chester Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 s don't wait in line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Ahhhh, the advantages of living in a small town. At our local grocery there are no self-checkout lines. We, the customers, are all greeted by a buxomy young maiden who smiles at us and asks if we were able to find everything we needed. If I say "No" she tells me that maybe what I needed isn't on a shelf and if i will just tell her what it is that I need maybe she will be able to help me find it.... Ooooops. Wrong establishment. My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Anything that minimizes my interactions with other people is a welcome technological innovation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 I had some errands to do at lunch so ran into a Carl's jr. they had 2 machines that took orders/money. No live person to place an order with. I saw that at a BK at an airport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 What ever happened to service? Somewhere, at some point in the 90's, the slogan "The Customer is Always Right" gave way to "We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 What drives me nuts is when someone is in the self serve line with a cartful! There should be a item limit. And there should also be an age limit, because rest assured I will end up behind the 90 year old lady that cant figure out how to scan the items or pay for them. werd public service announcement.... if you dont know how to use the self service checkout, pleas stay away!!!! carry on And while you're at it. Tell me that you still don't know how to use the freaking credit card scanner. Slide your freaking card and press yes. I know, they're not all exactly the same. But they're not that freaking different either! Old f'ers complain about how schools don't teach the basics anymore. Well, if you can freaking read, you can use one of those credit card scanners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detlef Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Somewhere, at some point in the 90's, the slogan "The Customer is Always Right" gave way to "We Reserve the Right to Refuse Service." You know, in many ways, that's not entirely a bad thing. Quite simply, there's just more people fitting into smaller places. If merchants are to be held to the "customer is always right" deal, we all will suffer. There's just too many stupid people. If merchants have to pretend they're right when they're just too stupid to understand what's going on... Now, this isn't carte blanche for merchants to just tell everyone to piss off. However, anyone who believes in personal accountability has to agree that you shouldn't be able to leave your brain at the door when you go to a store/restaurant/what-have-you and expect everything to be OK. In general, I am irritated by the declining level of service. Being told that somebody has installed a phone system that requires me to work through a maze of options to get an answer "so they can better serve me" is nothing short of insulting. Certainly there are other issues. Actually, I agree with much of what DMD says, despite the fact that I do use the self check out. Of course, the only reason why there's less of a line there is because only 2 or 3 of the 8 lanes have checkers at them. None the less, standing there trying to get the damned bar-code to scan over and over again only to have the mouthbreathing attendant come over and try the same thing to, amazingly the same result. Honestly, I think they skimp on the scanners for the self-serve... Whatever. I suppose as reasonably intelligent and capable person, I'm just as often irritated by the idiot in front of me in line as I am by the half-wit behind the counter. Thus, I can't blame the downfall of society on the fact Popeflick mentions above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCharger Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Service is overrated. I dream of the day when machines take over. Am I the only one that prefers the automated telephone menu services more then an actual person? The automated menu, 9/10, is smarter then anyone I'd talk too. I never use cash, only card, and I ALWAYS use self-checkout. Most cashiers are teenagers who are too dumb to count change, why would I let them check me out. I just trust machines more then humans. I guess that's the Software Engineer in me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 Service is overrated. I dream of the day when machines take over. Am I the only one that prefers the automated telephone menu services more then an actual person? The automated menu, 9/10, is smarter then anyone I'd talk too. I never use cash, only card, and I ALWAYS use self-checkout. Most cashiers are teenagers who are too dumb to count change, why would I let them check me out. I just trust machines more then humans. I guess that's the Software Engineer in me. You have been assimilated. Please stand in line and remember your ID number at all times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Holy Roller Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 You have been assimilated. Please stand in line and remember your ID number at all times. The "mark of the beast" will be a chip implanted in each infant at birth that will be used for all life's purposes. We're just being led gently down the path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterMan Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I worked retail when I was a teenager. I work food service. I was never an idiot like people these days. Then again maybe I am too young to be this grumpy... I know alot of people in retail and most of them are not idiots either. What's sad is the general public now. Have we been inbreeding for the past 20 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunther Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I don't mind the self checkout since it is usually much quicker to get out (but more and more people are using them now). And another thing.... If my items total up $11.53 and I give the cashier $22.03 why in the name of all that is good do these morons freak out? "Uh... it's only $11.53. You gave me too much". "Uh, I only want a ten and two quarters back instead of a five, three ones, a quarter, two dimes and two pennies back YOU IDIOT -Just ring it up and see what happens". This used to drive me nuts if I give them something like $12.03 for your example, sometimes they try to give the 3c back. It really used to get on my nerves if they whipped out a calculator, "Just punch it in the register, trust me." But I find I do not carry much cash anymore (my wife thinks I should carry more than I do). Everyone takes debit or credit cards these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 The "mark of the beast" will be a chip implanted in each infant at birth that will be used for all life's purposes. We're just being led gently down the path. I shall not go gently into that good night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperCharger Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 You have been assimilated. Please stand in line and remember your ID number at all times. No, I make a living on automating the world. It's called job security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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