Dave Smith > wrote:

> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>> They usually have only a couple three low quantity checkers (for people who
>> want to get done quickly), but they'll have 15-20 full service checkers...
>> you'd be very annoyed if you had a full cart and had to wait for 3-4 ahead
>> of you to check out with only a few items each.
>
> You must have larger grocery stores. Most of the places where I shop
> have only a dozen checkout counters and rarely have them all open.

I think he only shops at Walmart. My grocer only has 14, 2 of which
are self-serve. And even the CostCo only has 14. None of sich are
all ever in operation that I've seen.

> I have to admit that most of the local grocery stores are much more
> efficient than they used to me. At one time there was a limited number
> of grocery stores in this area and one of them was notoriously slow.
> There were a couple times when I was waiting in line so long that the
> ice cream I was getting started to melt, I walked out and told someone
> they will need to put everything back.

That was out Albertson's. No matter how many people were in he
store, they only ever had no more than 2 lanes open (virtually
nobody ever shopped there). There was consistently as many in line
as there were in the isles.

-sw