Dave Smith > wrote:

> Dan Abel wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Dave Smith > wrote:
>>
>> I like the way they do it at the military commissary here in the US.
>> It's like a bank, there is only one line. You don't have to worry about
>> which line to get in. When you get to the front of the line, you just
>> go to the next free checker. If somebody has a lot of stuff, they don't
>> hold up a line, they are just at the checkstand longer.
>>
>
> I like that idea. It beats playing checkout roulette. No more checking
> out the number of people in line and the number of items in their cards,
> not to mention how many of them are the old girls who will wait until
> the cashier tells them the total before they start the search for the
> purse and wallet and fumble around in their change purse to try to get
> the right change.

But then you have to wait for the person to unload the cart. A
cashier can ring up items twice as quickly as a person can unload
the cart. That's not making the best use of your cashiers' time.

-sw