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Originally Posted by arch13
Florida, Home of Publix.
They still make all baggers carry your groceries out to the car, you cannot tip them, and they have to be dressed in a dress shirt and slacks.
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And the best part -- no telemarketing..err.."bonus" cards! I miss Publix.
Anyway, the first self-checkout I ever saw was 4 years ago at a Super Fresh, near DC. It was great. You'd scan your item and then throw it on the conveyor like a normal checkout, and it scanned/weighed the item as it was moving. Then you'd go to the end of the conveyor, bag your stuff, and leave.
Ever since then, the only self-checkouts I've seen are those monstrosities that refuse to scan effectively, and force you to put your crap in a bag and leave it there even though there's only room for about 4 bags at most. And if it's a really light item, it's not always detected so it freaks out and make you stand there and wait for a cashier. Plus most I've been to don't do electronic signature capture, so if you pay via credit card you still have to go to the cashier's station and sign the receipt. The first generation versions were a lot better.