This doesn't take lines into account. There is always a self checkout open and almost never an attended lane with no line. Still quicker to self check out a lot of the time.
...that's forced perception. If I refuse to open more than two registers even though there's eight people in line because I just installed eight self-checkouts, there's going to be lines. Just remember: every self-checkout is one less paycheck and one more offshore bank account funded.
You’re absolutely right. My wife and l never use a cashier whenever self checkout is possible. Even if lines weren’t a factor. We would be done quicker, because we don’t play around at the self checkout. We get our shit and GO.
@@thegoat1817 but if you wish, you'd know that social interaction is the only way to get friends. If it's not possible in real life at first, you'd have to try online friends and then later on socialize if you meet them. Can confirm, I don't have friends too :D
try a walmart in an urban area in the USA, it will not just “feel” like the self checkout is faster, the self checkout is the only way to leave the store.
As someone whom regularly uses self checkouts, I’m gonna have to call CAP 🧢 on this one. Typically where there are self checkouts, there are fewer cashiers hence fewer lanes open and longer lines within them.
@Bittle Still sounds way too high. I've literally met no one who actively dislikes self check outs over regular ones. Most of the time people dont give a shit.
They keep pushing on cashless payments. But feeling it's quicker is kinda relevant. I had this kind of feeling when had an option to travel with few buses on the path or wait longer for the one that can do the entire way to my destination eventually almost the same time.
I agree because once my parents went to the line while I went to the self checkout twice because forgot to get some ice cream and i got out before my dad could even pay
Am I the only one who absolutely loves the self-checkout machines? They're so simple, hassle-free (where I live) and they require no human interaction.
I love packing my groceries the way I like, especially since the pandemic started and I could sort groceries by what can or can't sit in the garage for a few days.
@@stadot1427 Yeah same. I don't want to awkwardly throw the products in my bag/backpack as fast as i can so as not to make people waiting too long and stuff.
I used to work as a Cashier at Walmart and i loved scanning the items. I love going through self checkout with even a full cart (sorry other shoppers lol) cause i get to scan! ..that also means i have to bag which was my least favorite part..
No lines at self checkout. Also the baggers at stores are slow AF. This all being said in the future you will just put items in your cart and it will be automatically taken out of your bank account.
Wasn't amazon doing something like that? You walk into a store and a bunch of cameras + sensors will watch what you picked up and automatically withdraws money from your amazon account when you leave the store
And people will still bitch about how poor people on government assistance should stop being parasites and get jobs. ...while enabling store ownership to retain less employees at smaller wages.
It goes faster because nobody be going for self-checkout. Short line and not to mention, I don't wanna embarrass myself if I'm only buying like 3 things
Haha, in theory maybe. The reality is more like: the one human check-out is crowded with boomers and there are five self checkouts and one is about to be cleared. By the time I get out there with my energy drink after taking my sweet ass time the granny from the end of the line became the third in line
Why not go through the express lane? That's what they're for. The more that people use the self-checkout, the less service lanes the stores will staff. You don't get paid a wage to bag your own groceries, you don't get a discount, and you don't increase demand for staffing when you check yourself out. Why are you working for free just so the owner has less expenses?
@@Sami-es8db Cashiers are experienced in it and have all of the items on a belt at the same elevation as the scanner, making it easier to fastly scan it.
Former cashier here. The self checkout is faster if you know how to use it. Plus, you don’t have to worry about the cashier double scanning something. That shit is on you :)
Tbh the self check outs are better for me because you don’t have to just watch another person scan your stuff = less human interaction and scanning in can be pretty fun- especially with the scanning gun thing. Win win
Self-checkouts = less employees needed. Less employees = less costs to the owner. Less costs to the owner do not mean a drop in prices, they mean an increase in funds to a tax shelter. ...less money circulating = money needs to be printed = inflation = cost of product goes up.
I love self checkout because i can actually put my stuff in my backpack without feeling rushed but when i have just a few things i go to the regular checkout so the cashiers won’t be made redundant
I work at a grocery store without self checkouts. When I do shop at other stores with self check outs, I use them, and find I am much faster checking myself out than the average employee at those stores. Mainly because it's my own stuff and I don't really care how it gets bagged, so I'm just much quicker doing it myself. Plus, not having to talk with people is a huge plus for me.
For me it isn’t that deep, I just don’t wanna interact with other people that much, or at least when I have a choice to not interact. I like doing things myself
As a cashier that does both, most of y'all literally take 2x as long in the self checkout. If you're over 40, almost positive you take 4-5x longer than a cashier would.
Key part is over 40. Most people, younger generations, do not like human interactions at checkout, especially in USA where they’re always asking for donations for charity. I used to be a cashier and even I’d always look for self checkout when possible.
I’m a cashier at a grocery store as well and they don’t take as long because the process is long, they stand there looking at their lists or doing unnecessary stuff, which again is the older generation and still does not mean self check explicitly is slow, it mean people that use self check and are usually older take too much time standing there. People will stand in my lane instead of going to self check out right off that bat and waste upwards to 1-4 minutes having gon through my lane instead of having payment ready at the self check out and getting tf outta there.
As someone who works at a grocery store please don't tell people this the impatient people are the only joys I have as seeing them walk away from my lane gives me relief
I can scan faster than the casier at my shop, i don't have to interact with anyone else, and most people don't go through the self-checkout so i also don't have to wait in a long queue
The long queue is forced perspective from not having enough lines open. If people stopped using the self-checkout and started bitching about how they need to hire more employees and open more registers, the lines would be non-existent.
I think the study might have one flaw and that's for “unscannable” items, stuff like fresh foods with no barcode, items with the security tags that need to be removed and issues either human or technical. I assume the study was just done in a actual store and we're just based on time spent at the registered
@@radically4405 no kids no.... few adults have but that's through them drink silly amounts. Restrictrd cos of high sugar n caffeine intake think you gotta be 17 to buy them
I've timed it many times. It takes me far less time to check myself out than it does to wait in line for all the people in line ahead of me at a cashier check out
I was a sacker and later a cashier at my first job. Checkers now are slow as hell and rude. I prefer to use self checkout.. it's faster and I don't have to deal with a cashier's attitude.
I guess I’m part of the 7% because I avoid human checkout lanes at all costs. No one uses my tote bags or keeps my organization for groceries (cold foods together, boxed foods, cans, etc.). Tote bags are a lot easier to carry to my apartment with fewer trips, but if you even try to use them with another bagger then it just holds up the line 🥲
This actually Hurt grocery stores the cashier and so I choose to go the cashier I like interaction with humans it's a priceless experience and sometimes it makes me come want to go back to grocery store and or super market I'm mid 80s who grow up in 90s as kid and early 00s as teenager & mid 00s as young adult , in person experience at grocery stores at big box retail stores it's bring me great remembering when my mom take me to stores and shopping malls my mom died from a stroke and high blood pressure and high cholesterol and was anemic , I miss my mom so when igo to the stores it's just makes me feel better and happy , it feels with all this new technology that you lose some of the nostalgia of the in-person experience at stores.
I am a cashier at a grocery store. The store I work at got rid of all the self check out lanes because of too many people not scanning all their groceries and walking out without paying .
As a cashier let me tell you that the self checkouts are super sensitive and even if you don't do anything they still go off. The overall process of self check is slower especially if you're using it for the first time. I see the point of them, they just need to make them work better
In our country we have small portable self-scanners. So you scan it before you put it in the shoppingcart. Then at the Booth, you have to scan a QR code and pay with your card. Way easier.
As other people said, I don’t want the awkward conversation and I only have a handful of items and it think it’s pointless to go in a person checkout line when the self checkout is for less items
I've come to realize that I do not like shopping at the grocery store AND working at the grocery store in the same visit. No more self checkout for me.
When supermarkets put in these they cut open lanes. This leads to loads of trolley queues at proper checkouts, making the self-service one far quicker.
if someone is not used to it, they may be slower but personally after working in retail it really takes me the same time on even less to scan the product than it takes the cashiers (some of them are so slow ugh), plus saving time on making the conversation and answering questions because i do everything myself ahh and usually the queue to self checkout is shorter 😬
This phenomenon is the reason I'd rather take the long way home instead of getting caught in rush hour traffic, at least I'm spending that time driving and not waiting to move.
Its quicker to check out with a person if you have more/bulky items. But if you have a small items that cant fit into 2 bags, personal checkout it quicker (if you arent slow at scanning). Also lines go buy quicker in self checkout areas though because there’s typically more self check out units per a single line vs the 1 stall, 1 line set up in a human check out
I prefer self check out, because then I am not rushed and also can put everything I want to buy in a logical order into my bag. Because I choose the order of what product is scanned.
This doesn't take lines into account. There is always a self checkout open and almost never an attended lane with no line. Still quicker to self check out a lot of the time.
That's why this channel is pointless
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...that's forced perception.
If I refuse to open more than two registers even though there's eight people in line because I just installed eight self-checkouts, there's going to be lines.
Just remember: every self-checkout is one less paycheck and one more offshore bank account funded.
Especially in a wal-mart when there are 15 people in each of the two lines open or 5 waiting for self check out.
You’re absolutely right. My wife and l never use a cashier whenever self checkout is possible. Even if lines weren’t a factor. We would be done quicker, because we don’t play around at the self checkout. We get our shit and GO.
As long as I don’t have to interact with people, it’s an absolute win for me
Edit: lmao I just don’t like small talk and the cashier smiling awkwardly
Very funny. I think people who say stuff like this are usually the ones with a lot of friends and who love socializing.
@@vinomsnake you realise most people use the self check out to avoid social interaction?
It goes very badly though when the machine breaks and you have to talk to someone anyway
@@vinomsnake haha I wish
@@thegoat1817 but if you wish, you'd know that social interaction is the only way to get friends. If it's not possible in real life at first, you'd have to try online friends and then later on socialize if you meet them.
Can confirm, I don't have friends too :D
Self checkout has much shorter lines. Overall it's way quicker
And at least newer ones only accept card payments, so that you don‘t have to wait because of those paying with cash.
try a walmart in an urban area in the USA, it will not just “feel” like the self checkout is faster, the self checkout is the only way to leave the store.
Really? No humans working?
As someone whom regularly uses self checkouts, I’m gonna have to call CAP 🧢 on this one. Typically where there are self checkouts, there are fewer cashiers hence fewer lanes open and longer lines within them.
Who*
@Bittle Still sounds way too high. I've literally met no one who actively dislikes self check outs over regular ones. Most of the time people dont give a shit.
They keep pushing on cashless payments. But feeling it's quicker is kinda relevant. I had this kind of feeling when had an option to travel with few buses on the path or wait longer for the one that can do the entire way to my destination eventually almost the same time.
I think he only factor in the checkout process without factor in the waiting in line time.
I agree because once my parents went to the line while I went to the self checkout twice because forgot to get some ice cream and i got out before my dad could even pay
Am I the only one who absolutely loves the self-checkout machines? They're so simple, hassle-free (where I live) and they require no human interaction.
Same
I love packing my groceries the way I like, especially since the pandemic started and I could sort groceries by what can or can't sit in the garage for a few days.
@@stadot1427 Yeah same. I don't want to awkwardly throw the products in my bag/backpack as fast as i can so as not to make people waiting too long and stuff.
I used to work as a Cashier at Walmart and i loved scanning the items. I love going through self checkout with even a full cart (sorry other shoppers lol) cause i get to scan!
..that also means i have to bag which was my least favorite part..
Then get a job as a cashier then
Him: self checkout is slower
Me with the scanner at Walmart while being able to scan 30 items in under 10 seconds
*Are you sure about that*
The Amazon stores where you just pick up the stuff and leave is like a dream to me. I wish they had those all over the world.
The dude or human behind is thinking “it’s rush hour here and he’s talking to a screen hurry up!”
"dude or human"
No lines at self checkout.
Also the baggers at stores are slow AF.
This all being said in the future you will just put items in your cart and it will be automatically taken out of your bank account.
Wasn't amazon doing something like that?
You walk into a store and a bunch of cameras + sensors will watch what you picked up and automatically withdraws money from your amazon account when you leave the store
And people will still bitch about how poor people on government assistance should stop being parasites and get jobs.
...while enabling store ownership to retain less employees at smaller wages.
It goes faster because nobody be going for self-checkout.
Short line and not to mention, I don't wanna embarrass myself if I'm only buying like 3 things
Haha, in theory maybe. The reality is more like: the one human check-out is crowded with boomers and there are five self checkouts and one is about to be cleared. By the time I get out there with my energy drink after taking my sweet ass time the granny from the end of the line became the third in line
If you have like 1-5 items then I’m gonna go through the self checkout but if I have more I’m gonna go through the human checkout
It's still faster to have a cashier do it.
Why not go through the express lane? That's what they're for.
The more that people use the self-checkout, the less service lanes the stores will staff.
You don't get paid a wage to bag your own groceries, you don't get a discount, and you don't increase demand for staffing when you check yourself out. Why are you working for free just so the owner has less expenses?
@@cowcrusader I don't know about another people but for me its much quicker self checkout
@@Sami-es8db Cashiers are experienced in it and have all of the items on a belt at the same elevation as the scanner, making it easier to fastly scan it.
@@cowcrusader dammit I was using a self checkout without a degree.... and about the elevation there's a place to put your basket
I just use self-checkout so that I don't have to interact with people. I love it for that
Former cashier here. The self checkout is faster if you know how to use it. Plus, you don’t have to worry about the cashier double scanning something. That shit is on you :)
Bro i love self check outs.
No human contact is always a win
Tbh the self check outs are better for me because you don’t have to just watch another person scan your stuff = less human interaction and scanning in can be pretty fun- especially with the scanning gun thing. Win win
Self-checkouts = less employees needed.
Less employees = less costs to the owner.
Less costs to the owner do not mean a drop in prices, they mean an increase in funds to a tax shelter. ...less money circulating = money needs to be printed = inflation = cost of product goes up.
I love self checkout because i can actually put my stuff in my backpack without feeling rushed but when i have just a few things i go to the regular checkout so the cashiers won’t be made redundant
I'm a cashier and I felt this on a spiritual level, lol!😅😂🤣
I work at a grocery store without self checkouts.
When I do shop at other stores with self check outs, I use them, and find I am much faster checking myself out than the average employee at those stores. Mainly because it's my own stuff and I don't really care how it gets bagged, so I'm just much quicker doing it myself.
Plus, not having to talk with people is a huge plus for me.
For me it isn’t that deep, I just don’t wanna interact with other people that much, or at least when I have a choice to not interact. I like doing things myself
As a cashier that does both, most of y'all literally take 2x as long in the self checkout. If you're over 40, almost positive you take 4-5x longer than a cashier would.
Yea except when the lines are as long as hell and the cashier decides to have have a conversation with customer delaying the scanned items.
Line time biggest factor
Key part is over 40. Most people, younger generations, do not like human interactions at checkout, especially in USA where they’re always asking for donations for charity. I used to be a cashier and even I’d always look for self checkout when possible.
@@scottwilliams3665 you would be shocked how often the cashier lines are empty and there is a line at self checkout.
I’m a cashier at a grocery store as well and they don’t take as long because the process is long, they stand there looking at their lists or doing unnecessary stuff, which again is the older generation and still does not mean self check explicitly is slow, it mean people that use self check and are usually older take too much time standing there.
People will stand in my lane instead of going to self check out right off that bat and waste upwards to 1-4 minutes having gon through my lane instead of having payment ready at the self check out and getting tf outta there.
As someone who works at a grocery store please don't tell people this the impatient people are the only joys I have as seeing them walk away from my lane gives me relief
Most of us use the self checkout because we don’t want to talk to someone, I walk around the shop until one is free lol
I can scan faster than the casier at my shop, i don't have to interact with anyone else, and most people don't go through the self-checkout so i also don't have to wait in a long queue
The long queue is forced perspective from not having enough lines open. If people stopped using the self-checkout and started bitching about how they need to hire more employees and open more registers, the lines would be non-existent.
@@orphious885 they'd never do that tho. Lines have existed for as long as shops have existed.
I think the study might have one flaw and that's for “unscannable” items, stuff like fresh foods with no barcode, items with the security tags that need to be removed and issues either human or technical. I assume the study was just done in a actual store and we're just based on time spent at the registered
Plus age restricted products like energy drinks n alcohol n you have to wait for assistance
@@davidmarchant9386 energy drinks are not age restricted wtf?
@@hackerulroman well they are in the uk !!! Not all the countries are the same as your own !!!
@@davidmarchant9386 damn energy drinks are age restricted in the UK? Did some kid die from drinking 69 redbulls per day or smth?
@@radically4405 no kids no.... few adults have but that's through them drink silly amounts. Restrictrd cos of high sugar n caffeine intake think you gotta be 17 to buy them
"bagged for you"
Me a European who is usually shopping in Aldi: What for you?
I love self check out because I like listening to audiobooks while I shop and this way I can keep listening without being rude.
Ima beast at the self checkout while most cashiers at my local store are slow asf
> 20 self-checkouts
> there is ALWAYS one available
> 6 normal checkouts
> there is always a line
> self-checkout is faster 99% of the time
This is the definition of "Waiting faster"
I never use self checkout because I always want there to be a demand for real people instead of machines.
In sweden we have scanners that you scan whilst you are shopping so when you come to check out it’s basically instant.
The thing i love the most of this video is the screen in the corner that reflects the cameraman.
The person behind him in the self-checkout queue:
*Nope, definitely slower.*
Imagine the security just watching the guy later (top right)
I am so glad there is a word for this cause I do it all the time
When the machine doesn’t work properly and an employee gets called
My anxiety levels 📈📈📈
It's always fun to see how many of the self checkout machines have the day off.
I love that you get a second perspective in the screen above
I've timed it many times. It takes me far less time to check myself out than it does to wait in line for all the people in line ahead of me at a cashier check out
The time I spend in line for the human checkout really makes the self checkout more efficent
“Alright! I just wanted to buy my Pringles tho…”
the guy in the blue shirt like "cmon dude I gotta buy stuff"
I was a sacker and later a cashier at my first job. Checkers now are slow as hell and rude. I prefer to use self checkout.. it's faster and I don't have to deal with a cashier's attitude.
I guess I’m part of the 7% because I avoid human checkout lanes at all costs. No one uses my tote bags or keeps my organization for groceries (cold foods together, boxed foods, cans, etc.). Tote bags are a lot easier to carry to my apartment with fewer trips, but if you even try to use them with another bagger then it just holds up the line 🥲
Them:93% dislikes using self checkout
Me:I'm 💖unique 💖🥰
I've thought about it a lot
And I'm glad someone other than me talked about it
at first i didnt like your videos but holy shit now i am addicted
This actually Hurt grocery stores the cashier and so I choose to go the cashier I like interaction with humans it's a priceless experience and sometimes it makes me come want to go back to grocery store and or super market I'm mid 80s who grow up in 90s as kid and early 00s as teenager & mid 00s as young adult , in person experience at grocery stores at big box retail stores it's bring me great remembering when my mom take me to stores and shopping malls my mom died from a stroke and high blood pressure and high cholesterol and was anemic , I miss my mom so when igo to the stores it's just makes me feel better and happy , it feels with all this new technology that you lose some of the nostalgia of the in-person experience at stores.
I don't Have to wait in a queue or Have any social interactions, that's a win win.
I hate Kroger self check-out with the greatest passion. It is the worst system one could ask for.
The surveillant just watching him do hand movements 👁👁
That’s why slow traffic is better than complete traffic jam
Because I played so many mall tycoon related games, I know that human checkout is faster and customer tends to dislike self-check out.
I love self-checkout because it doesn't tell me I don’t get paid enough for this every time I scan items.
I love how he just purchased items for another episode (Pringles and Doritos)
I like how you going with this but I have checked out at stuff checked out though and bypassed people that were in line
I loved self checkout in UK.
I use to watch ppl take long with them.
Trick is not too many items.
I have no idea why people hate self checkout, I think it’s amazing
As someone who's a cashier I prefer self checkout because I can actually go at a decent speed.
Me waiting behind 15 people with a 10 cent lollipop: ok.
Dude doesn’t realize how quickly I can be in and out of a Walmart without having to talk to anyone
As a introvert with anxiety, self check outs are a fuckin life saver. Makes going shopping significantly less of a hassle
He moves his hands all around because it attracts the brain to make you want to watch it, and it works 👌🏻
The cashier always has a waiting line, so I just self checkout, then it's quicker
That man behind him: bruh just do it im here for 3 hours bro
Cashiers lines are full of parents with lots of stuff but in the self checkout we only have people with fast stuff to check out
I am a cashier at a grocery store. The store I work at got rid of all the self check out lanes because of too many people not scanning all their groceries and walking out without paying .
And then there’s me who puts the chapstick on the conveyor belt and watch it infinitely roll on it
This was definitely the "did u know" kid in school
Me constantly looking at the screen on top rather than listening to him 😀
It’s like driving on a longer route to avoid the traffic in the shorter route. Same time but feels less.
As a cashier let me tell you that the self checkouts are super sensitive and even if you don't do anything they still go off. The overall process of self check is slower especially if you're using it for the first time. I see the point of them, they just need to make them work better
It feels faster when your mom leaves to go get something in the ‘human checkout’
In our country we have small portable self-scanners. So you scan it before you put it in the shoppingcart. Then at the Booth, you have to scan a QR code and pay with your card. Way easier.
I tried to never use self checkout because I enjoy keeping my fellow humans employed
"Please place the item in the baggage area" "error, please wait an attendant is on the way"
As other people said, I don’t want the awkward conversation and I only have a handful of items and it think it’s pointless to go in a person checkout line when the self checkout is for less items
I've come to realize that I do not like shopping at the grocery store AND working at the grocery store in the same visit.
No more self checkout for me.
If you wait while doing nothing, time moves slow. But If you do something you don't feel bored, time feels faster than when you wait and do nothing.
I personally use those because the normal ones have insane lines and also no akward human interactions.
he underestimates how much people hate interacting with cashiers
I like them because if the real price doesn't match with the pricetag i can always put away it and don't have to tell the cashier to remove it.
So it's kinda of like when time flies when you're having fun because you are more engaged in that task so it feels like warp-waiting
Thats a cool fact! Thanks mate
When supermarkets put in these they cut open lanes. This leads to loads of trolley queues at proper checkouts, making the self-service one far quicker.
This is the only video i can see the
cameraman through the mirror👍🏻👍🏻
I refuse to use them because they largely contribute to the reduction of one of the biggest unskilled labor positions.
I was the fastest cashier at my retail store. My self checkouts fine id say. At least in my area they dont enjoy their jobs and go slow because of it
if someone is not used to it, they may be slower
but personally after working in retail it really takes me the same time on even less to scan the product than it takes the cashiers (some of them are so slow ugh), plus saving time on making the conversation and answering questions because i do everything myself
ahh and usually the queue to self checkout is shorter 😬
This phenomenon is the reason I'd rather take the long way home instead of getting caught in rush hour traffic, at least I'm spending that time driving and not waiting to move.
And this phenomenon causes majority of shoppers to flock to cashiers. Even if I'm twice as slow, I don't waste 10 minutes waiting in line 💁♂️
Its quicker to check out with a person if you have more/bulky items. But if you have a small items that cant fit into 2 bags, personal checkout it quicker (if you arent slow at scanning). Also lines go buy quicker in self checkout areas though because there’s typically more self check out units per a single line vs the 1 stall, 1 line set up in a human check out
As a 15 year old with no card, I love using my cash at self checkouts
Self checkout is a life saver for my socially anxious ass
Self checkouts use this psychological trick called not waiting in line behind three other people before checkout to seem faster
I just don't want to talk to the cashier
I prefer self check out, because then I am not rushed and also can put everything I want to buy in a logical order into my bag. Because I choose the order of what product is scanned.
*not me looking at the screen above him the whole time*