Unexplained item in the bagging area!

We usually use self check out. It can be quicker. I do have to bite my tongue when she tells me off........something I tell her what I think of her, she doesn't seem to mind .

My DH regularly buys alcohol free beer. He uses the self check out but has to wait to have his age verified. I won't stand with him now, because he kicks off every time about it. I can't say as I blame him really, but it's not the checkout girl's fault.

I never use self service checkouts, on the grounds that it's depriving someone of a job, and me of a human interaction.
That's not meant to sound pompous or morally superior alea, it was just a thought I had yesterday when MrA used the self service checkout in the Co-op, that soon we will be interacting with machines more than other human beings. It followed on from a thought the previous day that buses might get to their destinations a lot quicker if they still had conductors, and didn't wait for 5 minutes at every stop while passengers fumbled for change it tried to swipe their bus passes properly.
Even when I go to the doctors, I don't have the pleasure or otherwise of speaking to a receptionist, as they now have one of those things where you tap in your details to confirm your appointment.

Refuse to use self service until they start giving me a discount.

Internet shopping is the best £3 a month for as many mid week deliveries as I want. The nearest supermarket is 18 miles away so even if I get a few short sell by dates it is worth it.

Its enough to drive you to drink !! But if you had a bottle of something in there you'd have had to wait for them to verify your age again !!

Are self service checkouts REALLy an improvement when they throw your stress levels up??

Im not convinced