"Ed" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Ed" wrote in message
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K-Mart's coming back from chapter 11 with a vengeance. I think the
public's
going to be pleasantly surprised.

I still don't like their checkout system, but I have noticed that some
WalMarts are going the same way.
Ed



The checkouts here seem normal. What's up with the ones you've seen?

Finding one with a person to check you out. Each one of the
self-checkouts
means 3-6 less workers. And self-service is about all they have in
K-Marts.
Ed



Those machines are candidates for bullets. When visiting a friend in another
part of NY state, I used to go with her to a Price Chopper supermarket. I
tend to NOT put every damned thing in a bag when I shop, but the machine was
programmed to look for a change in weight on the bag platform after each
item was scanned. This computerized voice would keep saying "Put item in
bag....put item in bag...." A gallon of milk in its own bag??? So, I tried
keeping one heavy item aside as a way of helping the machine feel
comfortable. Didn't work. It seemed to know the approximate weights of
packaged foods, and if the degree of change on the bag platform was wrong,
it wouldn't let me continue.