I run the self scan a the Kroger where i work all the time, and 90% of the problems people have are their own fault. If they would do as the machine says it would be much better. JUST LEAVE THE BAGS ON THE SCALE UNTIL THE RECEIPT COMES OUT, AND KEEP YOUR KIDS OF THE SCALES. DOING THOSE THINGS ALONE WOULD SOLVE SO MANY PROBLEMS !
@sputerhead 99% agreed. You forgot about when they press "Skip Bagging" and then put the item in the bag. Or when it says to put the item back in the bagging area after they take it off, and they stare at the screen... as if they didn't hear the instructions that it just told them to do. Yeah, some people just shouldn't even try.
@dieselducy I didn't film this lol. But I do know having been in Kroger before that they don't allow photos or videos. Actually most stores don't so if you go for it, just be careful. I know for a fact that Walmart definitely does not allow it at all.
U-Scan will always be my favorite self checkout. Particularly the older Optimal bag models. Sadly, my Pathmark has IBM, but all the other Pathmarks and Waldbaums I go to have U-Scan. The first self checkout I ever used was the 1999 installation of U-Scans in Centereach Pathmark. Then in 2006, Fujitsu added two belt models so now the store has a total of SIX U-Scans!
@jimster586 Some stores lately near me got the new U-Scan Genesis models. Problem is they run the old software that locks up easily instead of the new software Kroger uses. However, Tops is replacing all regular checkouts by the end of 2012. Not sure of the register hardware yet but the software is from Retalix (same company that did the new touch screen checkouts for Publix).
Our local WalMart has a (custom?) self-checkout machine with a touchscreen IBM computer loaded with custom WalMart software (installed under Windows XP). It is annoying as a dog that won't SHUT UP.
@WhelenVTXR2 It's probably an early IBM machine that later had NCR software installed on it. I recently started noticing that in some stores that had it installed before 2005.
@ih8thyssenkrupp that particular U-Scan machine has given me problems in the past, almost to the point where i wanted to kick the stupid thing but today it actually behaved :P
I run the self scan a the Kroger where i work all the time, and 90% of the problems people have are their own fault. If they would do as the machine says it would be much better. JUST LEAVE THE BAGS ON THE SCALE UNTIL THE RECEIPT COMES OUT, AND KEEP YOUR KIDS OF THE SCALES. DOING THOSE THINGS ALONE WOULD SOLVE SO MANY PROBLEMS !
Its not the machine it is you !
sputerhead 4 months ago
@sputerhead 99% agreed. You forgot about when they press "Skip Bagging" and then put the item in the bag. Or when it says to put the item back in the bagging area after they take it off, and they stare at the screen... as if they didn't hear the instructions that it just told them to do. Yeah, some people just shouldn't even try.
joshbush1 1 month ago
By where I live there are always NCR scanders. No IBM's no U-scan's no nothing elese. Just NCR's.
TheElevatorPlanet 6 months ago
Does kroger allow photography??
dieselducy 8 months ago
@dieselducy I took that with my ipod touch :D
thegrudge58 8 months ago
@dieselducy They do not lol
tommyboy6181 5 months ago
@tommyboy6181 how did u get by with this? I want to film my local kroger :)
dieselducy 5 months ago
@dieselducy I didn't film this lol. But I do know having been in Kroger before that they don't allow photos or videos. Actually most stores don't so if you go for it, just be careful. I know for a fact that Walmart definitely does not allow it at all.
tommyboy6181 5 months ago
U-Scan will always be my favorite self checkout. Particularly the older Optimal bag models. Sadly, my Pathmark has IBM, but all the other Pathmarks and Waldbaums I go to have U-Scan. The first self checkout I ever used was the 1999 installation of U-Scans in Centereach Pathmark. Then in 2006, Fujitsu added two belt models so now the store has a total of SIX U-Scans!
alexweb8 8 months ago
Tops markets here have these same piece of s**t machines. :(
jimster586 9 months ago
@jimster586 Some stores lately near me got the new U-Scan Genesis models. Problem is they run the old software that locks up easily instead of the new software Kroger uses. However, Tops is replacing all regular checkouts by the end of 2012. Not sure of the register hardware yet but the software is from Retalix (same company that did the new touch screen checkouts for Publix).
tommyboy6181 5 months ago
@tommyboy6181 Very interesting. Thanks for the info!
jimster586 5 months ago
Our local WalMart has a (custom?) self-checkout machine with a touchscreen IBM computer loaded with custom WalMart software (installed under Windows XP). It is annoying as a dog that won't SHUT UP.
WhelenVTXR2 9 months ago
@WhelenVTXR2 the walmart in freehold nj has NCR machines i think
ih8thyssenkrupp 9 months ago
@WhelenVTXR2 It's probably an early IBM machine that later had NCR software installed on it. I recently started noticing that in some stores that had it installed before 2005.
alexweb8 8 months ago
all the yellow pad is is a sensormatic deactivator and food is prohibited to have RFI chips inside the packaging
crapper1 9 months ago
U-Scans SUCK. well the non-U-Scan self checkouts also have problems but U-Scan is the WORST
ih8thyssenkrupp 9 months ago
@ih8thyssenkrupp that particular U-Scan machine has given me problems in the past, almost to the point where i wanted to kick the stupid thing but today it actually behaved :P
thegrudge58 9 months ago