I avoid self checkout at other stores, but Aldi offers a streamlined and painless experience.
On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 10:05 PM Dwight Giles via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have always refused to use any self checkout. comesfrom my union days > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 9:48 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I've stopped checking out my own groceries, even if it means I have to > > wait longer. I hate how they record me and treat me like a criminal. > > > > Apparently some places have stopped self checkout because of theft. Whoda > > thunk? > > > > -Curt > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 06:26:29 PM EDT, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I was thinking, as I was in the self check out at the Safeway the other > > day, that we’ve been told if the minimum wage and Arizona goes up to > > whatever it is supposed to go up to, we can expect to see a rise and > prices > > to reflect that. Which lead me to think I don’t remember prices going > down > > when they got rid of cashiers and I had to start checking out my own > > groceries. > > > > But we all know there is a check valve in the pipeline of rising prices. > > > > AZBob > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Mar 19, 2024, at 3:19 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > I went to El Mercado de Wal to get a battery for my tractor today and > > figured I'd pick up a coupla jugs of antifreeze. Saw the blue stuff for > > Euro cars was on clearance for $9.50 which was lower than any of the > other > > stuff they had, and was $16.63 regular price. There are some blue > versions > > for Asian and Merkun cars too but this one was on clearance. I grabbed > the > > 4 jugs on the shelf, said it was for 2014 and earlier Benzes. > > > > > > Go to the (self) checkout and the jugs rang up normal price so I called > > the attendant woman over and she adjusted the price for me, no questions > no > > checking, so I appreciated that. It got me thinking I could have said > > anything, I don't think she really cared one way or the other. The lack > of > > oversight there I could have walked out with the whole load had I been > > inclined to do so, which is probably not very uncommon. It wasn't very > > busy there either which was kinda unusual, I hit Costco too and it was > > mobbed for some reason on a early Tuesday afternoon. > > > > > > There is no full strength AF on the shelves any more, you have to buy > > the 50/50 stuff which I guess is more convenient but I kinda like to roll > > my own. Oh well, progress and an accommodation to the dumbing down of > the > > populace. > > > > > > Anyway, it was a good deal. Costco had M1 oil on sale too but it was > > still quite a bit more than the Costco flavor. > > > > > > -- > > > --FT > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
