10 – 15 minutes took me over an hour — and then the screws didn’t fit. [They were for a pottery wheel and the heads didn’t fit flat in the groove.] I haven’t been back since.
ʲᔆ about 9 hours ago
shay… that shounds shwell!
distortion Premium Member about 3 hours ago
I refuse to use self checkout.
Jeff0811 about 2 hours ago
Our Walmart took out ALL their self checkout lanes. Turns out they lost more due to theft than it costs to hire cashiers. They also lost more to theft than what it costs to lock everything up, and keep those areas staffed by people who have a key to unlock them.
goboboyd about 2 hours ago
One item or less.
GreenT267 about 1 hour ago
I stopped in one of the big-chain ‘do-it-yourself’ stores and discovered they had gone self-checkout. They also seemed to have cut out their roving assistants, meaning it was impossible to find anyone in the store to help. [There was someone in each of the different sections but they couldn’t leave their assigned section.] After spending a long time studying the wall of screws and picking the two I thought would work, I stood in line behind several people, all of whom were having trouble figuring out how to do-it-themselves. A simple errand that should have taken 10 – 15 minutes took me over an hour — and then the screws didn’t fit. [They were for a pottery wheel and the heads didn’t fit flat in the groove.] I haven’t been back since.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 38 minutes ago
It’s pre-fab, not do-it-yourshelf.
mokspr Premium Member 2 minutes ago
I hear Doc Savage shops there when ever he needs “plot armoire”.