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Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:02 am ]
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Listen, overweight lady who always acts like you're doing me a favor by ringing up my items, you guys are never by the register. You often finish conversations with co workers before even looking at the line of 6 people waiting.

So with that history, how could I possibly know that you were going "self checkout only"? Of course I thought it was just your normal lazy nature that had you standing around as 3 of us waited for a cashier to appear from somewhere.

You are what's wrong with this country


Not to even get into the backwards idea of self checkout only. Im not as down on self checkout as some. I think it serves a purpose. But when its self checkout only, you are getting dangerously close to making yourself an unneeded middle man. If you want people to stop going to convenient stores in favor of buying bulk or maybe just finding a store that does some work, keep it up. You'll get there eventually.
Author:  Bagels [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:09 am ]
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i'm fine with it as long as i have ~5 items or less.

the people at the grocery store that do like 200$ worth of stuff at a self-checkout are just insane
Author:  Terry's Peeps [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:10 am ]
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immessedup17 wrote:
Is this all CVS?


Not all of them have self check-out.

Most of the ones that do aren't as stupid as the one Bryan is talking about.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:11 am ]
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immessedup17 wrote:
Is this all CVS?

No. I mean I dont think so.

Its not a permanent thing...that I know of.


I dont think it should ever be "100% self checkout"
Author:  Douchebag [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:12 am ]
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Terry's Peeps wrote:
immessedup17 wrote:
Is this all CVS?


Not all of them have self check-out.

Most of the ones that do aren't as stupid as the one Bryan is talking about.

The one in Ogilve Station on Madison is self-checkout only all day. The only times they will ring someone up at the register is if you are buying booze or smokes.
Author:  FavreFan [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:17 am ]
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The CVS around the corner has really bad problems with customer service like the ones you suggest. About a third of the time I go in there I have to go find a worker to ring me up. They are almost never at the register, and there's been plenty of times I've walked in there and there's 3-4 people standing in line looking around with no worker in sight.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:17 am ]
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immessedup17 wrote:
Bagels wrote:
i'm fine with it as long as i have ~5 items or less.

the people at the grocery store that do like 200$ worth of stuff at a self-checkout are just insane

Meijer is self-checkout only after a certain time (let's call it 11pm). I got used to it. I never had to ring up $200 worth...but sometimes it is a lot.

My main issue is how bitchy she was about it. Like I should have known.

There were no signs and like I said, they frequently just stand around not by their assigned register so I really couldnt have known.


And its 830 am on a work day in downtown Chicago. Not exactly down time
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:19 am ]
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Q.Bovifs wrote:
rogers park bryan wrote:
Listen, overweight lady who always acts like you're doing me a favor by ringing up my items, you guys are never by the register. You often finish conversations with co workers before even looking at the line of 6 people waiting.

So with that history, how could I possibly know that you were going "self checkout only"? Of course I thought it was just your normal lazy nature that had you standing around as 3 of us waited for a cashier to appear from somewhere.

You are what's wrong with this country


Not to even get into the backwards idea of self checkout only. Im not as down on self checkout as some. I think it serves a purpose. But when its self checkout only, you are getting dangerously close to making yourself an unneeded middle man. If you want people to stop going to convenient stores in favor of buying bulk or maybe just finding a store that does some work, keep it up. You'll get there eventually.

Ask to speak to the manager and tell them that you will be reporting their performance to corporate.

Problem solved.

Happens at WalMart all of the time - lines 10 people deep, majority of aisles CLOSED, and lazy fucks walking around twiddling their thumbs and twirling their nametags. JUMP BEHIND A REGISTER AND BE SOMEBODY, ASSHOLE!

:lol:

I like it. Although, as is written here, it seems to be a corporate choice to provide bad service and not just the store.

Im sure Id get some coupons though
Author:  The Original Kid Cairo [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:28 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
Listen, overweight lady who always acts like you're doing me a favor by ringing up my items, you guys are never by the register. You often finish conversations with co workers before even looking at the line of 6 people waiting.

So with that history, how could I possibly know that you were going "self checkout only"? Of course I thought it was just your normal lazy nature that had you standing around as 3 of us waited for a cashier to appear from somewhere.

You are what's wrong with this country


Not to even get into the backwards idea of self checkout only. Im not as down on self checkout as some. I think it serves a purpose. But when its self checkout only, you are getting dangerously close to making yourself an unneeded middle man. If you want people to stop going to convenient stores in favor of buying bulk or maybe just finding a store that does some work, keep it up. You'll get there eventually.

You came into my building today? If I had known, I would've met you down there.
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:30 am ]
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Im in there most days
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:56 am ]
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FavreFan wrote:
The CVS around the corner has really bad problems with customer service like the ones you suggest. About a third of the time I go in there I have to go find a worker to ring me up. They are almost never at the register, and there's been plenty of times I've walked in there and there's 3-4 people standing in line looking around with no worker in sight.

Is that the one at Golf and Walnut? I hated that one when I lived in Hoffman Estates.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:03 am ]
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The problem is the thing doesn't work very well. You put something in the bag and then it tells you to put the item in the bag. And then you punch the fucking screen and break your hand like Iron Mike.
Author:  The Original Kid Cairo [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:06 am ]
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You have to make sure the machine can weigh it. If you put it in the bag, make sure it goes all the way to the bottom and touches the machine. It's not complicated.
Author:  Hatchetman [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:40 am ]
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The Original Kid Cairo wrote:
You have to make sure the machine can weigh it. If you put it in the bag, make sure it goes all the way to the bottom and touches the machine. It's not complicated.


I bought a half a gallon of milk.
Author:  beni hanna [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:42 am ]
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Supported. CVS is an odd place. The CVS "Roll Out" for Self Checkout has been horrible. I walked into two separate CVS locations and literally didn't notice the things existed. It took the Clark/Halsted CVS probably 9 months to get regular assistance from employees for self checkout. They do have to have a register with 1 teller to sell smokes, but the guy/girl would just sit there and look like "sucks to be you dude". Whoever was in charge of internal marketing for this change should have been fired. When Jewels/Dominicks moved to a few self check out lanes they promoted the friggin idea. "Here, try this and we are here to help." It still could be a cluster, but at least it wasn't an openly hostile experience.

I have no idea how CVS makes money. For most stores that I have been in, even with the ridiculous price mark up. they don't have the traffic/purchases to warrant staying in business. The exception might be the pharmacy portion which I don't understand.
Author:  Douchebag [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:44 am ]
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I just went to the CVS in Ogilve Station. As I was saying before, everything there is self-check out all the time. There was some a douch-ey businessman who was pissed because he had to use self checkout. When he was finished, and the machine gives the "Thank you for shopping at CVS spiel", he said "You're Welcome. I fucking love robots!!" :lol: :lol:
Author:  Rod [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 11:45 am ]
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If I'm checking myself out, you best believe I'm talking something for free.

I don't check and/or bag my own groceries when that service is already incorporated in the price. It's like paying a housekeeper and then doing the work yourself while she watches TV.
Author:  FavreFan [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:30 pm ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
The CVS around the corner has really bad problems with customer service like the ones you suggest. About a third of the time I go in there I have to go find a worker to ring me up. They are almost never at the register, and there's been plenty of times I've walked in there and there's 3-4 people standing in line looking around with no worker in sight.

Is that the one at Golf and Walnut? I hated that one when I lived in Hoffman Estates.

That's the one. It fucking sucks.
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:21 pm ]
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The weird thing about CVS is that they all seem to be exactly the same. You enter a Walgreens or Jewels & they're all a little different from each other. Yet, every CVS has the same vibe, way too similar looks. Even if they're different, they're the same. Kind of like the Twilight Zone. Could there be just one CVS, & everytime you walk through the door, you're going through a portal to the one CVS?
Author:  Terry's Peeps [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:25 pm ]
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Colonel Angus wrote:
The weird thing about CVS is that they all seem to be exactly the same. You enter a Walgreens or Jewels & they're all a little different from each other. Yet, every CVS has the same vibe, way too similar looks. Even if they're different, they're the same. Kind of like the Twilight Zone. Could there be just one CVS, & everytime you walk through the door, you're going through a portal to the one CVS?


Even the old Oscos that were converted to CVS had to undergo an "upgrade" to achieve the uniform look.
Author:  Seacrest [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:04 pm ]
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immessedup17 wrote:
Colonel Angus wrote:
The weird thing about CVS is that they all seem to be exactly the same. You enter a Walgreens or Jewels & they're all a little different from each other. Yet, every CVS has the same vibe, way too similar looks. Even if they're different, they're the same. Kind of like the Twilight Zone. Could there be just one CVS, & everytime you walk through the door, you're going through a portal to the one CVS?

I think every Walgreen's looks identical...and I think every CVS looks like every Walgreen's.



Each Walgreeens is a cookie cutter building with the most minimal difference as possible.
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:05 pm ]
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There is a CVS in an old Osco where Higgins and Foster intersect and another a block away at Nagle and Foster, where an old banquet hall used to be. You can see the Nagle CVS from inside the Higgins CVS. Kind of pokes a hole in the Colonel's otherwise very intriguing theory.
Author:  Colonel Angus [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:06 pm ]
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Terry's Peeps wrote:
Colonel Angus wrote:
The weird thing about CVS is that they all seem to be exactly the same. You enter a Walgreens or Jewels & they're all a little different from each other. Yet, every CVS has the same vibe, way too similar looks. Even if they're different, they're the same. Kind of like the Twilight Zone. Could there be just one CVS, & everytime you walk through the door, you're going through a portal to the one CVS?


Even the old Oscos that were converted to CVS had to undergo an "upgrade" to achieve the uniform look.

I believe every CVS downtown was once an Osco (as well as the one in Bridgeport). None of them seem like the old Osco. Everything was redone, from aisle to shelves. It's kind of like a Stepford Wives kind of thing. Shit, even every Target & Wal-Mart has it's own vibe, & you can't get any more generic than that.

immessedup17 wrote:
Colonel Angus wrote:
The weird thing about CVS is that they all seem to be exactly the same. You enter a Walgreens or Jewels & they're all a little different from each other. Yet, every CVS has the same vibe, way too similar looks. Even if they're different, they're the same. Kind of like the Twilight Zone. Could there be just one CVS, & everytime you walk through the door, you're going through a portal to the one CVS?

I think every Walgreen's looks identical...and I think every CVS looks like every Walgreen's.


Wrong, boy-o. Maybe in the oasis of civilization that is Schaumburg, but here in the nitty-gritty city, CVS & Walgreens are very different. In fact, each Walgreens is different. Neighborhood Walgreens are usually "hood", no matter what neighborhood they're in. Each Walgreens in the Loop even has it's own personality. The one on Randolph & State is modern & bougie. The one on Washington seems like a little market. & the one on Adams is different than both of them.
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Mon Feb 04, 2013 10:07 pm ]
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Seacrest wrote:
immessedup17 wrote:
Colonel Angus wrote:
The weird thing about CVS is that they all seem to be exactly the same. You enter a Walgreens or Jewels & they're all a little different from each other. Yet, every CVS has the same vibe, way too similar looks. Even if they're different, they're the same. Kind of like the Twilight Zone. Could there be just one CVS, & everytime you walk through the door, you're going through a portal to the one CVS?

I think every Walgreen's looks identical...and I think every CVS looks like every Walgreen's.



Each Walgreeens is a cookie cutter building with the most minimal difference as possible.

You should see the new one at Damen and North.
Author:  Rod [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 8:27 am ]
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Telegram Sam wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
immessedup17 wrote:
Colonel Angus wrote:
The weird thing about CVS is that they all seem to be exactly the same. You enter a Walgreens or Jewels & they're all a little different from each other. Yet, every CVS has the same vibe, way too similar looks. Even if they're different, they're the same. Kind of like the Twilight Zone. Could there be just one CVS, & everytime you walk through the door, you're going through a portal to the one CVS?

I think every Walgreen's looks identical...and I think every CVS looks like every Walgreen's.



Each Walgreeens is a cookie cutter building with the most minimal difference as possible.

You should see the new one at Damen and North.


Where is the Walgreen's? The southeast corner where that hot dog stand used to be?
Author:  Brick [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:12 am ]
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The same company that makes me wander around aimlessly looking for the one employee on the floor to open up a locked case of Prilosec trusts me enough to scan my own items?
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 10:43 am ]
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FavreFan wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
The CVS around the corner has really bad problems with customer service like the ones you suggest. About a third of the time I go in there I have to go find a worker to ring me up. They are almost never at the register, and there's been plenty of times I've walked in there and there's 3-4 people standing in line looking around with no worker in sight.

Is that the one at Golf and Walnut? I hated that one when I lived in Hoffman Estates.

That's the one. It fucking sucks.

I went out of my way back to the Walgreens at Higgins and Roselle when I was going to Poplar Creek Bowl just to avoid that one a couple of weeks ago. The fiancee didn't understand why...
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:58 pm ]
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
The same company that makes me wander around aimlessly looking for the one employee on the floor to open up a locked case of Prilosec trusts me enough to scan my own items?

They are also locking up visine and other eye drop and contact products


Eye rewetting is a danger to this country
Author:  RFDC [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:59 pm ]
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I detest self checkouts and avoid them if at all possible
Author:  Frank Coztansa [ Tue Feb 05, 2013 1:00 pm ]
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I hope Binny's installs them soon.
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