Another reason why I’m happy using the self-checkout, where there’s never a line at my grocery store.
Haven’t tried one in years. Too finicky for items I don’t want to/can’t bag (like a case of drinks). Hangs up because I didn’t bag (and sometimes when I did). Okay for use with small trips and only a few items (all baggable).
You can try, but I always add the divider for the convenience of the person behind me - otherwise they have to do that awkward reaching thing if the next available one hasn’t been pushed all the way back.
If I ran the zoo – or rather grocery – I’d make sure there were plenty of those dividers at every checkout so no one had to reach. A small thing that improves the checkout experience.
So often, IME, there’s one per lane. Are people stealing them? Do they get dirty and thrown out? There’s got to be an explanation.
Something I didn’t realize about self-checkout machines until I got told: their bagging area has a scale built in to make sure everything gets scanned. Hang-ups often happened when I’d do something the machine’s logic found suspicious.
I may be alone in my ignorance of this fact, but maybe it’ll help someone if I share it.
I was in the “this is not cutting camp”, but this is a solid argument that brought me the other way.
Congratulations for being the first person on the internet to change someone’s mind!
I was actually aware of that. But it was still frustrating. Mind you, they may be much better now. I don’t think I’ve tried them in over a decade, so I probably ought to give the machines another chance.
it’s a cheap plastic product with an advertising strip built-in. This seems like a marketing opportunity completely going to waste. Whoever is providing these dividers is totally asleep behind the wheel.
They used to be the bane of my existence, but they do seem to have gotten better. That said, I still end up needing help about 10% of the time because the machine is yelling at me for some reason (or even gets completely locked up). “Unexpected item in the bagging area.” But I just put the fucking thing I scanned in the item area! What’s unexpected about that? And no, I didn’t remove any items. I know how it’s supposed to work.
Some friends once had a sort of scavenger hunt which included trying to buy one. At least one of them managed it, but I don’t know how much they got charged.
No need to be so harsh, but essentially yeah. You don’t see me arguing “Hey, why should my wife have to buy a ticket to this movie? What about people who have partners? Fuck them, sucks to be you, gotta buy two tickets?” One ticket per person. One person per line. Thems the rules.
Asked and answered. Because he has a partner.
I don’t think you get to beg the question like this. I submit that the social standard is that someone has to stand in line, and this tactic is fine.
Again, I dispute this. The vast majority, I feel, agree with me and have seen it done.
Glad I’m not the only one who automatically thinks this when I hear “sandwich board.”
I live across the street from Bricker and go to the same store as him (Um, “I win!”?). I’ve seen it done many times, but not just there - in other cities, even.
No, that doesn’t fly. The difference is no actual person paid the time cost. When a wife holds a spot, she’s paying the socially agreed line-standing standard that one must burn up personal time accommodating strangers’ needs. She’s in the line to ante up her minutes for society. In your hypothesis, no one is doing that.