Employee Of The Month Award

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Walmart Self-Checkout Machine Wins Employee Of The Month Award Again
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"Honestly, Checkout Machine #5 is a dream employee," said store manager Glen Anderson. "#5 never complains, never calls in sick, never makes annoying small talk."

The machine didn't make a single error the entire month, yet again, worked full shifts all thirty-one days of the month, and never once took a smoke or lunch break. Customers, especially those with just a few items, reported they had delightful interactions with the employee and were able to get in the store and get out with little hassle thanks to Machine #5.

"It's the poster boy for how we want our employees to act around here and the kind of attitude everyone should have."

At publishing time, the kiosk was being considered for a managerial position.

https://babylonbee.com/news/walmart-self-checkout-machine-wins-employee-of-the-month-award-again
 
Oh, and the other reason. Say I buy 26 cans of cat food. I can't just tell the thing 26 times this item... it must be individually scanned 26 times, :nono: each time setting it on the scale so they see you are adding the correct item. :facepalm:

I often buy several of the same thing. I hate shopping, so I buy multiples so that I can go a long time not having to shop again. (Probably why I prefer Costco.) Self check out just frustrates the fool out of me because I can't tell it to ring up multiples. Costco I get one box of 12 cans of corn. Ring it once and done!:dance2:
 
I prefer a cashier to a robot... whether its at the grocery store, hardware store, bank, even over the phone transactions with the insurance company (press 1 for this, press 2 for that) etc. I like face to face or person to person interaction with someone who can answer questions or even make small talk.

As the machines take over, I'll keep looking out for Arnold to say, "I'll Be Back!"
 
If I am buying less than 20 items, self checkout is the way to go for me. If I am buying a ton of groceries, I gotta have a person cashier. We know the ones at the Dallas Walmart that know what they are doing and go in their line. There is one guy there that rings up stuff so slow it takes 10 minutes to ring up like 5 items. I am not sure how he is a cashier.

Either way, self checkout is great for most things but I am OK with a human cashier too.
 
The Walmart in Dallas is pretty close to all self checkout. I think the have maybe 10 lanes for a human cashier.
 
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