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If you have your own bag, put that down first. Don't give me that "but the bagging area always fucks up if I do that". It probably happens 1 time out of 5
If I have to use a self-checkout in my local supermarket, I pile up the groceries like Tetris, because if I try to put them in the bag, the whole thing becomes unstable on the platform, which has recently got even smaller and no longer has sides, and invariably sets off the alarm.
a simple call to the attendant to reset the till
Often there is no 'attendant', but people who have to be called in from other tasks, sometimes in the back, and so it is not a simple call.
Yes I use the staffed till whenever feasible.
chez_jay
I got lambasted for bitching about people who don't bag their groceries until after they've paid and scanned at self service tills. I still stand by it. If you have your own bag, put that down first. Don't give me that "but the bagging area always fucks up if I do that". It probably happens 1 time out of 5. I can't even remember the last time it happened to me. Why would you want to pick something up twice. Sort your bag, scan, straight into bag. Unless you are using a backpack or something bigger that will fuck up the scales, I give a pass for that. But even then, it's a simple call to the attendant to reset the till. Don't make me stand there in line while your till is ready for the next customer but you're only now pulling your bag for life out of your pocket.