what's the reasoning ?

doesn't make a whole lot of sense, i know these things have been discussed here a million times but they do have value

It's about theft. Sure, they will mention customers missing the personal contact, cumbersome to use w/ produce and coupons, but the last reason mentioned is shrinkage, when it really should be the first.

Maybe they decided it wasn't a great idea to make their customers work for free. I don't see the value other than to the store that is convincing people something is "convenient" when it's really just a cost-savings effort for a corporation that has already charged you for the checkout crew.

That's crap. I'll do extra "work" to not be hassled with small talk and people asking me if I'm having a party.

And, of course it's cost-savings. Nearly every aspect of your shopping experience is tainted with the stink of cost-savings. Why draw the line at this?

probably too much theft going on.

Maybe they decided it wasn't a great idea to make their customers work for free. I don't see the value other than to the store that is convincing people something is "convenient" when it's really just a cost-savings effort for a corporation that has already charged you for the checkout crew.

I actually think it would be kinda funny to walk up to the self checkout with like 2 carts

How much longer till they rip them out? The one by me has like four of them.

It must be pretty shameful to get caught stealing from the self-checkout. Not that I would know anything about the practice, but the best way to do it, if I knew the way to do it, would be with deli stuff where hey, for all you know, they didn't put the barcode sticker on right. It would also be critical to steal a glance at the little oversight terminal or whatever you'd call it to make sure no one is manning it, but not to be all obvious and "ooh, is The Coast Clear???" about it. And then you could, in theory, save six bucks on some chicken wings.

Hopefully this simply speeds up the adoption of carts that automatically know everything in it and charge you accordingly. Self checkout was a good step forward though.

I know this really great whorehouse where they charge you $500 for a GFE and then they let you jerk yourself off. It's great! I don't have to make small talk with hookers.

sounds more like the W.I.F.E. experience, only cheaper.

It must be pretty shameful to get caught stealing from the self-checkout. Not that I would know anything about the practice, but the best way to do it, if I knew the way to do it, would be with deli stuff where hey, for all you know, they didn't put the barcode sticker on right. It would also be critical to steal a glance at the little oversight terminal or whatever you'd call it to make sure no one is manning it, but not to be all obvious and "ooh, is The Coast Clear???" about it. And then you could, in theory, save six bucks on some chicken wings.

It's about theft. Sure, they will mention customers missing the personal contact, cumbersome to use w/ produce and coupons, but the last reason mentioned is shrinkage, when it really should be the first.