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We have labor regulations, that was illegal when it occurred. It’s enforcement that’s the issue.
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Because gas stations don’t have those stupid scales and give the message “place the item in the bagging area” >

Or "please wait for cashier" so much for not talking to anybody on my high shopping trip. >

This ^ makes me wanna drop everything and leave >

I have just left my purchase and walked out before. More than once. 
The best was when I was doing it and the self checkout only had room for one bag. I had about 3 bags of groceries. So once I filled a bag I took it and put it in my cart which caused the whole machine to alarm and stop. 
Th cashier starts to berate my angrily so I said fuck this shit “literally” and just stormed off. >

As an older guy now. Half my self checkouts get abandoned if things don't work. Just walk out, the company doesn't have much invested in it anyway. >

Doesn't that inconvenience you more by forcing you to run a second errand to get your items? >

better than dealing w crappy self checkouts... spent about 20 minutes dealing with the 'item removed from bagging area' over a bunch of bananas during a post christmas shop with my cousin. and the staff weren't listening at all so it kept going off and they kept on having to fix it >

Probably because most people don't know full service ever existed. >

I really hate full service though. It feels weird. >

It’s like having a stranger trim your pubes. >

You americans really are weird man >

Yeah, noone in Europe trims their own pubes. >

Straight razor shaving means not having to trim first >

Bruh I’d be afraid of chopping him off accidentally. >

Having had exactly one bad cut with a straight bladein 10 years, let me tell you how hard it is to cut anything off. >

Js that’s exactly one more bad cut than I’ve had in 10 years of trimming my shit so I can’t imagine taking the risk of dismembering my member so haphazardly >

Yes but you never hear; "unexpected petrol in the filling area" do you... >

If there really was unexpected petrol in the filling area, or unexpected anything anywhere in a gas station, I'd want to know about it. >

The only thing I dislike about the self checkout is that they try to cram too many into a small space, so I can't get all my stuff on the tiny shelf. 
Otherwise I'm not opposed to the concept. >

Anytime I have more than like 3 bags of groceries, I try to go to a person. I can't bag as good as them and there's no room on the scale. >

Most self-checkouts in Europe I've seen, offer you to take a hand terminal at the entrance. You scan everything you put in the cart. Most put them in bags that are in the cart. At the self-checkout, you scan the QR code on the checkout desk, and pay for the items. You then walk away with the bagged groceries. >

I think some stores in the US have that. At Sam's club you can scan with your phone as you shop, then just have them scan the QR code as you leave. >

I really like that concept. You only move the groceries ones from the shelves to your home. Otherwise it's shelve -> cart -> (self) checkout -> bags. This way it's shelve -> bag (that's in the cart). >

Well, in the US it’s more like shelf>bag in cart, bag>car, bag in car>house, as most people aren’t within walking distance to their local grocery store. It does cut out the same amount of steps, however. >

Living in NJ, I wish we could pump our own gas. The funny thing is that when I’m driving one of our work trucks, which is diesel, or riding my motorcycle, it’s expected that I’m going to pump it myself. Most places will let you pump diesel (I’ve heard it’s because it doesn’t ignite with a spark), and I’ve yet to find a gas station that expects to pump for a motorcycle, they always hand you the nozzle, or just yell over and ask if need a hand, or if you’ve got it covered. >

Speaking of motorcycles, my first job was at a full serve.   A pack of H.A. rolled in and pumped theirs, but they reset the counter after every fill.  They blocked me from seeing the numbers on the pumps.  
14 year old me had to pay out of pocket for that shortage, and I’ve held that hot coal of hatred for 44 years. Fuck them and their “club”. >

Yeah fuck them and their "club".
But also fuck your boss and his "business", as well as your country and it's "labor regulations".
Use of Child Labor then trying to hold said Child Laborers financially accountable for routine Shrinkage.
I'm way WAY more offended by this "business" than by the admittedly annoying assholes who stole the product.