A bunch of smaller places around me just totally shut down the self checkout. It’s actually incredibly frustrating because there will be a line and I could just do it myself and be done. But no, everyone has to wait for a single cashier now because people were stealing. Just make up your mind. Get rid of it entirely or use it.
Probably because the nearest similar store is far enough away to make it unreasonable to go anywhere else.
I don’t particularly like shopping at Target, but it’s sometimes the best option for me. Except my local Target’s management refuses to hire enough employees to properly staff the store. Unpacked boxes of products crowd the unorganized and uncleaned aisles. Employees look stressed and generally unhappy. Half the time there’s a single cashier or no cashiers, and the self checkout is limited to 10 items (and is often closed, presumably because no loss prevention staff is on duty to monitor it). One time I had ~20 items and there was no cashier. I was about to rage quit (seriously considered just rolling my cart out the doors) when an employee saw me and opened a register just for me. (She clearly was stressed and overworked but took pity on me. I made sure to rate her highly on the survey thing printed on the receipt.)
The Target two towns over is the opposite: well staffed, clean, plenty of cashiers on duty. Staff there seem happier too, presumably because they aren’t overworked and/or are paid better. But the local one is 5 minutes away and the farther one is 30 minutes on the highway. I’ll still go to the farther one if it makes sense and fits in my schedule, but it rarely does.
It’s more shocking to me that a target could be a best option for anything. The one by me has nothing in it that you can expect to buy. Food? Lol… maybe some prepackaged brownies. If you’re lucky. Toaster broke? Lol, they don’t sell that at Target. Need a hammer? Lol…
Toys and games, mostly. We’ll get food from grocery stores and farmers markets, tools from the Ace Hardware, clothes from a variety of retailers. But there’s no place around with a better selection of toys and games. (We used to live near a great independent toy store, but nothing like that around here).
Target usually has better prices on cleaning products than our other options, as well.
A bunch of smaller places around me just totally shut down the self checkout. It’s actually incredibly frustrating because there will be a line and I could just do it myself and be done. But no, everyone has to wait for a single cashier now because people were stealing. Just make up your mind. Get rid of it entirely or use it.
Why would they pay more cashiers if you shop there anyway?
It’s almost the fabled concept of “free market” where people are “voting with their dollar” is mainly a fiction.
Probably because the nearest similar store is far enough away to make it unreasonable to go anywhere else.
I don’t particularly like shopping at Target, but it’s sometimes the best option for me. Except my local Target’s management refuses to hire enough employees to properly staff the store. Unpacked boxes of products crowd the unorganized and uncleaned aisles. Employees look stressed and generally unhappy. Half the time there’s a single cashier or no cashiers, and the self checkout is limited to 10 items (and is often closed, presumably because no loss prevention staff is on duty to monitor it). One time I had ~20 items and there was no cashier. I was about to rage quit (seriously considered just rolling my cart out the doors) when an employee saw me and opened a register just for me. (She clearly was stressed and overworked but took pity on me. I made sure to rate her highly on the survey thing printed on the receipt.)
The Target two towns over is the opposite: well staffed, clean, plenty of cashiers on duty. Staff there seem happier too, presumably because they aren’t overworked and/or are paid better. But the local one is 5 minutes away and the farther one is 30 minutes on the highway. I’ll still go to the farther one if it makes sense and fits in my schedule, but it rarely does.
It’s more shocking to me that a target could be a best option for anything. The one by me has nothing in it that you can expect to buy. Food? Lol… maybe some prepackaged brownies. If you’re lucky. Toaster broke? Lol, they don’t sell that at Target. Need a hammer? Lol…
Toys and games, mostly. We’ll get food from grocery stores and farmers markets, tools from the Ace Hardware, clothes from a variety of retailers. But there’s no place around with a better selection of toys and games. (We used to live near a great independent toy store, but nothing like that around here).
Target usually has better prices on cleaning products than our other options, as well.