[Magdalen] I hate Wal-Mart

[Christopher Hart]

I would gladly have used a self checkout if they had had one. I find them
mostly user friendly. And as I said Wal-Mart isn't my store of choice
anyway. This was a spur of the moment visit.

On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, they do, Roger, and I hate them! I only have about a 50% success rate
> with them and would rather stand in line.
>
> > On Nov 29, 2014, at 3:09 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On 29/11/2014 02:48, Brian Reid wrote:
> >>
> >>> only 5 were open at mid-afternoon on Black Friday
> >>
> >> They've got you. That's their goal.
> >> They don't need to spend money making it easier for you to leave.
> >
> > Shops choose the muzak they play according to whether they want you to
> shop quickly or slowly.  The longer they can keep you in the store the more
> chance they have of selling you something you didn't go in to buy.
> >
> > This side of the pond a lot of stores have "basket only" checkouts or
> ones where you can scan a few things, pay and get out.  The latter ones
> mean that one member of staff can supervise a number of tills. Do they
> exist in the US?
> >
> > Roger
> >
>



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