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I've been followed around a store. Guess what store I've never bought from and won't be back to.
Buttplugs R Us?
Well you didn't tell us which store so we don't know
They told you to guess!
Radio Shack?
Everyone who ever entered a Radio Shack was followed around the store.
If you went over to the components drawers they’d bolt though, they didn’t know how to answer any questions about that stuff and also knew you were too cheap to buy a cellphone (I’m talking the last 10 years of the store or so, when they tried to be sprint stores or Verizon or whatever).
And enough people didn't come back that they went out of business.
Man, I miss radio shack when they actually had electronic components.
They sold out their base 😤
Yeah, they were great for that. Ever since they closed, I don't really have a local source for that kind of thing anymore.
Then I'm not wrong.
At self-checkout in a lot of stores employees stand behind me because I move fast. Apparently that means I’m stealing rather than I move faster than a snail when there’s a huge line of people waiting.
“Place your ITEM in the bagging area”
God the ones here don't let you. The scales have to match so you can only pick up one item at a time, scan it, put it in the bag, and wait for the scales to read.
I stopped going to Kroger grocery stores mostly over price but honestly even if they lowered prices I wouldn’t go back specifically because of this feature. It’s more pleasant to shop at Walmart or Safeway as they don’t use this kind of system.
If a store has an intentionally terrible interface like this, or displays a video feed of you using it, I'm not touching self checkout. Going through a cashier's line is fine, and walking away from my cart and never coming back is fine if that's not an option.
I avoid the self-checkout at the local target because they display a video feed of you using it with a distressingly bright blinky light. It's just sensory overload and I don't need that in my life.
Holy shit I hate that so bad.
I don't have any krogers just their rebrands. I only shop the ads (when it's actually a good deal) and do drive through pick up.
Self-checkout is the symptom. The disease is wandering around a store thst is ever changing and lack any industry standards.
Having them pick the order is like the olden days when stores were merely a counter with a clerk who would go in back and grab the items on your list.
Oh my god I hated those scale checkouts in the US. “Please remove bag from area” etc.
🤖 PUT YOUR [item] IN THE BAG.
“In case you haven’t been doing this since 1996 …”
i’m starting to worry we’ll never find out which store it is. the suspense is killing me
Not if you don’t guess
Circuit City
Hot Topic?
Red Door?
Jimboys Tacos
Toys R Us?