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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 294551" data-attributes="member: 27">Are you referring to the self-check registers in grocery stores, big-box stores, etc.?&nbsp; We part company on this one, &#039;cause I LOVE them.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t been rung up by a human being in a WalMart in probably fifteen years.&nbsp;&nbsp; In Florida we have Publix, a supermarket chain that has historically turned up their noses at self-checks.&nbsp; I went into a brand-new Publix in North Florida a few months ago and when I saw they had self-checks installed, I nearly wept with happiness.The random thing I hate is sort of adjacent to the self-check registers---the ATM.&nbsp; An ATM is designed for quick, simple transactions like quick cash or an after-hours deposit.&nbsp; It never fails that I get stuck behind the one person who seems to have a month&#039;s worth of financial transactions to perform all at once.&nbsp; They&#039;re taking out and inserting multiple cards, getting printouts that look like Santa&#039;s naughty list, taking out cash and then re-inserting it (???)...meanwhile there&#039;s a crowd gathering to watch. I guess good manners (not holding up the line) is no longer &#039;a thing,&#039; so maybe the bank could limit the transaction time?&nbsp; I&#039;d be supportive of a trap door opening under them after three minutes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 294551, member: 27"] Are you referring to the self-check registers in grocery stores, big-box stores, etc.? We part company on this one, 'cause I LOVE them. I haven't been rung up by a human being in a WalMart in probably fifteen years. In Florida we have Publix, a supermarket chain that has historically turned up their noses at self-checks. I went into a brand-new Publix in North Florida a few months ago and when I saw they had self-checks installed, I nearly wept with happiness. The random thing I hate is sort of adjacent to the self-check registers---the ATM. An ATM is designed for quick, simple transactions like quick cash or an after-hours deposit. It never fails that I get stuck behind the one person who seems to have a month's worth of financial transactions to perform all at once. They're taking out and inserting multiple cards, getting printouts that look like Santa's naughty list, taking out cash and then re-inserting it (???)...meanwhile there's a crowd gathering to watch. I guess good manners (not holding up the line) is no longer 'a thing,' so maybe the bank could limit the transaction time? I'd be supportive of a trap door opening under them after three minutes. [/QUOTE]

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