Yeah I’ve mastered the art of dodging the things that trigger a 1-5 minute wait for the employee myself. Never bring certain things to self checkout and you can survive the gauntlet. One tip I can offer is to bag the last scanned item as fast as you can and then do NOT touch it again until the transaction is complete. The machines really don’t like if the weight of the scanned items changes by a single gram. Do not even look at the bagged items the wrong way or you’re going to wait.
I’m pretty sure they don’t. No grocery store in my country has ever used self checkout with scales and these things seem custom build for the specific store chain. Why would they include scales which adds costs when they aren’t needed.
Damn, self-checkout here in Tokyo has none of that, it’s really a breeze
I haven’t had that experience in the US.
That said, I’m white which I’m sure plays a huge role in that.
Yeah I’ve mastered the art of dodging the things that trigger a 1-5 minute wait for the employee myself. Never bring certain things to self checkout and you can survive the gauntlet. One tip I can offer is to bag the last scanned item as fast as you can and then do NOT touch it again until the transaction is complete. The machines really don’t like if the weight of the scanned items changes by a single gram. Do not even look at the bagged items the wrong way or you’re going to wait.
Our self checkout terminals don’t have scales.
They all have scales, but the scale can be turned off. When I worked retail I’d always disable them.
I’m pretty sure they don’t. No grocery store in my country has ever used self checkout with scales and these things seem custom build for the specific store chain. Why would they include scales which adds costs when they aren’t needed.