"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> 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

I never shop for groceries at Walmart, only thing they'e good for is past
date bargain critter bread, cat litter, and a few other non food items. The
Super Walmart I go to has checkouts for as far as the eye can see, never
counted, they're doubled up and kind of staggered, I literally can't see
that entire distance, but no matter which one I choose their clerks are
slower than constipation. The Price Chopper stupidmarkets where I buy most
groceries have more than 20 checkouts, always full up and very efficient.
The little stupidmarket I go to in this small village has 10 checkouts, but
when I shop on weekday mornings typically only half are open, no matter,
only us old farts are there at that time and none are in a hurry to leave,
it's more a meeting place. A couple three times a year I shop at Sam's Club
(and I don't buy many food items there) must have close to 40 checkouts,
they don't bag, they check from one cart into another, you get to roll it
out to your vehicle and do with things as you please, I buy whole cheeses
and dry sausage there so I bring an ice chest because it's more than an
hour's drive... I also bring empty Carlo Rossi cartons so stuff doesn't roll
about. With such tiny stores the sqwartz dwarf must live in the appendix of
Texass.