I accidentally left one of my bags at self checkout at Colony Walmart. As I exited store a young employee came after me with my forgotten bag. So appreciative that he came after me in parking lot.

That's what you get for shopping at a store with no front end customer service people.

Harsh.

I don't use Kroger delivery, but do use Publix Instacart delivery. Been using them since the pandemic. We are forever spoiled! A real chore if we have to go because I end up needing a couple items. That should be our only problem in life! Right!

Just wondering what all the other people on line waiting for the self checkout think of you going at “your own pace”?

The same thing people think in a line with a cashier when the person in front of them pulls out a handful of coupons and their checkbook.

...or spends an interminable amount of time digging through her purse for 47 cents.

Ropey or ropy?
 

Hadn't thought about ropey saliva in *years*! Never cared much for slobber.

I am a caregiver to a loved one so I have almost all of our groceries delivered from Walmart and Kroger. I make a rare outing to Publix for a quick run to pick up a few things once in a blue moon (every 3 or 4 months at most) when my neighbor can check in on my loved one. It is common for Walmart to leave things out of my order, but charge for it. I call customer service and they straighten it out but getting through their robot and then the time on the phone with customer service takes a long time.

It happens rarely with Kroger but does happen.

I never felt bad about checking the bags to make sure everything is there when I used to shop in person at Walmart.

I always use self checkout when I shop - Publix, Walmart…if something isn’t bagged it’s my fault.

Who cares? Why would I strive to move at someone else's pace? It's the self-checkout, not the left lane of I-75.

Actually, not that bad because in the self-checkout lines, typically one line feeds into many check-out stations, so the traffic moves well around a few slow pokes, or folks with many items to check out.

Well,---what is it that people like to do? Pickleball? golf? card games? Mah-Jong?

How many would rather stand on a line while some techno-challenged individual struggles with self-checkout??? Perhaps stores should take a lesson from Florida laws regarding the left lane of I-75---If you can't handle self-checkout, you must stand aside and let everyone else go until the line is gone, OR.....go to the manned checkout lanes.

Bottom line: Just like some drivers do not belong in the left lane of an interstate, some shoppers do not belong in the self-checkout lanes.

Puts a new spin on the words Looking for Mr. Goodbar.

Bottom line: just because someone is not moving at YOUR pace, does not mean they aren't entitled to move at their pace. NEWSFLASH! THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU.

Sorry, I guess some people will never get it

:thumbup::thumbup:

indeed,

No problem. I'll be on the third tee while you are still waiting for the person ahead of you at self-checkout to find the "enter" button.

NEWSFLASH! The world might revolve around the sun 5 times before some people figure out the self-checkout.

Every time I go to Walmart I load my own bags off carousel. If one left it’s my fault. I don’t think it’s checker’s responsibility to load your cart? But, I not sure? We always check carousel for any bag missed.

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Especially good advice on oil changes. Trust but verify.

True story. Just four or so years ago I ask a manager at Publix why no self checkouts. He told me that corporate didn’t think that self checkouts would work for seniors in The Villages and corporate was probably right. Right!

they have them now. they work just fine.

And, no doubt, complaining to the ambassador that the group in front has a hole open in front of them, even though they are ahead of the time par on the score card, because, after all, it's YOUR pace that matters. Not anyone else's.

So, if I use the self checkout, can I go into the employee lounge and have a snack since I am doing someone’s job?

YOUR place on the golf course is immediately behind the group ahead of you, NOT immediately in front of the group behind you. And the card time is pretty much a joke, depending on the number and size of groups on the course, playing conditions and any cart restrictions. There is no reason that a twosome with no one ahead should take 4:16 to play a course. So yes, if I'm behind that twosome I might complain to the ambassador, which will do absolutely no good, since similar to the self-checkout line, they only go by the holy card time and not reality.

If you get behind the techno-challenged, you might as well go have a snack to pass the time.

I'll agree with Target, because of the layout and limited options. The grocery area is all the way at the furthest end of the store, away from the entry/exit. Their prices are typically higher than even Publix for some items, they don't have a deli.

Winn Dixie and Publix both have great bakeries, and Publix has a great deli. Winn Dixie has good meats at lower prices than at Publix. Aldis milk, bread, produce, and canned goods are just as good as any of the other stores, but at MUCH lower prices. Walmart has more of a variety than the others, EXCEPT for gourmet cheeses and other similar products. They have a much bigger ethnic/international selection, and other than Aldi's, their prices are the best of the bunch.

Of the two on the "historic" end of The Villages, only one has self-checkout. But yes it works just fine, most people have no trouble using them and there's an associate there to help anyone with faulty coupons, incorrect pricing, or who just needs a hand.

I will reluctantly use self checkout if the cashier lines are long, but only if everything I am purchasing has a scannable bar code. If I’m at Lowe’s buying single nuts and bolts where a code has to be looked up, or I’m buying fresh fruits and vegetables at Publix that have to be weighed, then I fall into the techno-challenged category. But I guess in a way it’s just like golf, everyone was a beginner the first few times they played. At least in Florida they still give you plastic bags to carry all your stuff home that’s already wrapped in plastic containers.

I do the same at drive-through windows. I don't care that their "average cars per hour" or whatever rating is being impacted. You know who is almost always perfectly correct? Chik-Fil-A and In-N-Out. You know who is often wrong? Golden Arches.