Reaction at the cash register

[bunyip]

Aldi can peeve me, 8 checkouts and only 2 operating regardless of how long the queue.

 

[cqaigy2]

Which is rather rediculous. Lines at Costco, at least here, move fast! Fastest check out I have ever seen anyplace.

That's been my experience too. They pull a lot of money thru those lines.

 

[Industrial Toys]

With corporate retail getting the idea of making their money on-line more and more, I can't see the checkout lines getting any shorter.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Back in my grocery checking days, late '50's early '60's, Furr's supermarkets had a system that could put a lot of groceries through a check stand. It consisted of a checker and a cashier. The checker did what all checkers do, they checked the groceries, and when the total came up, they handed the receipt to the cashier, who was right beside them at the back of the check stand. There was a divider board that could be moved from side to side to separate the next order, so the checker could start checking the next order while they were finishing up sacking the previous order and giving them their change.

Worked really well on very busy days like double stamp day (Wednesday), but there wasn't much time for the personal service, so it did come up short in that regard.

 

[turnkey4099]

I always bugger up the whole system at MacDonalds by asking that they not put a lid on my Big Breakfast. It's a crime how much garbage is produced by that little breakfast. I don't need a lid to go from the counter to the table!

Apparently the MacDonalds that had various holes for different refuse, then proceeded to throw everything out in one container anyways. Nothing like fooling the gullible public.

The local garbage collection outfit also does a mandated recycle program. I stopped in one day and ask what I should do with my dead batteries "throw them in the garbage, that's what we do".

 

[Bird]

The local garbage collection outfit also does a mandated recycle program. I stopped in one day and ask what I should do with my dead batteries "throw them in the garbage, that's what we do".

Yep, for awhile flashlight batteries and even my hearing aid batteries were supposed to not go in the garbage, but now that's what they say to do with them.

 

[Deere Dude]

When my favorite store MENARDS opened up they always used smokin' hot cashiers, always. Nowadays they uglied them down and even have some guys check out. Bummer.

On a positive note, even though I use them religiously for all guy things, their prices charged are always spot on. I cannot remember an instance in 40 years where there was an error at the counter.

On the negative side, it is self bagging. They have a belt where your stuff heads to the bagging area, and they won't help. They will sit and watch you. It must make them feel superior.

My problem is when I punctually pay for my stuff to not inconvenience them, even though I have a lot of unbagged stuff on the belt yet, they must take that as a sign to begin checking out the next guy. Then his stuff comes crashing into mine. What a system.

I found that if I bag all my things steady, even to the point of being slow before I even consider giving the cashier anything, it works better for me because the cashier cannot do anything until I am done.

Besides I am old and slow so I got an excuse.

 

[Jstpssng]

Yep, for awhile flashlight batteries and even my hearing aid batteries were supposed to not go in the garbage, but now that's what they say to do with them.

They used to have mercury in them, now most batteries don't.

 

[Bird]

They used to have mercury in them, now most batteries don't.

Thanks for the informtion. If I ever knew that before, I'd forgotten it.

 

[Oaktree]

If you really want to confuse somebody try giving a larger bill but with the exact change. I.E., charge amount is 14.53 so you give them 20.53 expecting $6.00 back.

What really used to confuse (some of) them is to give them $20.03. Maybe not so much today where registers calculate the change, but in the old days it did.

The local garbage collection outfit also does a mandated recycle program. I stopped in one day and ask what I should do with my dead batteries "throw them in the garbage, that's what we do".

The problem is that there is almost zero market for a lot of the "recyclable" stuff, certainly for most types of plastic other than 1 or 2. Even glass in some cities/towns is now considered trash.

Much of the problem comes from so-called single stream recycling. Easier for residents who can't be bothered to sort, but the cost of sorting takes away what little revenue comes from the sale. That and the fact that more and more third-world countries no longer accept our trash.