&£#@!;;#@&

[Bazile]

Scanned all shopping and put into bags

Went to the scan and go check out to pay and the damn hand held scanner decided to die

So had to unpack all items and go to a manned checkout to pay

I could squash a grape !!!!

[Buenchico]

I also much prefer self-scan checkouts. I'll happily queue to use one rather than go to a vacant staffed one.

[AZardoz]

So, what happens to all the cashiers & clerks? Put 'em on the dole?
At least it will give you something else to grouse about.

[Hopkirk]

Perhaps we should campaign to remove bar codes. Think of all those jobs lost of staff putting price stickers on everything.

[AZardoz]

@Hopkirk - good one.
That's how the whole thing started, but it took two tries to tame the sheep.

[Hopkirk]

I used to have a school holiday job at the local VG Foodstore. I was a dab hand with the sticker gun.

[Spicerack]

Labour are on the case, AZ. The machines will have to pay Income Tax and NI stamps when Jeremy takes his rightful place.

[Bazile]

//So, what happens to all the cashiers & clerks? Put 'em on the dole?
At least it will give you something else to grouse about. //

What the Dickens are you on about
Isn't it a good thing to grouse about that
then ?

In any event my slight annoyance was because the thing died at the payment point

If to start with , none of the scanners were working , that would not have bothered me
I would have proceeded to chuck the stuff in the trolley and then proceed to a manned checkout ( note- not to the self check out )