If I accidentally put something in the bag before it scans, it catches it immediately, but if it double scans the barcode, it can't tell it overcharged and the employee has to cancel it 🤔

Me, waiting for age verification because I scanned a 0,0 alcohol free beer

Next time this happens to you, may the comments here be a reminder: you didn't screw up, the machine is perfectly capable of screwing everything up all by itself.

I've gotten pretty friendly with the woman who manages to self checkout area.

Pretty funny coincidence here

I've been in a Dollar General store before, that had 4 self checkouts, that were all out of order.

There were 2 human run registers, but no humans to even be found.

I hollered across the store "DOES ANYONE EVEN WORK IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER?!"

Almost needless to say, an employee came to the register, but in hindsight, I probably should have just said fuckit and walked out with the merchandise.

i was forced to wait (under pain of "loss of customer trust rating") for ten minutes because they wanted to inspect and approve my purchase of a can of redbull because there was no one available with all staff busy.

that amount of time, had i been clocked in at my job, would have entitled me to a quantity of pay greater than the price of the drink.

Our local Costco used to have a scanner gun at the self-checkout. I used to be a grocery cashier who prided himself on how quickly he could scan someone’s purchase. So I’d arrange my cart of stuff (for a household of six) in such a way that made scanning efficient. Then one day I get there and the scanner is gone. If I have to remove every single item from my cart I might as well use the conventional check-out because now self-checkout is far less efficient for me.

I've never had a problem with the scanners, I use them every week.

Then, just a few days, ago...

I got something I don't usually, it was supposed to be $24, but it rang up as $48. I was on the wrong hook, as it turned out. Anyway, I didn't want it for $48, so the lady had to help me. She happened to be standing about five feet from me when it happened, and she saw it happen before I asked her. She was taking care of it on her little device.

Thing is, when I noticed it scanned incorrectly, I accidentally put the coffee I was holding in my other hand in the bag without scanning it and without thinking.

So, as soon as she canceled the sale for the thing, another error pops up, which flustered me again, and I kid you not, I did the same damn thing, I put ANOTHER item in the bag without scanning it and without thinking about it or noticing. Like the fucking idiot I am. While I was apologizing for the first unscanned item ANOTHER error appeared.

She was very kind, dealing with the village idiot.

I should get a discount every time I do self checkout

I mean I'm literally doing what you pay people to do, so pay up

For me most often it's because of incorrect item weight, not because I screwed up. Even if I go to another machine like some of you are suggesting, it would probably end up the same with me ending up wasting my time; and if it's not the first item, I suppose it might trigger a security warning (i.e. me picking up my items before paying).

LPT never pick up anything except the single thing you're scanning.

So many times I've had to wait on the cashier to clear me, because I was holding a second item in my off hand, and it thought I was pulling a fast one

So you're telling me you just don't skip and go to another machine and leave it for the staff to fix? Because truly it is not your problem, it is theirs.

Me causing it with kombucha instead of beer for a change

Also me while I wait for them to confirm my id