How is it possible that 73% of the time that I enter the self-checkout aisle…?

How is it possible that 73% of the time that I enter the self-checkout aisle…?
I wind up behind one of the few people on the planet that cannot operate a bar code scanner. How impaired must one be to screw up this rudimentary maneuver?

Best answer:

and that surprises you? Nothing surprises me anymore.

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23 Comments for How is it possible that 73% of the time that I enter the self-checkout aisle…?

1. Academy& Clockworthy | March 12th, 2008 at 1:53 am

XD
Kudos to your store for even having a self checkout that works properly.
2. William | March 12th, 2008 at 2:17 am

No plan is fool-proof to a sufficiently motivated fool.
3. Teetana | March 12th, 2008 at 2:43 am

I have the same problem!
4. lee | March 12th, 2008 at 3:41 am

that’s funny and very true!
5. khelekmirwen360 | March 12th, 2008 at 3:59 am

LOL! That’s bad. You wouldn’t want to shop with me then. Every time I enter a store, I set off the alarm.
6. oh_jo123 | March 12th, 2008 at 4:56 am

I Don’t know go ask the cashier next time you are not in a self check aisle and see if they had to go to school to work there?
7. Trea (pron.tree) | March 12th, 2008 at 5:22 am

Don’t worry Hun, I am in the same aisle! It never fails for me! I can pick a lane that had one, one person in it and it never fails that they don’t know what they are doing!!
8. Tabitha | March 12th, 2008 at 5:54 am

Its not just you. It seems to be that they all breed infront of these machines. Then they see someone come up who they think has an idea on how to run it and they jump in front of you and spend like 20 min on trying to find the scanner. Happens to me all the time.
9. Margo G warts McCain | March 12th, 2008 at 6:41 am

Don’t feel bad I always get beeped for bagging my items incorrectly. I believe developmentally disabled adults are able to bag groceries correctly. What does that say about me?
10. lovemybaby | March 12th, 2008 at 7:10 am

how did you come up with that figure???? I’ve seen that many times- and I’ve been the “victim” of the scanner many times too. at wal mart, you have to touch the item to the end of the counter before bagging, and the machine keeps saying “unexpected item in bagging area”- yeah, like i wanna steal ketchup!
11. Working Class Hero | March 12th, 2008 at 8:06 am

LOL…I know what you mean! I particularly hate the people who have a cartful of stuff instead of just a few items to scan. Then you have to wait for them to bag everything…and they usually screw that up too.
12. Gigi | March 12th, 2008 at 8:47 am

Well never had the ‘barcode’ problem, but the cashier always finds other ways to mess up my bill
13. jherder2@att.net | March 12th, 2008 at 9:17 am

man i feel your pain,and they let these people drive and have children,ITS SCAIRIE
14. •°•° Dreaming Out Loud •°•° | March 12th, 2008 at 9:44 am

lol i know wat u mean! u just wanna be like fine! i’ll do it for u!!!!! lol but i have never done tht…(just thought it)
15. Johnny the Drunk | March 12th, 2008 at 10:26 am

So that was you behind me? Sh*t! I kind of figured as much. With all the huffing you were doing, you’d think you had a bag of tea in you boiling. Okay. So I was pis*ed. What the hell do you think they call me a drunk for?
16. Island Girl | March 12th, 2008 at 11:05 am

I’m one of those people. Oops sorry.
17. sugar bug | March 12th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

LOL that sounds like something that would happen to me.
Drive you crazy doen’t it !!
18. cgirl97 | March 12th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

I am still chuckling over, “rudimentary maneuver”….haaa…

73% too, uh? See, you had all that time behind the “fool” to do some math. Just try to view it, as not the worse possible thing to happen in the world. Keep looking for that open lane!!!!
19. jerzey GRL | March 12th, 2008 at 12:47 pm

LOL at the unexpected item in bagging area. everytime i go thru self checkout half the stuff im buying is an unexpected item! BUT! i do know how to scan lol
20. Rockinfreakopotamus | March 12th, 2008 at 1:16 pm

This type of thing occurs specifically to provide entertainment for me, the person behind YOU in line. I get to watch the look of horror wash over your face as you realize that Front-of-the-Line Person truly is that incompetent, and that you must wait however many hours it’s going to take them before they finally get it together and get out of your way.

And I try not to let you catch a glimpse of my amused grin… But being that I’M not the one in a hurry, and I can see how mortified you are at person #1′s moronic efforts, it does tend to make me giggle a little. I apologize for laughing at your misfortune. :D
21. ompelle | March 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

I like it when they talk to the computer like it can hear them…

“Please scan your items and place them in the bag”

“Okay… here I go”

“Please choose your method of payment”

“Alrighty… ummm cash”

“Please insert your coins in the coin acceptor before inserting your bills in the bill acceptor”

“I don’t have coins… who has coins?”
22. makeloans2 | March 12th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

They have got to be pretty lame to not know how to do that.
23. chicks | March 12th, 2008 at 1:53 pm

lol…somehow I always encounter the same problem. It never fails that always happens when I am in a hurry. Makes me just want to tell them to get the h e l l out of the way, and let me check out their stuff.

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