If you can't operate a self checkout machine (in your language) you shouldn't be able to drive. amirite?

[Scans item] "Please place item in bagging area." [Places item in bagging area] "Please remove unauthorized item from bagging area." [screams in frustration]

by Potential-Tower 2 weeks ago

I've not had weight sensors in a self checkout in like, a decade. I honestly didn't realize people still had this issue.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I've never seen one without one. Interesting.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I just realized this is the reason it works for me now lmao. I didn't know they took them out, it makes so much sense now.

by Lazy-Milk-344 2 weeks ago

They generally can be programmed however the store seems necessary. There probably are scales in the machines, the programming to check for the item weight is probably just toggled off. These machines can be adjusted for all kinds of stuff, like to ask for a cashier code just to start a transaction in some cases.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Walmart has never yelled at me, in fact I didn't know they even had weight sensors

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

The ones I've seen use video to monitor it. I've had an issue where there wasn't enough space in the bagging area so I stuck a bag behind the bags, the system called an attendant who saw what happened and cleared me. But in that, I saw there were no less than three camera angles on me.

by Ondrickadixie 2 weeks ago

All the self checkouts in my area have small bagging areas, so I asked about it. They said the self checkout was for people with 25 items or less...no signage stating that and only 2 human checkers with a line of 6 full carts each. I need better options

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I've never encountered a single thing you've described in a self check out, but I also don't think I've been to a walmart in well over a decade.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I have similar experiences at Target and Kroger as well. Does Georgia actually have something figured out for once?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Hey they also had peaches pretty well nailed down for quite a while.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I've seen this at Kroger when I lived in the midwest US. Haven't seen it anywhere outside of home improvement stores on the east or west coast though. That said, I haven't had a self checkout throw a weight error at me in nearly a decade. They've definitely gotten better.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I don't know that I've been to a target either, and I don't think we have Kroger's out on the West coast.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I've been to LA and Seattle for work and while I don't think I did self checkout in LA, I did in Seattle and I don't remember having these problems at either the Walmart I went to or the target I went to. Just a difference in places I know, but interesting that my experience has kept me blind to the issue for years now all by coincidental luck lol

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I think it might be related to the surveillance strategy of loss prevention. They'll just let you rack up points until you hit the fellony whammy

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

California Walmarts took them out, but idk about everywhere else

by turnerjoel 2 weeks ago

That's strange. No store I've shopped at in years even requires that the item be placed in the bagging area. Which is perfect for large/heavy items anyway. Scan and leave it unbagged. How do you guys put, say, a bag of dogfood in the bagging area? I also live in a rural town of about 6k people. Median household income is 34.6k

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Schnuks has them and they're extremely sensitive

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I haven't dealt with weight sensors in a while

by roselynmertz 2 weeks ago

Idk I pretty rarely have an issue anymore.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I'm literally at work right now, listening to 12 machines say this back and forth for 9 hours. Shoot me.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Yep, this. That dumb weight sensor in the bagging thing is a huge problem. Also, the bagging area is too small if you've got a full cart, so then you have to remove stuff from the bagging area but the machine gets salty about it.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

so now most places don't have that item limit. That might be ok still, but some stores don't even have the option of going to a cashier. It's all self checkout. I have started doing curbside pickup, so not only do they handle the checkout process, they also do the shopping.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

You make it that far? I just put my empty reusable bags in the bagging area and it starts whining.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Idk, they've never been that complex for me. Just pick the item up or put it down and wait until it figures out what's actually wrong.

by brycemurphy 2 weeks ago

same here in my lifetime, probably only has happened twice, I wonder if people are being to rough with their items, I go fast but I don't slam things on the sensors

by Complex-Dig5900 2 weeks ago

THAT'S why I keep hitting children with my garbage truck.

by Kobygrimes 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile I go to uniqlo in Tokyo, dump every item in the bagging area, and since it's RFID it gets everything right without me doing anything.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

This is not really the same as user error though. Regardless, it still tells you what to do.

by Johnstonjosiane 2 weeks ago

I remember when self checkout first came out and that was a problem. It drove me insane.

by EstablishmentIll2465 2 weeks ago

Get a bag and put it on the ground in front of you really not that hard

by treyokon 2 weeks ago

The bagging area has a weight scale. Do your guys' not?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

The self-checkout not understanding what Granny Smith apples are has nothing to do with driving.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Just scan everything as bananas

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

there's always bananas in the money stand

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

4011 for everything

by Ok-Palpitation7776 2 weeks ago

PLU codes are so nice. It just sucks they're stickers, left in misted wet areas, so usually everyone gets the only fruit without them on there

by Educational_Beat82 2 weeks ago

Yup, been working at ShopRite for a while, so some fruits go as a breeze

by Emotional_Resist 2 weeks ago

But don't those cost like ten dollars?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I paid 69 cents for a 1lb ribeye by doing this.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Please remove Grampy Schmidt apples from the bagging area...

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

So you can't operate a machine that was tested to be used by an average consumer? There is multiple ways either the PLU code or find by items where you can type in the word.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

If you can't figure out the sticker that says 4139 is the number you type in once you hit the fruit button, you shouldn't be piloting a vehicle.

by Neat-Chard2222 2 weeks ago

I didn't know that lol I just type in the name of the produce if the sticker won't scan

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

It doesn't matter if I punch in the item number or scan the barcode on the sticker - the self-checkout at the grocery store still says "see cashier."

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

It's a cognition marker. If your brain can't figure out a simple machine, how do you think things will go behind a wheel?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

If you can't smoke 2 cigarettes at once in either nostril you shouldn't be able to fish.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

If you can't build a computer by watching Youtube videos, you shouldn't be allowed to dance.

by hartmannguisepp 2 weeks ago

If you can't service a nuclear reactor, you can't possibly make cocktails for a living.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

During my driving test to get my license my instructor had me pull over so she could get out and smoke two cigarettes. She inhaled them so fast it took no longer than two breaths. Got back in and we proceeded with the test. What a legend. I bet she's quite a fisherman.

by Massive_Pop 2 weeks ago

We fishing with dynamite?

by Impressive-Low 2 weeks ago

Well, now I know what I'm going to try later

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Cars were still a thing in their decade. Self checkout wasnt. This doesn't correct but I get the point you're trying to make

by mlubowitz 2 weeks ago

Do they know how to read? Do they know how to touch something? They can figure it out from there. Self checkout didn't exist when I was a young adult, and yet I figured it out with this exclusive millennial trait called "eyes".

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Smfh.. We can tell you're a millennial without you saying you're a millennial.. You've got the high and mighty attitude while thinking you'll never get old.. There's gonna be a day that you can't keep with tech.. Even if you use your eyes..

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

False

by jkuphal 2 weeks ago

It is literally self explanatory. You just have to have the ability to read. That's it.

by QuietPotential9602 2 weeks ago

And understand touch user interface, menu structures and scanning. There's a lot going on, but our brains manage to simplify it due to massive amount of exposure to mobile devices. It can actually be rather complicated if you are not experienced.

by Acole 2 weeks ago

And roundabouts weren't really a thing in their decade either. They should not be able to drive if they can't learn something well-explained and simple like a self checkout machine. I'm surprised how much I've come to agree with OP on this.

by melba60 2 weeks ago

Yeah, roundabouts were a thing way back when. My mom remembers them.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I agree with the op that most old people shouldn't be allowed to drive. Also that part about roundabouts is funny as hell because ive seen countless old people just drive straight through em pff

by mlubowitz 2 weeks ago

Roundabouts are so awful to drive through since people just don't know how to drive, I've had so many situations where I've almost crashed because someone is going the wrong way in the roundabout by my home.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

My truck starts and functions as it should with me as the operator. Can't say the same about my local Martin's self checkout machines. I get what you're saying about elderly people driving who should've turned in their license a decade ago, but the comparison makes so sense. Age restricted purchases, keying in lots of produce, small bagging area, and machines not taking cash are all valid reasons someone may not want to use a self checkout. If I've got a full cart, I feel like I'm doing everyone a favor by letting a cashier handle it rather than fussing with a machine telling me to place the item in the bagging area 30 times.

by Schinnerroscoe 2 weeks ago

If you think an automated device forcing you to reinput an item multiple times because it doesn't now how much something weighs is anywhere near similar to operating a car, I think you're the one who'd be dangerous behind the wheel.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I fail to see how they correlate. They're completely different machines with completely different functions.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

One is a machine that statically gives you instructions and guidelines that you can operate at your own pace with you completely in control. The other is operating a multi-ton hunk of steel at 50 mph with a variety of dynamic factors and instructions that you have to adapt to. And it can kill you and others. If you can't do the first you shouldn't do the second.

by wiegandrhianna 2 weeks ago

Or you hit "skip bagging" and the machine that was TOTALLY FINE the last three times you did just that decides that now's the time to panic.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I agree with this. I've only recently gotten my driver's license, and it's insane how much muscle memory and coordination skills play into how good a driver you are! There's barely anything that you can improve in your driving by just thinking about it, in fact too much thinking will absolutely be a problem when you're learning to drive, while (creative) thinking is absolutely necessary for handling unknown "smart" technical appliances. You become a good driver with lots of experience, and yes, you can become a bad driver if you become arrogant or your health declines, but the necessary skills for the self-checkouts are vastly different.

by Apprehensive_Fold448 2 weeks ago

Sadly, driving is never going to be in the cards for me. A history of non-photosensitive, non-audiosensitive seizures since I was 11 killed that before it had the chance. Thankfully, I live with my mom and we just kinda work together well so it all works out. But yeah, muscle memory, coordination, and paying attention are the keys to driving. And the car will usually at least give decent hints as to what is wrong if something goes wrong, and it isn't nearly as arbitrary. At least, in my experience, haha.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

There are all kinds of design issues with self check machines, such as weight limits, speed issues, small sensor area, etc. How is it my fault the machine can't keep up with me and throws a hissy fit if I try to buy alcohol? Maybe as the technology matures the metaphor you allude to might make sense, but for now it's about as useful as a Le Car.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

But you are capable of using a self checkout machine if you had to. I'm talking about 100 percent refusing to, choosing to wait 15 minutes in line rather than account for the mechanical changes in the checkout experience and adapt

by wiegandrhianna 2 weeks ago

Why.... Do you care if someone else chooses to wait in a 15 minute line??

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I can use one, I refuse to do so. And for all those complaining about not being able to find a job that are using them, you might be the reason you can't find a job.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Yeah… I support people working and having jobs. Not machines.

by Osatterfield 2 weeks ago

This is dumb

by Immediate_Floor 2 weeks ago

Upovted for being an unpopular opinion although it doesn't save it from being a terrible one

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Does that mean if you can operate a self checkout, you're automatically cleared to drive? Or are you going to have to sit a driving test anyway? And, if the driving test isn't sufficient to test people's driving ability, I don't see why the solution is to ask them to bag a few groceries rather than just improve the driving test curriculum.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

This is just dumb. What? Is the government going to just revoke your license if they see you taking too long on a self checkout? Or are they going to have self checkouts at the DMV? As opposed to you know, a drivers test?

by Desperate_Serve 2 weeks ago

I feel like the point here is just that if you can't follow simple directions, you shouldn't be able to drive a big death machine on shared roads with shared rules.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Plenty of dyslexic and illiterate people drive just fine. Hell, I worked with an EMT who was functionally illiterate.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Oh God, school must've been so difficult for your coworker.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

So, by the same logic, if you can't operate a VCR, or an 8 track player, or a crank start automobile, you shouldn't be able drive? One thing I like about ageism. Aging comes for everyone.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Yes, if you can't operate a vcr with the instructions laid out step by step for you, you probably should not operate a motor vehicle.

by wiegandrhianna 2 weeks ago

Then let's add, within 1 minute and with people impatiently waiting on you.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Most people are surprisingly patient, especially if an older person ahead of us. I think you just get anxious. That's totally fine. The pressure was initially on the cashier to move the queue and now it feels like it's been passed to you, but it's not your job. Just focus on what your doing. It'll be okay.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I use self checkouts every day. I also have used kiosks at airports that have no checkout. I don't have the problem, but I know the stress. Like when my computer goes wonky and IT shows up and asks me to do 20 things that are commonplace for them, but not me. I can count the seconds that they can tolerate my slowness until they take over. lol.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Always works for me. Your license is hereby revoked!

by Medical-Mention-5894 2 weeks ago

I've personally set up many self check outs, everybody has problems with them and rarely is it because of user error. They are so temperamental, so finicky, that I'm surprised more people don't accidentally steal things.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Pretty ableist, OP.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

They're two different skillsets. I see what you're getting at but it makes about as much sense as "if you don't know how to code, you shouldn't be allowed to practice medicine".

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

This doesnt make sense... Coding and Practicing medicine are specialised fields where you need years of *specialised* training. Using self-checkout machine is just you reading and using your hands - thats what literally every healthy human knows.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

You have to put yourself in the shoes of someone who's never used a computer and never saw a touchscreen until they were 70 years old.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Babies can operate touchscreens at 4years old. What is this 3iq excuse ? If you cant learn somethign so simple that a baby can do it......

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

You can look up "critical period hypothesis" if you want to learn about it.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

So your proof is... ............. :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD HYPOTHESIS - Learn definition of this word. You are some american that barely knows english and maybe three words in spanish, i swear

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Es irónico que digas eso, porque tienes muchos errores en tu inglés. Y ¿son todos en tu país tan groseros?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

If you can't throw and catch a ball.

by Artistic-Advance 2 weeks ago

I have no interest in getting better at using them, if i am to use one high chance of missing some items coz i simply dont care. Each item gets 2 passes max if the scanner doesn't go of, well in the bag it goes u missed ur shot scanner.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

You should be shaming the user interface more than the person using it. Being able to operate one user interface does not mean one can operate another. Operating a car is in no way similar to a self checkout.

by Due-Dig-9683 2 weeks ago

I agree with this

by ruby60 2 weeks ago

If you are impatient with regular people, you should just shop online.

by bernhardritchie 2 weeks ago

Please remove item from bagging area! Place item in bagging area! Please remove item from bagging area! I have a love hate relationship with self checkouts.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Depends on what you mean by operate. When I go to my local Walmart I usually use self checkout because it's the only thing open most times. I also prefer self checkout, generally speaking. Every single time in this Walmart I have to call an employee for assistance because the machine decides I'm trying to shop lift or won't read a barcode like it's supposed to or won't take my card or some other stupid malfunction. I always use self checkout when I go to HEB and the only time I've had issues with their machine was when I misread a coupon and didn't get the right size of the item for it and when I was using two different cards to pay but didn't know how to tell the machine that.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

it is like the husband of a friend of mine who is a surgeon who says he can't understand how to do laundry or how to boil an egg. He just doesn't want to do it, it used to get done by others.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I shouldn't have to operate a self checkout machine.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

You know there are functionally illiterate people out there who drive

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I can operate a self checkout machine just fine but can't drive. So where does that leave me? 🙃

by Carrollemmie 2 weeks ago

Looks like your driving the self-checkout bitch.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

One of these things has a test to use, a manual to understand, an ability to be fixed be it by adjustment, replacement, screaming at, mechanical agitation thereof, or praying to a deity of choice, and will work as expected or can easily be remedied by the aforementioned. The other is a self checkout machine.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

There are some self checkout machines that give exact verbal instructions on what to do. It speaks what you're getting like this one at Giant that says "bananas" like it's telling an inside joke.

by No_Outcome1202 2 weeks ago

If you can't poop upside down you shouldn't mow the lawn

by Fit_Group 2 weeks ago

I agree. If your brain can't handle something as simple as a checkout machine, no way it's working well enough to safely drive a car

by Libbie10 2 weeks ago

Many elderly refuse to use self check due to the loss of jobs it caused.

by Independent_Test3139 2 weeks ago

After an old lady drove through a store in my town today, killed one, and injured 14 others, I'm gonna only slightly disagree with you. If you're over 65, you should have to take a driving test every year. My grandma should have had her license taken away years ago. I fear she'll be the next one making headlines. She also can't operate touch screens, smartphones, or self checkouts. I feel there might be a venn diagram here.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

It's not that I can't, it's just that I don't want to.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

In the era of self driving cars, no one should be allowed to drive except emergency.

by Excellent-Rabbit4566 2 weeks ago

If you can't prove you're going to be a good parent, you shouldn't be allowed to have sex.

by Cultural_Fly_7346 2 weeks ago

I know a few people that have a CDL license and one that operates heavy machinery and these are not intelligent people. At all. Not at all. But they still make a good living.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure how driving and self checkout are comparable? One is just not being knowledgeable about technology, it has nothing to do with being able to drive

by roselynmertz 2 weeks ago

I went to grab my receipt and it was a drivers license Seriously, this is bonkers. Skill at one task is not skill at another. What's next, if you can't drive a car, you shouldn't be trusted to operate a self-checkout? Thinly veiled ageism

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

There are cashiers available in most places. Many people don't use self check out because they don't prefer to; they'd rather have a cashier. That should be their choice. It does not mean they "don't know how to use self check out", contrary to what you might believe.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Well I'm in my 60s and have decades of experience driving and I drive extremely well but I hate self checkout and don't want to look dumb when the machine asks me questions so, what, I shouldn't drive anymore? You don't make any sense.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

This is for unpopular opinions, not stupid made up opinions

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

If you can't perform a successful smash combo in brawl, you can't file taxes

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Is there a difference between an unpopular opinion and a bad take?

by Ok-Aerie9009 2 weeks ago

I don't think it's unpopular, I think it doesn't make any sense.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

Is the inverse also true? Can I pretend not to understand how to operate a self checkout machine in exchange never to have to drive again?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

These decisions should be made with data. The driving age should be raised to 25, any insurance company would tell you that those under 25 are poor drivers.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

I refuse to use them and make some come and "help" me every time.

by Entire_Daikon 2 weeks ago

Why?

by Subject-Contract 2 weeks ago

If you don't know how to ride a bicycle, you shouldn't try to read.

by dellalowe 2 weeks ago

I don't like looking up produce and I have no idea if this is a "Giant Pineapple", or a "[Store Brand] Jumbo Pinapple".

by SilentService 2 weeks ago

I work with people who have TBI (Traumatic brain injury) and they can operate a self check out just fine. But there are issues with checking things out (over rides, things ring up wrong) etc that sometimes require calling a member of staff to correct. You are honestly pathetic if you think people don't know how to use self-checkout. Also just so you know, many stores are doing away with self check out stations and removing them from their stores entirely.

by Sgoldner 2 weeks ago

I would argue most old drivers are better than young drivers. They go kinda slow? Boohoo Kyle is going 130 in his civic about to kill a family of 4

by Itchy_Ad_1314 2 weeks ago

If you can pump your own gas then you can use a self checkout. They're not that much difference between the two.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

A petrol pump doesn't freak out if there's an "unidentified item" in its area.

by Few_Wafer 2 weeks ago

Eh, in most cases I've seen the elderly refuse or struggle to use self checkouts for no apparent reason other than their insistence on not being able to use them, only to get in a car moments later. I do agree there's not that much difference but an inability to adapt to that slight change definitely demonstrates cognitive decline.

by wiegandrhianna 2 weeks ago

Same as if they can't speak the language of a country, then they shouldn't be a citizen of that country

by DisplayFluffy9226 2 weeks ago

What's funny is that a lot of countries especially non English speaking countries require you to be fluent in the local language which I'm all for

by Collinsagustina 2 weeks ago

But thats true lol. How can you be citizen of a country, where you dont know their language, let alone customs ?

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago

This is so dumb. Hence it's unpopular opinion.

by Anonymous 2 weeks ago