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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 2432128" data-attributes="member: 229">Yes, your time is worth double that of a Wal-Mart checker because they 1.) aren&#039;t paying someone to check you out, and 2.) you&#039;re doing the work they would normally have to pay someone (like, if they ever opened up an extra lane) for free.That&#039;s also why they make it just inconvenient enough that people peel off the regular lanes and head over to the self-checkout lane.&nbsp; I&#039;m finding more and more, there are no checkers available at certain hours - that to me is just plain wrong.I really hate when the person working the self-checkout bull-pin comes over and tries to take you out of the lane you&#039;re in and says &quot;I can get you over here&quot; only to lead you into the stock-yard of self-checkout Bull$#!+ and leave you (that&#039;s happened to me once - never again).Thankfully I live in a place where I&#039;m not forced to shop there, but before I moved, I was in a small enough town that &quot;not shopping&quot; at Wal-Mart meant a 45 minute trip.&nbsp; Why wasn&#039;t I able to shop at other local stores?&nbsp; Because they all shut down when Wal-Mart undercut their prices (and then subsequently raised them and stopped selling a lot of items those other local shops sold).&nbsp; Fun fact, the city council in my old town gave Wal-Mart free land and tax-breaks to lure them in - those same tax-breaks and free land were not given to the small local shops.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 2432128, member: 229"] Yes, your time is worth double that of a Wal-Mart checker because they 1.) aren't paying someone to check you out, and 2.) you're doing the work they would normally have to pay someone (like, if they ever opened up an extra lane) for free. That's also why they make it just inconvenient enough that people peel off the regular lanes and head over to the self-checkout lane. I'm finding more and more, there are no checkers available at certain hours - that to me is just plain wrong. I really hate when the person working the self-checkout bull-pin comes over and tries to take you out of the lane you're in and says "I can get you over here" only to lead you into the stock-yard of self-checkout Bull$#!+ and leave you (that's happened to me once - never again). Thankfully I live in a place where I'm not forced to shop there, but before I moved, I was in a small enough town that "not shopping" at Wal-Mart meant a 45 minute trip. Why wasn't I able to shop at other local stores? Because they all shut down when Wal-Mart undercut their prices (and then subsequently raised them and stopped selling a lot of items those other local shops sold). Fun fact, the city council in my old town gave Wal-Mart free land and tax-breaks to lure them in - those same tax-breaks and free land were not given to the small local shops. [/QUOTE]

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