I don't agree with the checkout clerk

Why didn't the clerk just sign up this customer for his own courtesy card? It only takes a minute.

As for those things, I don't use them. If I had one for every place that I shop my wallet would be 3 inches thick. Except on rare occasions I try to shop in places that don't use them. If a place can't just give me their best price without me having to swipe a card then I'll go someplace else that can.

I'm not normally a fan of these cards but we do use them at Rite Aid Pharmacy and Weis Markets. In addition to better prices, we get notified of product recalls.

My wife bought some romaine lettuce at Weis last month and she got a product recall notice the next day due to possible salmonella contamination.

Last year, she bought a skin care product at Rite Aid and was immediately notified of a possible interaction with a prescription drug she takes.

In general, I do not care for what I call database info collection cards as I call them, but I do use a "Rewards" card at a local chain because I get $ points that they take off my bill next trip in. They also email me my receipt. A good thing, because I can never find them later.

In order for another customer to use my Rewards Card, I would have to supply my phone number to them. A deal breaker invasion of privacy.

Self Check Out, makes you a "work shopper". You don't get a discount for using it, even though you do their work. If I have only a couple of items with bar codes, it’s OK, but vegetables are another thing. It take me much much longer for stuff where you have to study the screen and make choices you are not familiar with.

Lastly, it puts a lot of folks, who really need a job, out of work. The store saves on payroll, but you do not save on what you are buying.

Soo.... Some self check stations? OK.... But many stores are now FORCING you to do their work buy having, maybe only one or two regular check out lanes. It is insidious.

Not so anymore. Go study the unemployment facts. Available job numbers are way higher than the unemployed. These are the folks that refuse to work, are being paid by the gov't not to work, or just plain dead beats.

There are plenty of jobs out there for those that want to work.

And I get our haircuts at the local barber in town. Not cheap! $25/ea!!

But there is always a long wait. So I feel all these people can't be doing something that doesn't make sense.

Anyway they always have CNBC on and talking about Wall Street. I would say the barbers are 70 or so.

The one who did our son and me, said the same thing, there are jobs out there for people that want them. Sometimes people don't want certain jobs and won't take them. I have a close friend who's been unemployed for years. I said Walmart is paying up to $110k for truck drivers, why not try it? He said he would not consider such a job, too hard. Too hard? Our parents would take any job. My wife's uncle was an engineer and when laid off learned to be a butcher. He said it was an extremely difficult job! My bro's father in law was a truck driver. I told him they are paying a lot nowadays, yet he went to be a greeter at BJs and then quit.

…no one’s wants to work. I just got back from Roanoke, VA and every restaurant that we stopped at on the trip had a help wanted sign on the doors. Most of the places were starting at $12.00 an hour. A couple of them were paying more. I talked to one of the managers and she said that people don’t want to work. Even high schoolers that used to want to work for Mickey D’s don’t want to work. They would rather sit at home and hope that the government will send them money.

and football season is just getting started!

At BJ's and Giant using the card saves me per gallon when buying their gas. It's adds up.

As for self check out, I get why a lot of folks don't want to use them. Personally I think the self checkout is faster and I can pack my bags the way I want, similar items in each bag, plus, not just have everything tossed in willy nilly crushing fragile things at the bottom of the bag.

LOL:
"two bags of 7.75 oz Lays potato chips as we are trying to eat healthy"
Yeah, me too except it is fudge cake.

Can't say I ever had that problem with buying 2 of something, it rang it up just like it was a different item.

I converted my hourly wage at 18 to 2022 and it came out to $9.41. The interesting thing is back then, really, I was frustrated that it took more than one hour's pay to order a meal at a fast food place.

Here's an example, I drove for Domino's back then, and a 3 topping small was $11 and change. Today, in 2022, a large 3 topping is $7.99--see what I mean??

I told myself one day I will be able to go into a fast food place and order anything I want. But old habits don't die, I'm like that guy Featureman on YouTube lol

My son likes bacon McDoubles and fries. I'll pay $2.29 (until this month, went up 20 cents to $2.49 where we live) for the bacon McDouble, and get free large fries with the app, $2.43 out the door.

Now my point is imagine if you are making $12-$15/hr, you can easily buy yourself a meal for a fraction of an hour's pay (add $1 to get a drink or get water but under $3.50).

I saw a S560 maybach coming home yesterday so I emailed my buddy I deserve that car but that's just not how life works. He replied you can afford it. Well the used one I sent him was $129k for a 2020, steep depreciation. also funny 560 is a 4 liter, not 5.6 liters. My current daily driver is a 4.3L V8. I "pretend" I'm the boss driving it as it was the Toyota Motor's flagship 16 years ago (and she has plenty of life left) lol

On self checkout I love it when it works, but to immediately need help with the two bags of chips, that was too much....

Some self checkouts in stores in Wisconsin end up in an infinite loop. "An item has been removed from the bagging area, please return..." "Unexpected item in bagging area, please remove..."

It sometimes gets crazy when a case of water is added.

BJ's/Costco/Sam's Club charge for memberships, so letting strangers use your account (your identity) cheats the store and exposes you for any fraudulent purchase/payment/return activity they attempt to generate while assuming your identity.

Conversely, bonus reward programs that are free often don't require money or identity. My local stores will just give you a default card if you forget yours, although then you don't earn any points for whatever.

My local Giant used to have a 'store' card so you could get the discount on items if you forgot your own card, but they stopped doing it for some unknown reason.

about say the return activity! Now, they are you....