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I don't necessarily want that, but if every other company is sitting on their hands, it's their loss. Walmart is the absolute worst. They have the size, money
by axaxs 7y ago
I don't necessarily want that, but if every other company is sitting on their hands, it's their loss. Walmart is the absolute worst. They have the size, money, and a decent tech team, but the checkout experience still sucks. At least the last time I visited, it was all self checkouts. Very small kiosks, so you constantly had to stop and tie your bags and find somewhere to put them while you scan more. All while trying to avoid the family next to you ramming you with their cart or their kids running around you, since the kiosks are less than a cart lengths apart. Assuming you are lucky enough to pay without needing to wait on an assistant for the inevitable machine issues, you'll then be stopped at the door and have your receipt checked if you have anything you decided not to bag. It's literally the worst checkout experience I could dream up.
- frosted-flakes 7y agoAll self-checkouts? At my neighbourhood Walmart, the checkout area is split into three sections: regular checkout (cashiers behind long conveyor belts, separate queues), express checkout (cashier with no conveyor belt, combined queue), and self-checkout (no cashier, combined queue). In Ontario, Canada. I was impressed with The Home Depot's new self-checkout "machine", which is basically a touch-screen monitor sitting on a big table with a handheld wireless barcode scanner and a regular old receipt printer sitting beside it. Importantly, they ditched the weigh scales which are far too sensitive.
- axaxs 7y agoYep, all checkouts. But I know what you're talking about, the Meijer in my old town was setup that way. And I agree about Home Depot, that system, while imperfect, is pretty great. No more having to lift heavy awkward items over a small scanner!