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The time I'm saving is not waiting in line because some stores are ludicrously understaffed. Targets in my area don't suffer from this, but I know of one groce
by jerlam 2y ago
The time I'm saving is not waiting in line because some stores are ludicrously understaffed.
Targets in my area don't suffer from this, but I know of one grocery store location that seems to have a single cashier, even on the busy weekends. This was true before self-checkout. I used to avoid this location at all costs, but with self-checkout it is somewhat bearable to pick up a few items. There isn't even someone at the self-checkout station to help you out if needed.
- Larrikin 2y agoI guess I just don't understand this mind set, especially at a grocery store where many items don't have a bar code. At a poorly owned and and managed grocery store, that is chronically understaffed, as someone giving them money, you'd rather temporarily become an unpaid employee and waste your time looking up the product codes for apples and onions, using a system that's purposefully less efficient than what the real cashiers use, instead of just going to a store that doesn't make you work for them to pay them money. In places where it's as bad as you've described there's often a line and wait for self check out. I've just abandoned my shopping and went somewhere else if I have over a handful of items
- jerlam 2y agoI wouldn't go out of my way to this store, but it is next to some places I frequent. I would not waste another 30 minutes of my time going to a completely different store in some attempt to avoid being an "unpaid employee", my time is valuable.