Metal drinking straw impales UK woman’s brain, killing her

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Really? How do they make sure you're paying for them at the self checkout?

They ask you how many bags on the screen. Around here there is usually someone watching you check out and check your receipt when you leave

[Teh One Who Knocks]

They ask you how many bags on the screen. Around here there is usually someone watching you check out and check your receipt when you leave

Fucking Nazis

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Fucking Nazis

Yeah, this check yourself out doesn't seem like its really saving anyone anything. The idiots trying to scan their own stuff are mostly retarded, then the "watcher" has to come do it anyway. Then they have another person checking your receipt, so they may save a bit on payroll, but it makes the entire experience last that much longer. LISTEN MFers I dont even want to be in WalMart to begin with...dont make it take longer

[Godfather]

You're probably joking, but when they started talking about banning those plastic shopping bags down here, I ordered a case of 1,000 from Amazon because those are the bags I use to clean dog crap up in the back yard Ever since I bought the case though, there's been no more talk of banning the bags (except in the People's Republic of Boulder).

I'm not really joking I did order straws, and I may do the same if they ban disposable plastic bags.

I'm all for switching to recyclable materials and I'll pay a few extra cents to buy eggs and milk that aren't in plastic or styrofoam, and we try to avoid products that are wrapped in unnecessary plastic... but banning straws and plastic bags? Come on. There's just no good alternative.

They charge $0.05-.10 for plastic bags at grocery stores here too. I wouldn't mind if I thought that money was actually going somewhere to help the planet... but I really doubt it is

[Hal-9000]

I embarrassingly carried out a whack of shit cradled in my arms because I miscalculated space requirements.

Had nothing to do with the environment, I was just too cheap to pay the 5 or 10 cents for the bags

[Teh One Who Knocks]

I guess that we're lucky they're still free (for now) here in Denver

[Hal-9000]

Yeah, this check yourself out doesn't seem like its really saving anyone anything. The idiots trying to scan their own stuff are mostly retarded, then the "watcher" has to come do it anyway. Then they have another person checking your receipt, so they may save a bit on payroll, but it makes the entire experience last that much longer. LISTEN MFers I dont even want to be in WalMart to begin with...dont make it take longer

This is what I run into. The machine asks if I need a bag, I say no and then there's a problem because it asks to put the bag on the tray or whatever. I call the 'watcher' over and we haven't solved a thing in the process. I tend to use cashiers.

[Hal-9000]

I guess that we're lucky they're still free (for now) here in Denver

I'll take a large green garbage bag when my canvas shopping bags wear out.

#noshame

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Yeah, this check yourself out doesn't seem like its really saving anyone anything. The idiots trying to scan their own stuff are mostly retarded, then the "watcher" has to come do it anyway. Then they have another person checking your receipt, so they may save a bit on payroll, but it makes the entire experience last that much longer. LISTEN MFers I dont even want to be in WalMart to begin with...dont make it take longer

It's the same way here and it's frustrating as fuck. And it's not just the clueless assholes that don't know how to use it, it's the people that use them with a heaping full shopping cart and nonchalantly taking their time as they scan everything. To me the self checkout is like the express lane, if you have a full fucking cart and you're in no hurry, go to a regular checkout and get the fuck out of the way. And if you don't know how to use the self checkout, then the next person in line that you are holding up should legally be able to walk up behind you and but a bullet in your head.


/rant