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Dec 9, 2025 3:10 PM
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Blunderwriter
OG issue works fine...at least in Chrome. (shrug?)
Wolfwod
There's something I did once. Buy vegetables that are slightly smaller, counter will say it's under the limit, quickly put other more expensive items to make up the weight difference, system gives me the pass, procede with less expensive items.
witheredspoon
Pro tip: if you use the hand held scanner that some grocery stores have and leave your reusable bags on the ground, it thinks you are scanning heavy things that don't get bagged. so you just scan everything in your grocery cart and put them in your bags on the ground and the scale never comes in to play.
ifixlasers42
This meme never gets old. I love it
Toqom
Associate comes over, "you're leaning on the scale, yes the whole bagging area is a scale..."
actingupagain
This has been going on for me for 5 days now. I have seen others posting with the same issue as well. Really weird that this still hasn't been fixed.
TheUnnamedPoet
Had this happen to me the other day. A corner of my jacket happened to be touching the scale and it was freaking out until I moved
3Davideo
Man, I've never had a problem with them. I feel sorry for all y'all who *have* had problems.
cryborg
earthlingextraordinaire
pensecomcalma
That's why you don't do self check out
VanJackBurace
for those unaware why this happens. there's a scale in the bagging area, to prevent you from stealing it has an acceptable weight range. When it tells you to wait for a person it's to reset the scale.
AyatollahBahloni
This is why I hate self-checkout. So many stores like Lowe's and Home Depot and certain grocery stores have eliminated all in-person cashiers. I say fuck them.
algoritham
The occasional 5 finger discount of something small and expensive makes it worth though.
xlr82xs
But obviously they passed the savings on to you by eliminating their staffing costs. /s
gablestout
Yup. Most retailers are backing away from SCO...Home Depot went all in. Only regular checkout is at the Pro Desk
evilgriff
Jokes on them. No bagging issue if I order everything online.
overfedlonghairedleapinggnome
Right click - open image in a new tab - copy URL from there.
Grendels2dCousinOnceRemoved
what does that mean?
IceWeaselX
It's a reply to the post title.
overfedlonghairedleapinggnome
My regular grocery store has an app that allows you to scan and bag as you shop. It actually works fairly well once you learn the idiosyncrasies. Then you just scan once at the self-checkout, pay, and walk out. Or don't pay, and run.
SAFireStorm
Meijer? This is my favorite way to shop.
overfedlonghairedleapinggnome
No, I'm out east now, so Tops. But I grew up with one of the early Meijer Thrifty Acres stores in Holland, MI!
Skizzlesnap
And that’s why I only use lanes with cashiers and baggers. I refuse to “self checkout” and don’t particularly like bagging my own groceries (I will in a pinch though). The more people that use cashiers vs self checkout, the longer those helpful jobs exist.
cosonfused
Yes it does?
Noahbalboa82
My favorite: *pushes button for using own bag*
*PLACE BAG IN BAGGING AREA*
Places bag down
*PLEASE WAIT FOR CHECKING ATTENDANT TO VERIFY BAGS*
Nathanyel
Did you get the URL into the clipboard? It probably just had some issues fetching the preview after pasting, seems to be working, now and on my end.
xj4low
Nearby Kroger only has 1 person at a checkout Kane and 6 self checkouts. Those machines stop at every 6-7 items and require the 1 employee to authorize to keep going. We pass that store and drive to another grocery chain 10 minutes away to avoid it.
sharikov
Self-checkout will be how I die. One of these days I'll just stroke out from pure rage and collapse on the terminal. Good luck to the wage slave who has to deal with my corpse, hopefully the rigor mortis will set in on my middle fingers immediately.
mrthewhitee
My favorite is:
"Unexpected item in bagging area. Please remove item"
*remove item*
"Please place item in the bagging area."
*return item*
"Unexpected item in bagging area. Please remove item."
TheWeebleWobler
RAGE
TungstenOrbital
I hate when that happens
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Feels like a metaphor for late stage capitalism
ReaperCDN
My favourite is constantly locking it up until they turn that shit off.
ZeldaShotFirst
Ooooo, that's genius. Now I can purchase (shoplift) my items WAY easier
phalanxausage
I press down on the bagging area with my hand, then release. The scale & the pos system usually agree afterward.
moisthole
I suggest not using the self checkout even when I have to wait in line for the human. I refuse to give credence to corporate trying to save money by eliminating staff. Or just steal shit from self check out.
arawhotdogsuspendedinatupperwareofvaseline
Sisyphus for the modern age
furi0usg3orge
What's weird is that I watched that motorcycle show exactly one time and it happened to be this episode that generated years of memes.
brandonblk
This is why i just steal
SmashySashimi
It's always a nightmare when you're buying milk and get a scanner with just bags.
You either have to put it down first and strategically fill the bags around it, or somehow balance it above the bags on the metal frame itself.
And then the scanner STILL freaks out.
TheWeebleWobler
I hate it when the AI thinks I'm trying to steal. Like all the time.
quealt
I find the meme of the unexpected items etc highly amusing since where I live, the self-checkout cash registers are basically normal registers (simpler UI and built for use while standing up), and there is no robot shithead complaining where in my backpack the eggs go. About the only times I need to beckon staff over is if I am buying alcohol or if there is a spot check so I don't nick stuff. And the latter happens maybe once or twice a year.
AreWeNotDoingPhrasingNow
Self checkout aka five items or less or else I stop working
kimbozo
I refuse to use self checkout unless i have 1 item that is easily scannable and i am in a hurry. As with everything else in capitalism, they turned a good idea into the shittiest process imaginable and it makes grocery shopping even more annoying than it already was. I will wait my turn in the limited amount of human powered checkout lanes, because it is also not my job to be a cashier.
Skizzlesnap
Me too. In fact I go one step further and exclusively shop at stores that have baggers. I hate bagging my own shit.
psugab
Same. If the manager suggests the lane is open, I ask if they have a discount for using them.
blart215
woodworkerf
And it helps to keep employing people.
SAFireStorm
My local grocery store has an app where you can scan as you shop. Absolutely my favorite way to shop: Minimal human interaction
kimbozo
That is super nice, do you mind if i ask what general area that is in? Seems like not a lot of stores in the good ol usa would trust people with that
SAFireStorm
Mostly in Michigan
gablestout
My absolute favorite are the Amazon "Just walk out" vendors at T-Mobile Park and Lumen Field...scan your Amazon membership or a credit card...grab shit...just walk out. Still feels like shoplifting though...I've got two beers, a hot dog and some peanuts and you walk out like you own the damn place
Grendels2dCousinOnceRemoved
I only use it if (1) I don't have very many things to buy, and (B) every last thing I'm buying has a bar code. So, no produce. And if I'm at the hardware store, where they ONLY have self-checks, I always get the attendant involved, and they end up doing it all themselves.
kimbozo
Grocery store or hardware store, i feel like no matter what i do the attendant has to get involved because the process sucks, so i might as well just involve them from the get go
Grendels2dCousinOnceRemoved
I know somebody who always selects "Español" on the menu, then tells the attendant he doesn't speak Spanish, and so they check him out just like in the Olden Days.
Nic3Ntertainment
We always use the self-checkout, if we can, because my wife has very serious OCD about how she wants her groceries bagged. And she also has an anxiety disorder, so when a cashier is ringing us up she has to just stand there, staring at the improperly packed bag, slowly seething with rage, because she's too anxious to correct them more than once, or else she feels like a Karen.
Sooo...we just use self-checkout. Easier for everyone.
kimbozo
I hear you on that. We bring reusable bags to the store and i just bag our items while my partner takes care of the payment part. But i get that might not work for everyone
Nic3Ntertainment
Yep. One of her most rage-inducing things is when the cashier or bagger isn't paying attention to her, or just on auto-pilot (which totally fair, I've worked a register) and she's like "I don't need a bag, I've got my own."
And they say "Okay" then start stuffing things in plastic bags while she stands there awkwardly trying to hand them canvas bags they seem intent on not using.
emu314159127001
If there's no or a short line, I'll take the human cashier, but i seem to get stuck behind people that are on their weekly outing and need to tell the cashier everything, or people with complicated payment methods they don't have ready
Xenarion
I learned to put my empty bags before scanning the first item, otherwise the added weight of the bags make the system freak out.
3nd3rwiggin
Same
CaptainYesterday
The system freaks out all the time. This is just one way.
jammer909
That's what I usually do, but I've also had it where it considers the bag something in the bagging area without me even having scanned an item yet.
gablestout
Where I shop (Kroger subsidiary) it just asks, "did you put bags in the bagging area?" you just tap "yes". If I need another bag, I just scan a heavier item and put it in the bag as I set it in the bagging area...works like a charm
Astramancer
I also have to spin around to put my back to the scanner when moving the bags from my cart to the bagging area or it thinks I failed to scan a product and calls an attendant over to watch a short video clip of me moving a re-usable shopping bag.
ChareAndFlaff
It's still too finnicky. I just keep my bags in the cart and bag FROM the bagging area after I've paid for everything.
PhailRaptor
This works at some retailers and not at others
redtruck
Put your first item scanned in the bag, before putting the bag in bagging area. Continue to bag as you scan. It won't trigger the alert.
Xenarion
Nope, it does at my grocery store. I'm guessing the balance sets its zero when starting, then expect only the weight of the item, without the bag.
redtruck
That sounds impossible
Xenarion
Why would it?
porphyre1e00
My pet peeve is the bagging area is tiny. So if I have bulky things I would normally put back in the cart after scanning, I can't without going thru bullshit
textilelover
my Safeway has a "skip bagging" button for large/heavy things that will go right back into the cart
porphyre1e00
My store has that too but if you use it more than once you have to "wait for assistance" when you hit the "pay" button
nomnamless
I have seen that before but you could only "skip bagging" 3 times before the system freaked out