Been here 12 years, never seen that

It made one person happy but what about all the people behind her? This is what happens when you DO NOT HAVE AND PLAY BY RULES!

Speaking of entitlement, privilege etc.. I am a white woman ---sometimes referred to as having "white privilege" and I had an interesting experience yesterday in a Villages parking lot. I was driving down an aisle in the parking lot and a black woman started to back out of her parking space so I beeped my horn so she wouldn't hit me ---expecting her to stop---surprise ----she refused to stop and I had to quickly back up so she wouldn't hit me. My question is would I be politically correct to describe her behavior as "black privilege"?

Probably not. The rules only seem to apply to those with "white privilege" Wouldn't it be nice if all the rules applied equally to all people.

Since we're doing a service for the store, I think we should get a 10% discount for checking ourselves out.

Or, if there was no self check out, the prices might be 10% higher :)

That would be an understatement.

Lazy

Possibly the same person at Safe Ship Colony yesterday. Inside Safe Ship was full of customers, additionally there was a line of us waiting outside. Up walks a woman that steps in front of the line, opens the door and says, I just want to buy a postage paid envelope. Entitlement? No! I say it's rude, inconsiderate and bad manners.

Go ahead, Kill Jobs. The prices wont go down....

Did anyone say "that's nice, but the place for that is at the end of the line"?

How about the man in the resident line at the Gilchrist gate who sat with a line forming behind him. I was next so I got out with my key card. I told him he could press the red button and the gate would open. He said he knew that but figured someone would help him instead. Drove off without saying thanks. It takes all kinds.

Having helped parents an in-laws through final stages of age related mental disabilities, I suggest taking a deep breath and showing a little patience/kindness. You never know what that individual may be going through. And you may be there sooner than later.

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MrFlorida sounds like my friend. We went to Public on Sunday and employee said we could go to self checkout. My friend said that when Public starts paying her to ring up her order and bag it, she will go to self checkout. Another women overheard this, cheered her on and said she feels the same way. It made me laugh. My friend feels by refusing to use self checkout , she is helping save an employee's job.

Several days ago I had only a few items and everyone in the lines with cashiers had many items, but I stood in one. An employee saw me and directed me to the self help line and rang up my items for me. I thought that was very nice of him. One time my husband was in the hospital and wanted one item. I got this and got in the 10 and under line (Publix). The lady ahead of me had $100 worth of items. It took a long time to ring her up. When it was my turn, I asked the cashier why she was permitted in that line, and she said if they have started to unload on the conveyer, they take them.

Self serve
 

Better get used to it when the $15.00 minimum wage goes into effect. There won't be cashiers anywhere.

That's okay with me if it will keep cashiers from losing their jobs. I can deal with it financially better than they could by going on unemployment.

I've seen it several times!

I'm not quite sure what you are saying here? Just a joke. Right?

Requiring assistance is not the same as expecting the employee to scan all the groceries and bag them too.

I cannot agree with you more. The employee that scanned all the items and bagged them should have instructed the customer what "self checkout" lanes are for.

Did you lay on your horn? I would have. But I'm from New York!

I don't look at it that way. I see those self check outs as a way to get out of the store quicker, especially when I only have a few items to check out.

What did the employee say to this customer? I surely hope the customer was requested to go to the end of the line.

That's all well and good, until you come across one person who has "been going through something" and the next person has been "going through something" and the next person has been "going through something."

Think of it in the reverse. Does it not occur to you that maybe *I* am "going through something" and just want to get my stuff and get the heck out of the store, and not have to deal with self-entitled jerks who are all insistent that they are "going through something" and therefore deserve to be jerks about it?

Maybe the person next in line at the self-serve has a wife in the hospital about to give birth, and he's trying to surprise her with that bouquet of flowers before the kid pushes out. And maybe that's WHY he's in self-serve, and not waiting in line at the cashier's aisle. And maybe that jerk ahead of him who demands to have a cashier - in the self-serve aisle - will cause this guy to be late because of COURSE that jerk has coupons, three of which are expired and one of which is torn and won't scan, and of COURSE their credit card won't work because they took out their gas card by mistake...and of COURSE those three things that they got from three completely different departments of the store are priced wrong and they need someone to check each one..

Yeah - sorry. If you can't do self check-out, then get in the cashier's aisle. You are in the way of people who have "just been through" something.

I dont see it as doing the work for the store. I see it as not having to stand in a line a mile long just because I want to prove a point and not check myself out. Why waste my time when I can be in and out quicker

Then they shouldnt go thru self checkout if they dont know how to do it. All that does is cause others who are looking for a quick exit to wait because of their inconsideration. Defeats the purpose but then again many of the entitled dont care about anyone but themselves

It's happening everywhere too.

That's exactly right. However, in a world of $15/hour entry level workers retail is going to be forced to do more of this, not less. I'm still waiting to see what $15/hour's impact on tipping is going to be. My wife never made much more than this herself at the banking/financial jobs she's held, and as she says no one ever tipped her!

Everyone today feels entitled. No one cares about other people. But here in TV it is overwhelming. People cut in lines, saving seats. The whole gamut. Why is it so? So many won't adhere to wearing a mask, putting the Publix employee in a position he cannot win either way. For all of the above we choose to use Instacart for our weekly shopping at Publix.

Ohh. Don't worry. You're new here. Hang on to your hat. You'll see some true entitlement.:1rotfl:

Don't know the circumstances Perhaps she never used a self checkout.
There is a small learning curve we all went through it
at the end of the day all being said both made it it home safe and sound really no big deal

OP says: Asked her if she realized she was in the self checkout line since she had not attempted to scan any items yet. It is fairly obvious by the lack of cashiers, but you never know.

"Yes, I know, but they will do it for you if you tell them to."

So, apparently, she has done this before in the self checkout lines. Maybe she feels intimidated by the self checkout procedures is my guess. In any event I see it as no big deal.

That's what I am thinking having dealt with my aging parents
 

People do change personalities as they age, especially with dementia, and other cognitive declines. . .

And since the average age of the villages is in the 70s, be thankful that there are employees willing to put up with the retired crowd and all their issues

sportsguy

I read several years ago about a customer who had a full cart of groceries and went to the express 20 or less line. The cashier asked her which 20 items she wanted to ring up.

There is a whole lot of difference between "I don't know how to do the self checkout, can you show me?" vs "I need you to check this out for me"!