I Hate Coles Self-Serve Checkouts

[icyfroth]

Woolworth's are much easier.

[fourandsixpants]

....I refuse to use as these are taking jobs from Australians.

 LOL

[katymatey*]

I also refuse to use self service registers. Doing people out of jobs without any price reductions I imagine.

I know the day will come when I have no choice, until then I will avoid.

[icyfroth]

I used to say that too but standing in line behind someone with a shopping trolley full of groceries at one of only 2 manned checkouts in your lunch hour while the time is ticking away is kind of a decider.

And well management know it.

[patchoo78]

I love self serve check outs.. I don't like making small talk with strangers so they're ideal for me.. I also like to pack my own bags

[fourandsixpants]

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I used to say that too but standing in line behind someone with a shopping trolley full of groceries at one of only 2 manned checkouts in your lunch hour while the time is ticking away is kind of a decider.

And well management know it.

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I 'know' that store managers at Woolies get a bonus - was $30,000 per annum 2 years ago, if they don't go 'over' their allocated budget for staffing work hours. 

[icyfroth]

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@patchoo78 wrote:

I love self serve check outs.. I don't like making small talk with strangers so they're ideal for me.. I also like to pack my own bags

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yeah I don't mind them now. It took me a while to get used to them.

I find the Coles ones always have a drama though.

I like to use my own bag. There's a button for "I Want To Use My Own Bag."

So you hit that.

Then the voice says "Please place your bag in the bagging area"

So you do.

Then it says "Unexpected item in the bagging area. Please remove item from bagging area".

Sheesh.

At Woolies you just scan your items, put in your bag, put your cash or credit card in, get your receipt and off you go.

[j*oono]

I love the self serve checkouts and I have never cheated or stolen anything using them.  

What I really don't like is the people that have a full trolley load and they are using the self serve.  It's crazy and it takes them five times as long as if they go to a checkout operator.

[daydream**believer]

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@paintsew007 wrote:

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I used to say that too but standing in line behind someone with a shopping trolley full of groceries at one of only 2 manned checkouts in your lunch hour while the time is ticking away is kind of a decider.

And well management know it.

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I 'know' that store managers at Woolies get a bonus - was $30,000 per annum 2 years ago, if they don't go 'over' their allocated budget for staffing work hours. 

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Also happens in Big W

[cherry*135]

I don't mind either Coles or WW self serve checkouts. I sometimes swipe my Woolies loyalty card in the Coles machine and vice versa by mistake.. have to get the human over to cancel that. The lady I often get in Coles there is extremely nice and helpful.

I like Coles to shop at, seem to get more items with a bigger discountthere. Woolies is my local shop.

My nearest Coles have recently replaced some of their original self serve machines with narrow ones that are card only (they can fit more in the same space than before).