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[ocean_brez]

Originally Posted by RHONDDA7 Did anyone else have a problem with the $1 Sara Lee IP beeping? The cashier still pushed it through but I was curious why they both beeped

My $1/2 Breyer's Ice Cream coupon didn't beep but both of my $1/1 Sara Lee IPs did beep. Worse, I used self check-out and after a bit all my coupons beeped, especially my $5 cats from last weeks promo. After that mess, the machine froze up. :shrug7:

Needless to say, I won't be using self check-out for awhile.

[ChipL]

Originally Posted by ocean_brez My $1/2 Breyer's Ice Cream coupon didn't beep but both of my $1/1 Sara Lee IPs did beep. Worse, I used self check-out and after a bit all my coupons beeped, especially my $5 cats from last weeks promo. After that mess, the machine froze up. :shrug7: Needless to say, I won't be using self check-out for awhile.

I learned that lesson a couple of weeks ago and put it to use yesterday. There was only one checkout line open at my Albies, and I was fourth in it. The customer at the front of the line was using rain checks, WIC vouchers, a credit card and possibly electronic transfers from her Swiss bank account to pay -- it was taking forever. Another cashier appeared and said, "I'll help you with self-check," but I said no and let the lady ahead of me go. Then another cashier materialized but I let the next couple ahead of me go. I knew between my Sara Lee/Breyer's deal and my $15 in Cats from last week that my frozen desserts would be a melted mess before I ever made it out of self-check.

When I made it to the front of the line, the cashier thanked me for my patience and said I could have gone to the self-checkout line, and I told her, "Yes, but I've got coupons and it always ends up frustrating two people instead of one." She said, "Yes, sometimes that's like the blind leading the blind!"

So even one Albies employee knows that self-checkout isn't always the time- and labor-saving solution it's supposed to be, for them or for us.

See you in the regular checkout line, Ocean Brez!

[ocean_brez]

Originally Posted by ChipL I learned that lesson a couple of weeks ago and put it to use yesterday. There was only one checkout line open at my Albies, and I was fourth in it. The customer at the front of the line was using rain checks, WIC vouchers, a credit card and possibly electronic transfers from her Swiss bank account to pay -- it was taking forever. Another cashier appeared and said, "I'll help you with self-check," but I said no and let the lady ahead of me go. Then another cashier materialized but I let the next couple ahead of me go. I knew between my Sara Lee/Breyer's deal and my $15 in Cats from last week that my frozen desserts would be a melted mess before I ever made it out of self-check. When I made it to the front of the line, the cashier thanked me for my patience and said I could have gone to the self-checkout line, and I told her, "Yes, but I've got coupons and it always ends up frustrating two people instead of one." She said, "Yes, sometimes that's like the blind leading the blind! So even one Albies employee knows that self-checkout isn't always the time- and labor-saving solution it's supposed to be, for them or for us. See you in the regular checkout line, Ocean Brez!

LOL! I'll definitely be waiting patiently in the regular checkout line unless I have only a couple of items and the time to torture myself.

[saverintraining]

Originally Posted by RHONDDA7 Did anyone else have a problem with the $1 Sara Lee IP beeping? The cashier still pushed it through but I was curious why they both beeped

Yes- I also had a problem with it but the cashier pushed it through.