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>> [_] Anon 3270453 only thing bad about them is the jobs they are taking away eventually it'll be cheaper for mcdonalds to replace 90% of their staff with robots. could be done today but the initial hardware purchase is still too expensive, when it gets down to them making the money back in just 5 years the jobs will be going bye bye
>> [_] Anon 3270460 I can't wait for self-checkout to be history. Maddox got it right, but he forgot to mention that more than half the price of the groceries go to fuel the store and its employees' paychecks... the employees who are getting paid not to check your items. Items rung up at self-checkout should be significantly cheaper. Good riddance, I say.
>> [_] Anon 3270465 >more than half the price surely you mean more than half the profit? grocery stores often buy from distributors who are a sort of middlemen. look at this thin profit margin https://ycharts.com/companies/WMT/profit _margin as an example
>> [_] friendsofsandwiches 3270479 The problem with self checkout lanes rests entirely on inventory processing. Something not in inventory? SOL. I remember seeing a commercial about...3-4 years ago(?) where it looked like this guy was shoplifting, putting stuff in his jacket, had on a hoodie, all that. He passed by the register that was unmanned, and the register ran up his food items, and then scanned his phone or something, and it was all paid for. Until a store gets to the point where the system KNOWS where each and every item is in it's stock and store, this will NEVER work. Groceries and other weight variable items will of course, require someone to check them out.
>> [_] Anon 3270484 >># no one uses self checkout for speed, they use it because they don't want to talk to someone when they need to buy milk or something at midnight
>> [_] Anon 3270487 itt people underestimating technology. these things arent going anywhere and will improve greatly. usage will only increase as they get cheaper.
>> [_] Anon 3270498 Yeah they suck, but they're cheaper to the store and people willingly choose to use them. That's it. >># Check out the amazon go store
>> [_] Anon 3270500 >># its called don't be retarded
>> [_] Anon 3270506 Maddox has it wrong. Self-checkout has absolutely nothing to do with making things faster. It's about making your customer work for you so you don't need to pay an employee. It's the exact same thing with touch screen ordering at a Mc Donalds or whatever. No, a robot isn't replacing your job. McDonalds is just taking the touch screen you already use and turning it around and making the customer push the buttons so they don't have to pay an employee.
>> [_] Anon 3270514 >># holy fuck this guy is a giagantic douche
>> [_] Anon 3270542 >># I have never once had problems with them. They work, the problem, like most things involving computers, is with the user.
>> [_] Anon 3270543 >># They are? The price of all their goods is reduced by the number of people they are no longer hiring to do the job. Heck, getting that price reduction is the main reason they wanted to switch, it makes them look more appealing because "cheaper than competitor"
>> [_] Anon 3270545 why isnt someone doing a /f/ only webshow? it would be nice to have some kind of 4chan news thing every week on here. Would make /f/ a lot less shitty
>> [_] Anon 3270546 >># my local mcdonalds already has these giant ipads on the walls that let you order your shit without ever interacting with another human being.
>> [_] Anon 3270547 >># I use it for speed, but I also worked at a grocery store, and thus, know how to operate one near-lightning fast. If you know what the next step is you don't have to wait for it to tell you to do it. And if you know what makes it fuss, like say, taking bags away when you haven't payed yet, you can just avoid those behavior and never have to deal with it getting fussy. Both together means you almost never run into problems and nothing takes longer than the minimum amount of time it takes you to swipe an item over the scanner once and get it in a bag. I can get done in literal seconds. As such, waiting for one of those register jockeys to lackadaisically meander their way through it, bruising my bananas in the process while making obnoxious smalltalk drives me up the wall, meaning the only time I ever use normal checkout is when I'm at a grocer that won't let you scan your own coupons, like Kroger, because the only thing more annoying than waiting on a register clerk is waiting on whatever trained monkey they assigned to U-Scan to wake up, remember they have a job they're supposed to be doing, and after continuing to sit inert for an absurdly long time despite the "assistance needed" alert blaring away, that I can only conclude is them hoping I'll go away and they can go back to spacing out, eventually bite the bullet and waddle their jiggling thunderthighs over to my station and proceed to fail to scan my coupon three times before finally getting it right.
>> [_] Anon 3270548 >># and yet they still find a way to get your order wrong. It never ceases to amaze me.
>> [_] Anon 3270549 >># I'd do it, I have the skillset and need the practice, but I only really visit like, 34 boards, so wouldn't really be informed or qualified to talk news for the whole site.
>> [_] Anon 3270550 >># Do it on /wsg/ then, bigger filesize. Everyone will still call you a faggot, though.
>> [_] Anon 3270551 >># *3-4 boards
>> [_] friendsofsandwiches 3270554 >># We used to have one of the jiggle boys, someone who's over 300lb, on the off hours, we get the crack granny. All the carr/safeway stores up here got rid of self checkout... except ONE. The store where we literally have the most shootings at. Store employee and managers both want to just shut the store down at 10pm, maybe 11, but upper management says they want it open 24 hours. Oh, the only reason they haven't gotten rid of the self checkout stands is because they want to keep the software used for it. Which, by the way, is why the chip card readers will not read the chips in the cards.
>> [_] Anon 3270557 >># Oh yeah, if there's anything I've seen it's that bad management is one of the biggest problem facing most modern grocers, and likeliest reason for anything not working or inconvenient. Sometimes it's store manager. Sometimes regional. occasionally it goes all the way up to corporate. Sometimes it's just the department manager. Often it's multiple levels at once, each coming up with hare-brained solutions to solve the problems caused by their bosses' hare-brained solutions, repeat indefinitely until you finally reach one guy who just decided to change something on more or less an uninformed whim. You wanna talk automation? I can't WAIT until THEY get replaced by something digital, coordinated, and competent. Fixing that is gonna save them more time and money than any ground-level replacement ever will, just by way of eliminating all that chaos and waste.
>> [_] Anon 3270559 >># They were fine until chip readers became a thing. God they are slow. I miss doing a quick swipe and done. now the self checkout has a line of people behind it every day.
>> [_] Anon 3270561 >># >># not quite. If you have a single item or only a few, self checkout is the best bet as those with a mountain of groceries/clothes/ect are going to want help scanning/bagging and you have to potentially wait behind them to scan your bag of chips or whatever. Most self checkouts have a limit I.E. 12 items or fewer. the problem lies with human potatoes, old farts who can't learn, and shitty software, especially the software.. as I stated already, chip readers(at least where I live) are bringing the whole thing to a halt. They (self checkouts) also make you wait a moment before scanning the next item, unlike the fast, regular aisle scanning.
>> [_] Anon 3270566 >># >make you wait a moment Our walmart's does that, but none of the rest do. I think it's just a bad hardware/software thing as well.
>> [_] Anon 3270567 Almost none of the problems this video describes fucking exist and I'm going to chalk them up to what it ALWAYS fucking is when people complain about how hard something is to do: RETARDED USER ERROR. I've worked enough past years in customer support to recognize someone super butthurt about a system he thinks was designed specifically to make his life difficult and wants nothing more than to bitch as loud as he can, when it was really all his own fault for failing to grasp basic, obvious shit that the vast majority of people don't have such a fucking problem with. I'm ready to believe that a dumbass who has made a career out of being an obnoxious complainer, who thinks his opinion is so important he'll stand up and tell everyone who like pepperoni pizza that THEY'RE the ones who are dumb, was also too stupid to know how to properly look up right kind of produce and blamed the world around him for it. Every single self-checkout station I've ever been to has been overwhelmingly faster than a cashier. If there EVEN IS A LINE AT ALL, it moves significantly faster because it tends to form at the same length as the lines for the regular cashiers, only there are 4+ kiosks constantly freeing up to keep the line moving. Not to mention how low the bar is for cashiers, whether they're completely new or just don't give a shit, meaning the odds are way too high you'll hop into a lane that has a cashier content to move at a snail's pace. Not to mention that in a self-checkout, people who have extremely full carts and need a lot of extra time don't clog up one lane for everyone, there are lots of other kiosks that will free up around them. Since I moved a couple of years ago, and my nearest grocer did NOT have a self-c/o lane, it's pretty much guaranteed that checkout is going to be excruciatingly long. Probably the only thing potentially true is the statistic about shoplifting, and I'm not trying to hand-wave the job replacement issue, but fuck off Maddox oh my god.
>> [_] Anon 3270568 maddox lost
>> [_] Anon 3270569 The only time I ever prefer to use these is if I am buying 1 or 2 items that won't require additional steps to scan, i.e. Redbull or a bag of chips. Otherwise, I much prefer going through a regular checkout lane. Self checkouts are the IRL version of those fucking god-awful automatons on the phone that tell you to press *insert number* 50 fucking times before you can even reach a person. The difference is, pressing 0 usually gets rid of the automatons. There's no "press 0" option to make self checkouts any more efficient. Overall, Maddox is right and they're garbage.
>> [_] Anon 3270571 >># Same. Coloradofag here, and ever since people voted to increase minimum wage by 50% in just a few years a lot of fast food jobs have been mechanized.
>> [_] Anon 3270577 >># cuz his problems fucking suck $20,111
>> [_] Anon 3270579 >># so there ya go, pushes progress one way or the other. it's a win win. For the worker, they either pay you something you can live on or acknowledge they never had any intention of being responsible masters and taking care of you and fire you, allowing you to pull unemployment. The business either pays you your due, or invests in robots pushing us one step closer to fully automated luxury gay space communism.
>> [_] Anon 3270580 >># yeah, that extremely better and more secure way of purchasing stuff that has been in europe for like 8 years now is just horrible. we should bring back the swipe.
>> [_] Anon 3270582 >># It's actually true.
>> [_] Anon 3270584 You can easily just fill up your cart with .36c ramen noodle cups and then grab yourself a few other groceries. Just scan the ramen and pretend to scan your other items and toss them in the bag, pick it up, repeat. There, you now have $60 worth of groceries for $5.
>> [_] Anon 3270587 >># >Maddox is too much of a sperg to figure out how to work a self-checkout Wow. No wonder he's such a pants-wetting cuck. What a little bitch.
>> [_] Anon 3270588 >># >Maddox
>> [_] Anon 3270589 >># Pretty sure some stores have attendants to protect against that sort of thing.
>> [_] Anon 3270590 >># I always wonder how long it will be for humanity to achieve post work society. Continuous automation will reach the critical point in the near future. Before that the society needs some kind of global welfare or we are going to encounter the worst poverty that has ever existed.
>> [_] Anon 3270596 >># Get a team, ya dummy
>> [_] Anon 3270598 >># Store workers can very easily pick up on this. I remember at my work place, several stock boxes of baby powder would be purchased from Chinese customers, which would be then sold elsewhere. Since then, there have been limits to how many you can buy.
>> [_] Anon 3270602 You don't use them to save time, you use them when you're autistic and don't like to talk to people, like me.
>> [_] Anon 3270603 >># >it's gonna be 15 dollars and 37 cents >thank you have a nice day you don't even have to say shit
>> [_] Anon 3270605 >># Don't even try to understand, normie. You just don't get it.
>> [_] Anon 3270608 >># you sound like the ugliest son of a bitch I've ever heard
>> [_] Anon 3270611 >># You just don't get it
>> [_] Anon 3270613 >># If I ever get your stinky mug in my line of sight I swear to jack off I'll cock your clock off
>> [_] Anon 3270621 >># Ever since they introduced those giant iPads, I have never spoken to a cashier to take my order. So many fucking times I've asked for extra sauce at the cash register and they still end up giving me a dry ass burger. I have not had 1 problem with super complicated custom orders ever since the automated menus were installed. Anyone that has a problem with this shit is either old or retarded.
>> [_] Anon 3270622 >># I don't know where you live but even here in canuckistan, where people are apparently very cold and unwelcoming, I get cashiers asking me how's my day and all sorts of shit because they feel uncomfortable silently scanning my items. Automated checkouts are a godsend for autists like myself and the anon you replied to.
>> [_] Anon 3270623 >># You sound like the physical manifestation of some loser's inner demons.
>> [_] Anon 3270628 >># here in sweden we have order screens as well in some places (at least in Max, a northern small hamburger chain). press to make your order and pay with your credit card. then pick up your bag when they yell your name. they still need humans to make the burgers but the day will come it'll be cheaper to let a robot do it

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>> [_] Anon 3163981 >># more like madcuck monday

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>> [_] Anon 3129486 Work at a Safeway (same thing as pavillions) as a self checkout attendant, and can confirm they suck
>> [_] Anon 3129565 >># They're sometimes buggy but on average they're still faster than waiting for the bagger to be available and being able to bag your own groceries is much better, I swear they always put the heaviest stuff in 1 bag causing it tear,
>> [_] Anon 3129571 >># sounds autistic. i'm a supervisor at Kroger and sometimes fill in for self checkout. it's literally the easiest shit in the world. all you have to do is read the fucking screen. and if the machine talks fucking listen to it.
>> [_] Anon 3129573 >># >># work at Kroger can confirm self-checkout is easy Never heard of most these issues, must be other stores
>> [_] Anon 3129577 >># my dad freaks out when the machine says unexpected item in the bagging area or some shit when nothing has happened but I still prefer self-checkout over waiting in line
>> [_] Anon 3129578 >tfw former Coolguy McYoutubecelebrity sounds like a grumpy technologically inept old man What a cuck
>> [_] Anon 3129580 >># yeah sounds like the average self checkout user "WHYS THE MACHINE YELLING AT ME" because sir you didnt scan the fucking item. also you cant sit your fucking starbucks coffee in the bagging area because its weight sensitive.
>> [_] Anon 3129582 >># different stores different machines. although my store is slightly outdated. we just got a remodel. still looks awful. soon we are getting the new U-scan system and i heard its shit so not looking forward to it.
>> [_] Anon 3129583 Who is this guy. im trying to find a video he did on cooking
>> [_] Anon 3129593 >># >doesn't know fucking maddox REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>> [_] Anon 3115186 Whatever you say, grandpa.
>> [_] Anon 3115199 maddox is such a badass! xD
>> [_] Anon 3115205 if u have a lot of trouble with self checkout beyond the first couple times, it usually means you're retarded. PS maddox doesnt think theres anything shameful about getting cucked
>> [_] Anon 3115281 I sure do hate maddox but I agree with him on this one. For a store to only have self-checkout lanes would be impossible. What about people who cannot get out of wheelchair to reach the machine, the blind, the mentally disabled? Some times there are items where the barcode is either obscured or ripped. Even if the barcode can be read, sometimes the item still doesn't ring up -- doesn't happen all the time, but often enough. All of these situations require someone from staff to handle. Also a trained cashier will finish ringing up an order faster than a customer, so if the store ever gets busy, having only self-checkout lanes is a bad idea.
>> [_] Anon 3115284 madcux
>> [_] Anon 3115293 >># >PS maddox doesnt think theres anything shameful about getting cucked Really? Source?
>> [_] Anon 3115310 >># If you don't know how to use a self check out you might have A. Never used one B. Have severe autism They're literally the easiest things ever, get the bar code, swipe it in front of the red light, bam. So simple Maddox is a contrarian bitch
>> [_] Anon 3115312 literally never had a problem with self-checkout, don't know what the fuck this guy is on about
>> [_] Anon 3115315 >># Knowing how to use one and liking it are two different things. Autism won't prevent someone from using them. What about the blind and other conditions I mentioned?
>> [_] Anon 3115326 >Autist presses one button on a bag of fruit. WHHOLLLEY FUGGEN SHITT THE SEFL CHEKCOULTAIN IS FO RETARDS!
>> [_] Anon 3115328 I can't understand how anyone would have problems with these things. I use them all the time and rarely ever have a problem. Every time I get a nice chance to look over at the cucks in the line beside the self-checkout and laugh, because I got through all my shit while they moved up one spot in line.

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>> [_] Anon 3104234 Thanks for posting this Maddox, ur awesom!

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>> [_] Anon 3097916 Madcox is upset because the checkout machine announced his purchase of cucumber and preparation h.
>> [_] Anon 3097988 stop trying to force maddox monday. it's not going to happen. maddox is shit and should stay on youtube where he belongs.

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>> [_] Anon 3094625 C U C K U C K
>> [_] Anon 3094628 Stop posting youtube videos.
>> [_] Anon 3094654 Ass cursive.
>> [_] Anon 3094773 >># "I cant figure out how barcodes work. Hur-dur." Seriously. It took me 10 extra seconds the first time I bought produce with self-checkout. Now, I am no slower than the cashier. See: luddite.

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>> [_] Anon 3088874 thinks that need to go away on /f/ - Maddox Videos - Shitty Top 10 list rips from Youtube
>> [_] Anon 3088881 >># thinks that need to go away on /f/ - You
>> [_] Anon 3088882 how fucking pathetic of a human being do you have to be to not be able to figure out a self checkout stand?
>> [_] Anon 3088883 why post this blog shit? sage
>> [_] Anon 3088884 >># He's not funny though
>> [_] Anon 3088887 >># If I wanted to watch maddox videos I'd go to his site or his youtube channel. Don't need this shit on the flash board, literally every time you post these you get a bunch of people telling you to fuck off.
>> [_] Anon 3088888 >># Back when self-checkouts were introduced, they DID suck. That was a long time ago, and they're a lot better now.
>> [_] Anon 3088890 How do I make and edit flashes? >Torrent/Freeware
>> [_] Anon 3088900 >># Fuck off, Maddox, nobody cares about you.
>> [_] Anon 3088904 I'm more interested in the fact the self-checkout software is the same in New Zealand. It must be a global self-checkout software.
>> [_] Anon 3088909 >># Better but still not good. Can't wait for fully automated checkouts.
>> [_] Anon 3088918 My only gripe with self checkouts is they lock up and require a staff member to override if you want to go back. Should that be cancelling an item you don't want to buy, or you want to pay with a different method. That and machines that ask 'If you have a frequent flyer card, please scan at any time' literally 5+ times. Worse still is some machines don't allow any imput till it's done drawling out that audio.
>> [_] Anon 3088937 I have a joke for y'all >American infrastructure Are you laughing yet?
>> [_] Anon 3088938 Does it get funny after a while?
>> [_] Anon 3088943 >># I've got one for you too, European income after taxes.
>> [_] Anon 3088944 >># I've got another one for you. >American elections Pretty good right?
>> [_] Anon 3088958 people like that shouldn't use self checkout, they're retarded.
>> [_] RIP Anon 3088963 >># >european immigration reform
>> [_] Anon 3088964 >># >American healthcare
>> [_] Anon 3088975 >># THE PENTAS HAVE SPOKEN
>> [_] Anon 3088976 >># okay but he is talking about now. unless this video was a long time ago and even if that was the case, yeah no shit new tech needs to iron out the kinks. does this faggot think cars were as efficient as they are now in the 1910s?
>> [_] Anon 3088977 >># >gibsmedat >workforfree >i deserve health sounds like a refugee cuck to me!
>> [_] Anon 3088978 >># The ones I've used have never had a problem. I dont care about some redneck installtion of some plebmarket that has failures on its first day in action. Implementing this is not much harder than normal checkouts. So fuck off
>> [_] Anon 3088984 >># >Such low standards that the likes of Howard Schneider could operate for YEARS >Oh you want that leg fixed? Better sell your house.
>> [_] Anon 3088987 >># americans need to stfu about immigration problems in europe. weeks can go by without me seeing a black person. how's that working out for you in usa? fix your own problems before making fun of others
>> [_] Anon 3088988 >># Agreed. This isn't youtube lite.
>> [_] Anon 3088993 Maddox is such a baddass! xD
>> [_] Anon 3088994 I was /flv/ to leave
>> [_] Anon 3089009 >># At least post the one where he is butthurt about being called a C U C K.
>> [_] Anon 3089010 Maddox can suck all three of my cocks.
>> [_] Anon 3089012 This guy is so pointlessly contrarian. Self-checkouts are occasionally dodgy but for the average transaction they're quicker and easier. Also I don't have to face a human being when I'm buying my frozen dinners and sweets.
>> [_] Anon 3089015 >all these socially awkward penguins just order online if you're scared of basic human interactions >inb4 then I have to interact with the courier just ask your parents to do it you faggots
>> [_] Anon 3089017 only part I hate about self-check out is that you need a real person to check my id if I'm buying alcohol which is 80-90% of the time
>> [_] Anon 3089018 >># First point is probably something to do with stock control. The second point is very true, I cry in joy everytime one I get a machine that's had the sound muted.
>> [_] Anon 3089019 Why do you post this cuck again? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6jy78t V78
>> [_] Anon 3089020 Does this dude get paid to hate everything? I'm so happy I'm not him.
>> [_] Anon 3089021 >># What do you know. I guess I can be triggered after all.
>> [_] Anon 3089054 >># >># Is it still samefagging if they're in different bodies?
>> [_] Anon 3089055 >># >Goes on 4chains >Doesn't hate everything Something isn't right here.
>> [_] Anon 3089056 >># Hi, Euroguy here. I'm actually Americankin, so maybe he's the specific American that i'm kin to.
>> [_] Anon 3089058 >># COUSIN, IT IS ME! LET US GO BOWLING!
>> [_] Anon 3089063 >2016 >Maddox being relevant He should have kept to writing his stupid blog posts. Once you see his stupid face and hear his whiny voice he loses all credibility. He was a product of another time and he needs to move on.

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>> [_] Anon 3085201 maddox always finds a problem noone else has
>> [_] Anon 3085215 >># Other people have this problem, but it's mostly fucking retards anyway. Anyone who has a problem with them should be ashamed, and anyone who complains about it automatically outs themselves as a fucking idiot. It's good to know who those people are, I just wish I didn't have to listen to them.
>> [_] Anon 3085219 >># He's absolutely right though. Self checkout lanes have always been more trouble than they are worth, never have I found a single system that actually saved me time and hassle. They could be decent, but right now they surely aren't.
>> [_] Anon 3085225 Maddox is such a badass! xD
>> [_] Anon 3085228 >># Dude, you don't even have to touch the machine. You bring the barcode to the scanner, it starts, then you dump the money in. If it can't be scanned then you have to type in the code and dump the money in. Only retards have an issue with them.
>> [_] Anon 3085235 >># >it works fine if literally everything you buy has a clear barcode stamped on it and nothing else goes wrong with the machine (which it will) Yeah, no. Even if all I did was buy packaged shit, it is still slower and more of a hassle to bother with that bullshit instead of letting a cashier and bagger do it for me in the same time or less.
>> [_] Anon 3085236 Didn't watch, but I fucking despise self check out. If Wal-Mart wants me to work for them they have to pay me, and minimum wage isn't going to cut it. If I'm about to check out and there are no lanes with an attendant I just put down my basket and leave.
>> [_] Anon 3085237 >># Sorry to hear you're both entitled AND autistic.
>> [_] Anon 3085238 >># >>it works fine if literally everything you buy has a clear barcode stamped on it That literally only applies to fresh fruit and vegetables and even then there's still an option on there to weigh the things and get it over and done with. >nothing else goes wrong with the machine (which it will) Here's a tip, if something has gone wrong it's your fault. >it is still slower and more of a hassle to bother How? You just have to swipe it past and drop the money in, if you have a points card thing you swipe that too. The whole ordeal is faster than dealing with some cashier that doesn't want to be there unless you're completely inept.
>> [_] Anon 3085240 >maddox is still alive I thought he would die from a brain aneurysm by getting too butthurt.
>> [_] Anon 3085241 >># >That literally only applies to fresh fruit and vegetables And assorted organic dried goods and by the pound grains, legumes and cereals, basically everything that you should be eating. >Here's a tip, if something has gone wrong it's your fault. What are you a shill for the self checkout kiosk industry? >How? Because it's not my fucking job to be a cashier, someone who has that actual job position and has memorized all the bullshit that goes on is going to be faster, a traditional checkout system that has been stress tested for the last decade is always going to be more bug free than something that hasn't, and because during all of that I don't actually have to do anything but look at some economist article on my phone until I have to just swipe my card, which is infinitely less hassle than doing that bullshit myself.
>> [_] Anon 3085245 >># >And assorted organic dried goods and by the pound grains, legumes and cereals, basically everything that you should be eating. What store that has those in the open like that even has self checkouts? Usually you would have to go to some specialist store. >What are you a shill for the self checkout kiosk industry? No I'm a person that likes to call retards out on their shit. >someone who has that actual job position and has memorized all the bullshit What bullshit? There's literally two to three steps in the process. Half of this shit is shit you would do at the bank on a regular basis. Normally >scan >put in money With fresh foods >press fresh foods >select fresh food >drop in money To top it off this shit is said to you out loud and all of the people within a 10 meter radius can hear it too. The only issue you should be having with it is if it runs out of money to give you change.
>> [_] Anon 3085247 >># >a traditional checkout system that has been stress tested You do realise they both use the same system right? The difference is that you have someone doing it for you.
>> [_] Anon 3085251 >># Oh and that the cashier is more prone to human error regarding change.
>> [_] Anon 3085252 I can't imagine American self-checkouts being so impractical in comparison to the britbong counterpart I'm used to using.
>> [_] Anon 3085254 >># >Because it's not my fucking job to be a cashier, someone who has that actual job position and has memorized all the bullshit that goes on is going to be faster, a traditional checkout system that has been stress tested for the last decade is always going to be more bug free than something that hasn't, and because during all of that I don't actually have to do anything but look at some economist article on my phone until I have to just swipe my card, which is infinitely less hassle than doing that bullshit myself. I'm too lazy to swipe my packaged sawdust from Whole Foods over a red laser, I need to red THE ECONOMIST on my phone. Let the peons scan the food, I'm important, entitled, and a huge blowhard. Simple tasks like swiping things over other things are so beneath me! Check out my Lambo!
>> [_] Anon 3085257 >># This is the most retarded thing I've read all month.
>> [_] Anon 3085258 >># I take this statement back >># THIS is the most retarded thing I've read all month.
>> [_] Anon 3085259 Wow, people who agree with maddox on shit are retards who can't run a simple self check out machine. Who would've thunk it?
>> [_] Anon 3085260 >># Well, Americans aren't the smartest of people.
>> [_] Anon 3085281 >># >entitled AND autistic. man regular checkouts are far superior the issue is most stores under-staff the normal checkouts so the lines are too long on average going through express is faster than self-check
>> [_] Anon 3085285 >># >on average going through express is faster than self-check You know the average places the self check faster than regular right? Especially since there's a human sorting things out.
>> [_] Anon 3085289 >># use the normal lane then autist
>> [_] Anon 3085290 >># >swipe item >put in bag >repeat >slide debit card i live in the heart of hambeast country and while all the helpless fat old women wait in line at the registers it takes me two minutes to check my shit out myself
>> [_] Anon 3085291 >># >># This, if you're too retarded to use the self checkout properly leave it to people who aren't. You're just slowing the rest of us down.
>> [_] Anon 3085298 >># You'd think they would be the ones using it. Must be technophobic
>> [_] Anon 3085301 I want footage of Maddox pumping his own gas
>> [_] Anon 3085305 >># its just the new generation of comedy. being mad at everything makes you funny apparently. that form of comedy is unfortunately growing into a complete mindset for lots of people. instead of "I'm mad and that makes me funny", its turned into "I'm mad and that makes me smart", and now being mad at stupid shit makes you a good person, to a lot of people tis a shame imho. still gonna use the self checkout when I buy condoms
>> [_] Anon 3085306 >># >Look the whole thing is just a hassle >first you have to unlock your car's gas hole which is already stupid since I have to use the key to open my door and start the car, why can't the key just do them all at once to save time? >Then you have to take the thing off the hook, this is where you get the most trouble because I've just parked the wrong way around >and again >and again >and again! >This happens like five times every trip let me tell ya >then you gotta pay sometimes they take cards at the machine but for the love of god there's always the same problem, it asks me for my pin but what the fuck is a pin? >A drawing pin, a bobby pin, call me john cena cause I'm going for the pin >then I have to drag my feet all the way to the store and pay for it there
>> [_] Anon 3085313 Cashier here; self check out is inferior to cashiers and I'm not saying that to keep my job. I've got literally hundreds of PLU's memorized for various non-scanning items, dozens of different procedures memorized, knowledge of when and how to calculate discounts, knowledge of where to find items in the store that you forgot and can run and get while I handle the rest of your shit, knowledge and experience of how to pack your shit in a bag so it doesn't bottom out on you all over the sidewalk or so your eggs aren't smashed by the time you get home... I could go on. But most importantly, I am at least 3x quicker than you at checking your items in general. I do check shit out like I'm paid to do it, because I am, wheres you'll just do it idly as you contemplate what to make for dinner when you get home, or who you think's gonna win that sports game, or whatever else is on your mind. I'm also there to make sure that everything is calculated accurately and nobody's stealing (or overpaying), all you need to do is focus on paying and getting out of the way for the next customer. Don't get me wrong, I'm pro-automation and would rather we have robots building things in factories then people because of the efficiency and accuracy benefits, but when it comes to situations where a customer is directly involved you ALWAYS want to have a human.
>> [_] Anon 3085318 >I can be in and out with my three things in like 5 minutes >but no, let's wait for a half hourwhile some lardfat rings up a soccer mom's shopping cart-and-a-half's worth hi-c and chicken tendies for brendyn and bryden and skylar and britney, but not little carter he's got a gluten sensitivity because his tummy hurt one day after he ate a cookie, so he's not allowed to have any breads. Yeah, that's okay. The only bad thing about self-checkout is waiting for the idiots in front of you who dont understand that they're leaning on the weighted platform and that's why it keeps telling them to remove the unexpected item after it tells them to bag the thing they just scanned.
>> [_] Anon 3085323 >># >and I'm not saying that to keep my job. The only thing keeping you in work is the fact that you can fetch coins when you run out and that the majority of people that come to you are retards. The machine can do nearly everything you little shits can do without the annoying voice. I used to do maintenance on them and caught glances at the useless cashiers. >knowledge and experience of how to pack your shit in a bag Fuck off, you niggers wouldn't know how to pack a bag to save your life. To top it off you don't even ask if someone needs help unless you're being watched.
>> [_] Anon 3085332 >># >knowledge on how to pack my fucking eggs I can put my eggs above the watermelon because I'm not brain dead. the only reason you have a job faggot is because people like dealing with people because that's the way our minds work. Even as automation becomes more prevalent there will still be jobs like yours for people who are pleasant to talk to because humans just crave that shit,
>> [_] Anon 3085333 >># This post seems rife with prejudice against cashiers. The weird part is that the person you're attacking verbally is on your side in this argument.
>> [_] Anon 3085341 >># Are you reading his post wrong or something? He's saying that the checkout monkeys are better than the self checkout.
>> [_] Anon 3085346 >># go eat a crumpet, faggot
>> [_] Anon 3085349 >># I don't want to hear it from someone who can't move an object in front of a red light.
>> [_] Anon 3085352 >All this pro self check shilling Fuck off Wal-Mart interns. Get back to fetching coffee and making copies for no pay.
>> [_] Anon 3085354 >># That is what he's saying. But he's also saying that shouldn't be the case. Although that point of >Where a customer is directlly involved you ALWAYS want to have a human seems a bit strange to me, because when I make purchases online, there isn't a human directly involved in confirming the transaction. Unless you count the person receiving the order and shipping it, but I dunno.
>> [_] Anon 3085355 >># he's one step away from DSP
>> [_] Anon 3085356 >># >implying I don't use self checkout when they're available >implying they aren't buggy as shit 9 times out of 10 >implying literally anything going wrong doesn't disable the whole fucking machine, prompting me to "please wait for assistance" while a cashier has to come over and punch in some code so I can continue scanning my groceries, which wastes huge amounts of time >implying I don't use the self checkouts anyway despite that >implying you have an argument >implying you're not a faggot go be british somewhere else, you tea-sipping shit nugget
>> [_] Anon 3085360 >># >>implying they aren't buggy as shit 9 times out of 10 >>implying literally anything going wrong doesn't disable the whole fucking machine, prompting me to "please wait for assistance" while a cashier has to come over and punch in some code so I can continue scanning my groceries, which wastes huge amounts of time >>implying I don't use the self checkouts anyway despite that >>implying you have an argument >>implying you're not a faggot >literally admitting that you're so retarded that you can't even follow on screen instructions Let me guess, the bags right? You're one of those people who puts the bag down AFTER pressing start instead of before. There's a big button on screen for that too you jackass.
>> [_] Anon 3085364 >># >Doing minimum wage drudge work for FREE /sp/ janitor pls leave.
>> [_] Anon 3085365 >># >wasting your time on someone slower than you are >FOR FREE
>> [_] Anon 3085366 >># cuck
>> [_] Anon 3085368 >># >implying I don't follow the instructions verbatim you're either retarded or trolling. if LITERALLY ANYTHING goes wrong, it disables the machine and someone has to punch some code in to get it working again. example: >swipe cotton balls >place cotton balls in bag >cotton balls are so light that machine doesn't detect them >"please place item in bag" >remove cotton balls and put them back in >machine sees them >scan next item and place it in the bag >"unexpected item in bagging area. please wait for assistance" shit like this happens all the damn time. I don't know if the british ones work better but the ones here are fucking garbage.
>> [_] Anon 3085370 >># I've never had a clerk be slower than self check, even the mentally retarded ones.. Self check forces you to scan one thing at a time and load it before moving on to the next; clerk scans them all in rapid succession and bags them up while I'm swiping and signing.
>> [_] Anon 3085379 >># >Self check forces you to scan one thing at a time and load it before moving on to the nex Someone hasn't perfected the scan and dump method. >set up bag >scan >dump >insert money >leave
>> [_] Anon 3085385 >># >Self check forces you to scan one thing at a time You mean how clerks scan things? Because I sure as fuck never see them dual wielding scanning guns.
>> [_] Anon 3085386 >># There is literally no benefit to mastering that when I can just go to a store that has clerks on duty. Get back to sucking off your manager.
>> [_] Anon 3085391 >># >oh fuck hrrf hurr i'm fucking retarded ahuhrrff it's a difference between scan bag scan bag and scan scan scan scan bag. but you're probably trolling so I'm not sure why I'm bothering

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>> [_] Anon 3078176 I had a great little experience at the local shops. There was a small line (like 6-7 people) waiting in the express checkout area, and I was in it with a single loaf of bread. The self checkout spot, with 9 terminals in it was empty. One of the checkout people called out to us that the self checkouts were empty and the old lady in front of me says "We know", and nobody moves out of the express line. I know they work most of the time, but fuck those things man. They annoy the shit out of me. I'd rather stand in line.
>> [_] Anon 3078194 >># I work in a store where we don't have the luxury of sending people to self-checkout and you're all tremendous faggots
>> [_] Anon 3078197 The self-checkout terminals at my stores work great. You're all just idiots.
>> [_] Anon 3078198 the problem isn't 100% the self checkouts its that people are stupid. I have worked retail for 15+ years and I have almost no problems with them, it is honestly faster for me to use one then wait for some under paid and over worked employee to do it for me.
>> [_] Anon 3078200 >maddox
>> [_] Anon 3078203 in my local tesco we have these and the only problem I have is that the self checkout cash registers have this little platform beside them where you HAVE TO put the products on after checking it well there's nothing wrong with it except when you buy something too light for it to register (newspapers e.g.) and you CANNOT CONTINUE
>> [_] Anon 3078206 its like seeing an old person straggle with alzheimers
>> [_] Anon 3078208 Maddox fuck off. You're not welcome here. We know it's you posting your own videos every fucking day. Nobody cares. You're not relevant anymore. It's annoying. Get a life. t. anon
>> [_] Anon 3078215 >># >Bases an argument around a single experience. Nice straw-man you got there. I know he knows it's a shit argument. It just makes him seem even more desperate to just throw out something to his audience.
>> [_] Anon 3078224 fuck off with these shit maddox flashes kill yourself
>> [_] Anon 3078229 Maddox is a cuck
>> [_] Anon 3078230 >># stop shilling your irrelevant videos here maddox.
>> [_] Anon 3078232 These machines do a great job at demonstrating just how incompetent most people are.
>> [_] Anon 3078234 >># >siding with the machines
>> [_] Anon 3078256 >># >not siding with the machines
>> [_] Anon 3078258 >># Pretty much this. Also that particular POS system is pretty fucking retarded. Who ever designed it should be shot.
>> [_] Anon 3078271 >># >boohoo I have to do the job I'm paid to do
>> [_] Anon 3078281 >># (in Seinfeld-esque manner) And what's the deal taxi cabs in New York? Am I right?
>> [_] Anon 3078285 >># >># This problem is almost exclusively american. Not only is their infrastructure complete and utter garbage, but their population is also retarded.
>> [_] Anon 3078289 Maddox = cuck Watch how salty he is in his cuck video Or even better dont watch any of his shitty videos ever
>> [_] Anon 3078294 >># No, and he did a video on why he isnt. And i agree, he's not a cuck. He's just a egotistical fuckhead. Who needs to take some of his own advice and get his head out of his ass. >># >># >># >># A huge problem with self checkout lanes is that the systems/software/hardware they throw into those things are a product of shitty development. The ones i interact with whenever i get my groceries are awesome. They only screw up when I screw up. I only have to interact with a person when the system has to deal with something that hasn't been accounted for in the code (like asking for my points card, when i say no but forget that i do have it, remember and try and re-enter it in it goes "error, please wait for an attendant", OR when i have an item that's on clearance with a 50% off sticker on it, i need to have the attendant mark it down). Also: stealing? loooool, america. Not saying people don't steal elsewhere but the only thing i have 'stolen' are plastic bags when I've forgotten to bring my reusable bags. OR if I couldn't find the Product code and just went with the cheaper option. AGAIN these are only bad because the Design is bad. Fixing the design would make them awesome.
>> [_] Anon 3078298 >># I don't care if they're shit. I don't want to interact with the clerk.
>> [_] Anon 3078301 >># This. People who are so stupid they can't operate simple machines really should be just culled.
>> [_] Anon 3078318 I go to Kroger's self checkout lanes and never have a problem. Although it makes the same sounds the ones in Maddox's videos, I am inclined to believe the software is better (or the store set it up properly, which is more likely the case).

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>> [_] Anon 3076682 Please leave /f/ Maddox
>> [_] Anon 3076685 This man is the embodiment of every incorrect opinion.
>> [_] Anon 3076696 Maybe don't try and buy fresh produce, use coupons, or have 100 items when going through the self checkout? You want to get your shit and go? Self checkout. You want to weigh shit, save money, or buy in bulk? Go to one of the 57 other counters with real people scanning shit. I've NEVER had a problem with auto checkout. And yeah people are going to steal shit, they do it when they go through the other lanes too, you think that person behind the counter can see the 24 pack of coke you have on the bottom of your buggy? Or that expensive makeup hidden under your purse? "Oh I just forgot, here let me pay for that" Is the oldest excuse in the book.
>> [_] Anon 3076705 technology advanced, retards haven't
>> [_] Anon 3076713 fuuuug how do i shop :DD
>> [_] Anon 3076718 The self-checkout technology has also improved over the last 20 years since it was first implemented Better barcode scanners Faster networks More code updates and better programming
>> [_] Anon 3076751 holy shit these maddox flashes are terrible please stop posting
>> [_] Anon 3076752 >># I have never had a problem with a self-checkout lane. If you cant use one, please off yourself.
>> [_] Anon 3076762 >># >flashes
>> [_] Anon 3076763 Why you don't post his latest "there is nothing wrong in being a cuck" video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE6jy78t V78 This is what Maddox turned into. Be careful, youtube comment section is occupied by /pol/.
>> [_] Anon 3076766 >># >>#
>> [_] Anon 3076767 >># well, it's a new system. these things are to be expected. it's kind of a gamble though. since they have to do random verifications to reduce theft you sometimes lose more time than you would have gained, making me kinda wonder how much time these self-checkouts really save me. if it's longer than normal 20% of the time (due to verifications) im not saving much. account for the trouble i have to go through it's clear that the store saves more than the customers on these things (less staff). though the increase in stealing eats into that margin a bit. staffed check-outs are probably here to stay until an automated robot will be able to check out everything for us
>> [_] Anon 3076770 I've never had a single issue with self checkout at my local store. Everything always reads, the machines never freak out when I put something in the bagging area, I can buy alcohol and use coupons with the attendant that's always standing around waiting for something to do. I only ever lose time when there are retards in front of me or old people that don't understand what the fuck they're doing.
>> [_] Anon 3076773 >># Maddox stopped being entertaining when he started making videos. That said, idiots keep misusing terms like autist, cuck and meme until they lose all meaning, so it's not like he's wrong. NTR is a shit fetish in any case.
>> [_] Anon 3076777 >># KEK
>> [_] Anon 3076778 >># C U C K