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MarjorieR

@Gustodon @libroraptor @anne_twain @georgepenney how serviced supermarket tills operate obviously varies between countries. I'm in the UK and quite ancient now and I can't recall ever not packing my own groceries, or in independent butchers or greengrocers for that matter.

19 August at 10:52 | Wall-to-wall | Open on social.linux.pizza
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@marjolica @Gustodon @libroraptor @anne_twain @georgepenney
Same. Once in a while, during Bob-A-Job week, a troupe of boy scouts is available to pack groceries for a small donation. I never let them do it.

19 August at 14:01 | Open on infosec.space
BeeCycling

@marjolica
Me too. A couple of places experimented with packers now and again, and I've seen kids do it for charity. But it's not standard.

I use the Waitrose scanning app on my phone, so I just scan and pack stuff straight into my bags. At the end I just pay at the self-checkout and get out of there. I started using it in 2020 to get out faster and minimise contact. I wish I could pay in the app, so I could avoid the checkout entirely.

@Gustodon @libroraptor @anne_twain @georgepenney

@marjolica
Me too. A couple of places experimented with packers now and again, and I've seen kids do it for charity. But it's not standard.

I use the Waitrose scanning app on my phone, so I just scan and pack stuff straight into my bags. At the end I just pay at the self-checkout and get out of there. I started using it in 2020 to get out faster and minimise contact. I wish I could pay in the app, so I could avoid the checkout entirely.

19 August at 15:01 | Open on romancelandia.club
MarjorieR

@beecycling @Gustodon @libroraptor @anne_twain @georgepenney I suppose we should be glad at many stores there are still options.

In our family we're very happy to go through the checkout, we know several of the staff personally - it's a small town - and chat, but there are times when we just have a few items and the self-checkout can be quicker.

Of course whether you still end up having to interact with staff depends on whether the machines are behaving themselves (as per the OP!) or if you have a age restricted purchase. Needless to say one of our friends usually supervises the self-checkout.

@beecycling @Gustodon @libroraptor @anne_twain @georgepenney I suppose we should be glad at many stores there are still options.

In our family we're very happy to go through the checkout, we know several of the staff personally - it's a small town - and chat, but there are times when we just have a few items and the self-checkout can be quicker.

19 August at 15:11 | Open on social.linux.pizza
BeeCycling replied to MarjorieR

@marjolica
Yeah, there's always someone having to supervise the self-checkouts, because they're always misbehaving in some way. Seems like they should just put that person on a staffed checkout, but hey ho.
@Gustodon @libroraptor @anne_twain @georgepenney

19 August at 15:14 | Open on romancelandia.club
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