Mike, not so sure why almost your entire response to Suzy is in regards to credit cards, when no mention was ever made of it. The self check lanes do accept credit, debit, and cash. She is right though, the self check out lanes at Big Y do seem to be set up for failure. The Stop & Shop self checkout lanes are always being used. I save myself a bunch of time checking myself out.

There are doors at both sides of the store, so technically the self check outs are right when you walk in the door. dont complain that there are "a ridiculous amount of check out lanes" because you seem to be the kind of person who'd be the first to complain that there arent enough lanes, if they didnt have as many. more check outs = less lines. duh. I'm pretty sure you can still shop at a big y once the self-checks are gone. Don't be afraid to go to a register with a person and not a computer. They don't bite.

i often ask myself that very question

some times we older people do have problems scanning our purchases. sometimes we are stuck in our ways of paying for our purchases at the time we purchase an item. most of us enjoy the free time we have not scratching our heads, wondering how am I going to pay this credit card bill? i don't remember buying sooooo much in the supermarket last month. and any money we have left over goes towards enjoying an extra lunch out with the guys, because we don't owe the company store our lives in interest payments. someday barry you are going to be old and most definitely be confused about some new way to pay for your needs. that is if you're not in debtors prison. i and many of my fellow "OLD people" can well afford to use these interest sucking machines. but we were raised to know the value of a dollar and that it is better to have te dollar in my wallet than a credit card companies. my advice to you would be to watch and listen to your elders we have high credit limits low interest rates and credit scores above 750. why? because we learned fromour elders who survived the Great Depression. but if you know it all, then accept our apoligies and disregard this comment. P.S. I bet more than half of young people don't follow the very simple rule of EAT before you shop, you'll buy a lot less

Another post response talking about credit cards where it was never mentioned. You can pay cash at any of the lanes, or even use your debit card. It is not credit only.

yeah what's up with this credit card thing? they have this new thing.. called a Debit card.. it's like checks only fancier... not all of us 'young people' walk around jacking up our credit card bills... some of us are indeed responsible and use money that we have to buy what we need...

barry if you can't respect senior citizens you have a far deeper problem than self check out

Naugatuck Big Y doesn't have self checkout lines.. if it did... I would use them, and I frankly don't mind that seniors don't use them, it makes the line shorter for those of us that do prefer them..

Mary,
Just so you understand, this is actually a regional article that is being posted across a number of Patches we service. So, yes, Naugatuck isn't mentioned here and, to echo what Dawn wrote, we actually don't have self check-out lanes at our Big Y anyway (I am a frequent shopper there).

But regardless, as you can see, this issue has drummed up quite a response. So while our readers may not be directly affected here in Naugatuck, I am sure they know people, or maybe have family, in towns like Southbury, Newtown, Danbury and other places which might be affected by this change.

Hope that clears up any confusion. Thanks for your readership and comments!

- RD, editor of Naugatuck Patch

Carolyn: It is against the law in CT to charge for Air usage at gas stations. Tell them to turn off the requirement or turn them in to the Attorney General. Also if there was better training for baggers one wouldn't get smashed bread having had the 1/2 gallon of milk, that was placed in the same bag, fall over on it in the trunk of one's car. K-Mart was the first in the area, a number of years ago now, that installed the self-chechout aisles and the took them out. Too much theft, too many barcode problems, too many erroneous labeling problems, etc. Theft costs to the store are built into the price of everything you purchase at any given store. The shareholders of the company are not going to suffer that loss to their bottom line. We all pay one way or another - loss of SERVICE or convenience etc.

I usually go in the service station and as them to turn on the air pump. Never paid for air once.

the only place I can think of that Id actually be happy to do the employees work is Duncan Donuts... I would love to be able to prepare my own coffee so its done right. The poor kids behind the counter just cant get it right for me and yes, its me being picky but Id rather do it myself than to appear like a jerk going back up and saking for more cream or ice or whatever.

.50 cents is too much for air? what about the cost of the equipment? how many times have you gone to get air and find the nozzle destroyed or missing? if .50Cents is too expensive you can go to Home Depot or Lowe's and buy a cheap $100.00 compressor... then you wont need to pay .50 cents for the convenience of filling your tires AND all your neighbors can come use it to fill their tires also.. and when its down for somereason, they can go to your door and say "The iar isnt working, whens it going to be fixed? or, Can you turn the air on? I dont care if your busy, I need air. Just another unwarranted gripe from a society that thinks they are owed everything for free... Last I heard, running a service station doesn't mean giving away services. Now, what my gripe is, the 5 minutes for $4.00 you get at the self car wash... who the heck can wash a car in under 5 minutes? lol

i've always been pleasantly greeted where ever i go. it must be my overflowing good looks and personality. i also use credit cards on a rare occasion and since 1964 have rarely carried a balance from month to month. plastic in most cases is no longer a safe way to conduct business. between identity theft and the Good Lord forbid, if you drop it and don't know, some people are going to get over $1,000 worth of something before you realize you lost your card. sadly it's the way America is. even a safe suburb like Fairfield county is wide open to these crimes. customer service doesn't exist in new england. honey it's gotta be something you're emitting. try living in the bronx where aking for another creamer for your coffee will get you a tongue lashing and that was in the 60s. a quick check out or lack of one is a poor reason to pass up sales on products

mike... you aren't making the most sense.. before you said that you only pay with check or cash, now you do use credit cards? but you are also afraid that someone will steal it and charge $1,000? You wouldn't be liable for that... if they steal $1,000 or even $1 of your cash, you are out of luck. And yes people are ruder these days, cashiers don't say hello or thank you 1/2 the time, even if I say it first. And I do have manners and insist that my children do as well, so sorry, but it isn't my fault that these employees do not have manners or know how to treat a customer the majority of the time.
If you don't like self check out, use another lane. I prefer it as I have to get in and out and would like to spend that extra time spending quality time with my family, not behind 10 people in a line, as heaven forbid they open another lane to those of us waiting. This is not going to create more jobs either as previously suggested, just longer waits...

i didn't know they did. i thought it was scan your food scan your card and pack your own stuff. thank you for telling me that

There are also things called debit cards. They look a lot like credit cards, but are linked to your savings and/or checking accounts. So for many people, it is almost like using cash, but without having to carry around the bills in your pockets. I agree that many people use credit cards as a cruch, only to pay the high interest rates, but that is not what many of the posters you have responded to were originally talking about. That may be another article entirely.

I have used cash at self check out lanes often. I have never once had an issue. John thanks for bringing up debit cards.

Mike get a checking acct at a local, non commercial bank.. I just dumped BOA and opened my accounts with Naugatuck bank. They offer everything i had with BOA except the charges. Free checking accts (if you keep the balance $50.00 or over) and a free check (debt) card where you only get charged aservice fee if you use a different banks cash machine.. but, you only get charged this fee by the OTHER bank, Naugatuck bank doesnt charge you.. so insted of paying up to $3.00 for the withdrawl from one bank and then another charge from your bank, you only pay the charge from the other bank. And useing the card is alot easier than useing cash, no fumbleing for bills and counting it out at the register, no dropping a $10 or $20 on the floor by accident then wondering later where it went, no pocket of annoying loose change to lug around.... and if you drop your wallet, your not out the $$ that was in it, you just call the bank or go there and they cancel the card and issue a new one right there. Happened to me... twice. Once i lost it and once i broke it by bending it in my pocket out of bordome (dont ask..lol). the bank issued me a temperary card, then the real one came in the mail 7-10 days later.And the best part of card over cash... no big bulging wallet in your pocket making it look like you have a butt tumor or something.

Christine you only remember what you spent on your credit card if you enter daily what you spent on the card. please don't take this literally but if you save all your receipts and get a credit card statement that says you charged $1,000 on your card last month, Christine you can add up your receipts till the cows come home and they are most likely add up to $1,000. If they don't then check your list of purchases you'll find the one you forgot to save there. so now you squared away your charges and receipts and all is well, until you notice you only have $600 in your checking account. you can use your DEBIT card to take money out of your savings or you can have the bank cover your $400 overdraft. Many banks will be more than happy to extend this courtesy to you, because you are a valued customer and helping you out is not only our job but is also our pleasure. what are friends for. of course we will charge you a 5 or 10 % transfer fee and as it is considered a cash advance your interest rate according to the contract you signed at the time you were issued the card will be 22.9%. and Christine it's going to take you a lifetime to pay that off if you keep a running balance as the least amount possible of your monthly payment addresses the cash advance. so i wouldrather keep a daily account of my few charges so on the 15th of the month i can choose to say"whoa that's enough charging for this period. probably because the vending machine can't accept plastic do you have trouble

mike, I remember what I spent on my card because I keep track of my purchases. I log into my accounts on a daily basis. Welcome to the 21st century. I don't overdraft my account because I know how much I get paid, what days I get paid on, and how much i'm spending. It's simple math. What do you not understand about this? It only takes you a life time to pay off a credit card if you are putting more money on the card than you can afford to pay off. You can avoid interest by paying off your card faster than the card company requires a payment. This is not rocket science. My point about the vending machine, which you failed to grasp, was that the machines at check-out counters are more reliable in handling cash, and there is always an attendant near by if there is actually a chance your machine is giving you trouble. Vending machines are a crap shoot - you may put in money, press a button, and get nothing...and your money is long gone because no one's there to help you. You make an awful lot of assumptions about people, many of them rude and arrogant. You said to John F. that you've "contributed to his fund raisers"....who are you to decide how old any of us are to make that assessment?

dawn i never said i didn't use credit cards i did say i use thm rarely. for example after church onsaturday evening after we ate in a fine restaurant. we went car window shopping not interested in buying another car but just passing some time. as wee were walking around my eye kept catching a certain car. as curiosity got the better of me i asked the salesperson if i might see the inside. it is a 1994buick regal with 32,000 miles on it gry leather interior and a dashboard that had class to it not the monolithic gray that every knob handle and button but had wood grain in just the right places. i turned it on and me and my wife went for a ride,i'm telling you the car didn't have a rattle or noise in it. y wife said this rides like a caddy. sold on it as we were i payed for the car with a credit card i had on me and drove it home in an hour. because the card i carried had a $24,000 credit limit and i owed less than $50 on my card i worked hard all my life got a good union jpob with a leader in the appliance field and probably earn more in a month from pensions and SSI than most of you earn working 50 hours a week. so please don't accuse me of not knowing how to take care of my money i have 3 pensions an annuity check stocks purchased at employee discount rates, savings and 6 month IRAS coming in that i can't re invest so i put it inmy grandchildren's accounts for their college fund, my brother's and i have a summer home in ocean city NJ

christine you're starting to nit pick everything i say i never said credit caerds were evil i never said you didn't keep a running tab on your purchases as i have done since i ran my own business and had to keep every penny i made or paid correct to the penny. if a simple vending machine gives a purchaser trouble, imagine how much more a computer operated machine can possibibly cause. and you have made snide remarks about seniors whether you know it or not with your if you can't understand blah blah blah..

No, Mr. Murphy...you have gone out of your way to wrongly comment on my ability to manage my finances. your remarks have been snide - everyone else is simply responding.

Also, the one thing i will miss that Bank of america does is sends you alerts when ever there is activity on your casrd. So like when I get paid, I get an email saying there was a deposit in the amount of XXX into my acount or if I buy something I get an email telling me that there was just a $XXX deduction from my account. and when my account gets down to $400.00, I get an email telling me to be careful.

I don't pay $3 or $5 a month to use my debit card. My debit card comes with $0 I have to pay for monthly service. If and when my bank starts to charge me, I will then find a new bank. Not every bank out there charges to have a debit card. I am not throwing a mistake in your face, I am just pointing out some of the inaccuracies you are throwing out on the internet. Also, I don't think it was a snotty comment about senior citizens in general. I think her point was to highlight the fact that the only people who were quoted in the article all seem to be from the same generation. She did not say anything to demean citizens in your age group, again, only pointing out that the only people in the article who are quoted were older.

You have bought useless stupid items to support my "fund drives"? Well, pot meet kettle. I don't think anyone is downplaying your usefulness. I think you are viewing this with a very defensive attitude. Again, I think Suzy is just pointing out that some people still prefer to use the self checkout, and maybe the article could have used a better survey of a broader demographic. I think the "snotty" comment you are talking about is more directed at the author of this article, which I agree, does not represent the true opinions of the demographics. As the article states, 16% of the customers at Big Y use the self checkout, that is almost 1 in 5. So why not have at least 1 or 2 lanes for self checkout? She did not say that they all should be self checkout or anything. I also don't think anyone called you a minority citizen. Heck, even with the few self check lanes, there are still a majority of lanes that are not self checkout. So I think you are generalizing other people, making assumptions on other generations, and talking about things you are misinformed or do not have a clear understanding of.

Only certain cards can be read while still in a wallet, the ones with the RFID (radio frequency Identification) implemented in them. Not all cards have them, in fact, far fewer do not have them than do. The ones that do not need to be swiped in order to read the magnetic strip. At least I know if I lose my wallet, i am better off losing it with a debit or credit card in there (without an RFID chip in it) than I would be with $1,000 in it. It my cards get used, the issuing bank refunds my money. If I have cash, I am SOL with $1,000.

why would you cut up a debit card? you have to sign up or ask for them when you are at the bank, they don't just send them out for nothing? also, what bank charges for those? I haven't paid for my debit card ever...

Bank of America now charges $5 per month for a debit card. Ridiculous. Thank god i don't use them :)

Many stores offer the buy one get one free item so it isn't just Big Y that is misleading any store that offers this is misleading. This is retails game.

the 3 or 4 big markets in our area know what each competitor is giving away in any week of the year shop-rite knows big Y has a great sale on friendly ice cream buy 1 get 2 free or 2/$5 so shop rite is gonna put breyer's on sale this week buy 1 get i free ans shop ans stop will sas but 1 48oz half gallon of my cousin morty's icecream for it's regular price of $5.79 and get 12 free cones i/2 off on hershey syrup and a free 4oz bottle of cherries. next week the prices and deals are the same but have a different heading the stores aren't giving you noothing the manufacturers are. look at the ice cream fiasco of a few years ago 64oz of yur favorite cost approx $6. instead of raising the price the companies on my behalf have kept our price the same but lowered the quantity of the ice cream by16ox. tht's 1 pint folks. well even the young wannabes of upper fairfield county weren't going to fall for that . so as a unit said we're not buying ice cream anymore at that price.Ice cream sales DROPPED. so after many trials and errors the twofers came into existance. buy 1 48ox half gallon of ice cream at $5.79 and we're gonna give you 1 more free any flavor any type. a few months later yhry decided to sell a brand 2/$5. now my obsolete years of buying ans selling told me 3 years ago i was paying $5.79 for 64oz of wild raspberry ice cream and today as soon as the store opens i'm gonna buy me 96oz of ice cream. i love to pay less than retail. in fact i refuse to pay retail
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you are so right . so when a person who has spent his working life getting discounts on every major purchase offers . so when a person who hasexperience paying less than retail tells you something that will save you money, it would be wise to listen. go into the store, buy the lead in (we used to call it the hook. scoot down the aisles and buy what you need that's on sale and get out later or the next day get the leadin in another store buy what you need and get out. you need only 2 things to make this savings work for you. a full stomach before you enter the store so items don't appeal to you based on your appetite and the courage to pass a cake pie etc that seems to be calling your name. more savings in your pocket

advice gathered by years of experience is free and i take it it's free and may help me someday. but a buy 1 get 2 free sale is 1,000% real because if you know that steak is selling for $9 a lb and that you will get 3times the amount for the same $9 only a fool would say no thanks, there's a trick in here someplace. take a few minutes out of your busy life and ask him to cut you 3 1lb steaks. and while he's doiny that bring up a ballgame or item in the news. when you're done shake the man's hand and thank him for giving you personnal care today. next time you pas the butcher counter say hi joe how ya doin? and he'll learn your name and eventually what your choices are in meat and not only have you made a friend but you also will never get a tough steak

they do offer great bargains and things are fre depending on your way of thinking. to get back to the ice cream fiasco/ if you buy 1 at $5 and get 1 free it stills equals $2.50 each. the same as the sign on the next ompany whose sign reads breyer ice cream 2 for $5. technically you're paying $2.50 a carton which is a bargain, if you like ice cream

I pay nothing to get money that I own., So the 10-15 times a month adds up to $0.

nor does mine as long as i stay with company machines. once you use a competing bank's machine you will be charged a fee anf God forbid the money you draw puts you over your available balance the bank will pay it but you will be charged a cash advance 5or 10 % but not less than$5 and promptly be seated in the cash advance area where a 22.9% interest rate will be applied to the overdraft..

if you go to the wrong bank's ATM you are paying a fee john like it or not that is the sole purpose of the ATM to get more money from you.

No, the purpose of a bank ATM is to dispense cash to their customers. Peoples United Bank ATM's are meant for People's United Bank customers. If you are not a People's customer, then why is it wrong for them to charge you a fee for using their equipment?

like i said you are one of the smarter consumers

the purpose of an ATM is to make money. by admitting that if you are charged money for using a different bank's ATM i can only thank you profusely for proving my point. i complemented you earlier on your good financial practices , may i did it twice i never said you were irresponsible. i said saving receipts alone is not enough, but keeping track of the receipts is important because you will know when you are near the line of money you set aside for credit card purchases. you do likewise . we agree on a point so what's the problem. when i said that keeping a running tab on what you charge is not kept that's when a $1,000 credit card bill will put you in a hole that could take years to climb out of. i simply said that and nothing more and nothing less. so i'm not forcing my opinion on you or anyone one here i'm just relating what i have seen happen to too many people too many times, by not following the simple principles you and i adhere too. if you feel i personally attacked your financial habits you
1) misread the comment
2) took it as a knock on you
3) let too many general comments affect you personally or
4) are gonna disagree with anything i say

Mike - when you use your debit card at a store it is not the same as using an ATM - it is a Point of sale transaction and there are No fees charged. That is what people where trying to tell you earlier in this thread. We are all well aware that using another banks atm will cost you to withdraw money.

And I also agree that the people interviewed and quoted for the original article are of the same generation. My husband prefers to deal in cash - I use my debit card. Neither of us are wrong, just different.

Mr. Murphy, I use my bank's online banking feature and know exactly what I've spent every day if I choose to look at my transaction history daily. If I pay for my groceries with my debit card, by the time I get to my car it's in my checking account transaction history. There are no hidden charges or fees. It's just like using your check register to log of course the checks you write, but also the debit card transactions.

But I have to say that you make a good point about the card numbers being stolen. I see the ad on TV for the metal wallets, but I've never heard of anyone actually having their card numbers stolen from being in their pockets. However I have had my card number stolen when scanned at a local store by someone sitting in the parking lot with some kind of fancy equipment. But my bank refunded every penny that was not my charge and because I check my account often, no damage was done in the long run.

Everyone, This forum is to voice our opinions on the article, not to knock each other, especially the senior members of our community!

deena my dear you just summed up life on earth in 2011 thank you. and my checking has been free for 10 years since i sold my business. my social check is direct deposited my union pension and company pension are direct deposited. my dividend checks are deposited in my grandchildren's accounts every 3 months. if i used a debit card outside my bank there wouldn't be a fee but if i were in the mall and used their Atm i would pay a penality or fee/ it's just the way i was taught to spend money. i was told if you have $5 and a toy you want costs $5 don't pay a stranger one penny more for that item. it's worked for me. that's all i'msaying nothing more nothing less God Bless

Who is knocking senior citizens? The only one has been Barry. I haven't seen a knock to anyone else, other than Mike being misinformed about the use of debit and credit cards as well as self checkout lanes and generalizing about a younger generation.

ms. deena , a lot of companies are dropping the direct deposit benefit due to the costs it involves. i loved it when i worked in westchester and putnam counties because of traveling to different homes each payday i had to open an account in Ny because i wasn't able to get to my bethel bank in time. with the direct deposit my wife could do the shopping in the morning while the kids were in school. i always had an account in Ny , to keep my tips and monetery prizes he company paid out in contests for selling service contracts. believe me the tips added up also. i used them for lunch etc an every week would put 40-50 bucks in the vacation bank

thank you again for having an open mind

I think you need to review who you bank with. I have no fees under other charges. My account each day I review it balances to the penny the additions (my income) and the purchases I have made. There are no other fees. If you are with a bank that is charging you for using your debit card, I think you need to rethink your relationship with that bank and look elsewhere.

When did I insult or make a dumb sadistic remark? When have I attacked seniors? You seem to have a lot to say on how things have changed and you do not like it. I encourage you to maybe write an article for this website. The original discusssion on here was supposed to be about the self checkout lanes. Somehow, the discussion lead to young people being irresponsible and debit credit cards being the worst thing on the planet. Everyone has different preferences, and as someone had stated before, neither is right or wrong. I can sit here and dispute some misconceptions you or others may have about debit and credit cards all day and night, but it appears that would get nowhere. Just one last tidying up in regards to the plastic debate: I don't use other bank's ATM's, therefore I do not have to pay their fees. Only in a dire emergency, and then, normally I would try and find a CVS or something, and get a stick of gum or something to drink, and get cash back. Much cheaper than using an ATM at another bank, and I get something out of it. I don't get charged by my bank for using my debit card. I don't pay interest on my credit cards as they are paid in full each month. I don't pay insurance on my credit/debit cards because most of the credit cards have "no-liability" clauses (which mean that if someone fraudulently uses your card, you are not responsible for the purchases). My entire life story is not on my credit cards (if you were to scan my card, you would not be...

able to see what I purchased 5 minutes before. Transaction histories are not kept on cards, but rather on record at the bank.

I have not attacked you in any way, only felt it was helpful to inform you that some of your perceptions about credit/debit cards may be slightly inaccurate. I do not think you are stupid or crazy for preferring to pay in cash. I never made an assumption about your age, or poked fun at my elders, or made any snotty comments about older people, although it appears you have taken a couple shots at younger generations. If you interpreted anything I have said as being demeaning towards elders, nothing of the sort was every intended and may have been misread.

"sadistic remarks"? Sadism is finding pleasure in extreme cruelty. Don't you think that's a little over board, Mr. Murphy? Of every comment I have read in this article, your comments have continuously been off topic and nonsensical. It's clear to me that you seem to think your age and life experience automatically means you know better than everyone else.

Mr. Murphy, the only person here who has insulted Senior Citizens is Barry - and i'm pretty confident he was trying to get a laugh, not be seriously insulting. While you seem to be taking your frustrations out on John F, It seems to me that he has spent a great deal of time trying to educate you on something you seem misinformed about. If you take his words as cruelty instead of constructive, then you own that. That's an issue you have with yourself.

Mr Murphy, you can hide your cash under a bed mattress for all I care. Quit trying to tell others how they should be living their lives. Concern yourself more with what YOU are doing, and less about the rest of us.

It also makes me mental when Im all done and I go to bag my stuff and the next person starts thier stuff and its coming down the belt and trying to mingle with mine... keep your stuff away from my stuff, I dont want your cootie covered stuff touching mine!!!

christine lose the attitude you have made more derogatory remarks than you notice. that's one way i know that you are of a younger generation by the words you choose to use

Interesting. Let's take a few quotes from the "mike murphy quote book", and see who has really been insulting, shall we?
"we have bought useless stupid items to support your fund drives."
"lose the attitude you have made more derogatory remarks than you notice"
" again have 2 choices bitch and complain that if you can't afford your food don't screw with my time"

Yeah, you're a really nice guy. Mr. Murphy, respect is earned. Age does not give you a free pass to talk down to everyone. Nothing I have said is drerogatory. Again, if that's the way you perceive people's words, then that's YOUR problem.

@Christine E,

Ouch! You made a valid point against Mike. I've been following this article and watching the comments unfold, and you said nothing wrong. By presenting his own words against him, you sealed this deal nicely. :)

I agree Mario. It is a nice convenient feature to have. Most of the times I use self checkout, but every now and then, or on really big orders, I prefer to go to the manned checkout lanes. I do like how Stop & Shop has at least one or two people to help out on the self checkout lanes.

i,m very happy with the banks i use as far as laying my finances ou for scammers to take i mentioned no financial statement nor did i mention a financial institution that i conduct business with. i did mntion that i bought a car with a gredit card, but never mentioned where i bought the car or what card i used. i change my card accounts about once a year, because the more your numbers are out there the more likely they will be used by unsavory accounts. if i were patt gallichotte of the newtown savings bank of northern fairfield county with more branches opening every month, i would consider changing my accounts or moving them out of newtown bank for at least a few months . john is wrong and i was wrong thinking self check out only accepted credit cards and i apoligized twice for my error. but john never accepted my apology that's also his choice. read all he comments before you pass judgement on my feelings about anything. it seems quite a few people agree with my comments but that don't count because they're probably all senior citizens too busy packing up to go to the winter homes to bother with this worn out site which has served my purposes very well.

and also... young, efficient, intelligent, competent, sane customers use the self-checkout lanes, so there's "usually" very little wait. All other customers use the manned lanes, which always results in delays and chaos. (I'm looking at you check writers)

3 minutes of your time makes you not care about another human and you flaunt ripping off the stores too? a person with those qualities must be a pillar of your sub division jerk

It's not "ripping off" if the self-checkout lane doesn't serve its intended purpose. I'm a customer, not a technician.

And yes, someone providing me with terrible customer service doesn't deserve the job. I don't know what America you live in...probably the one that believes everyone should get paid regardless how well they work or even if they want the job in the first place.

"...a person with those qualities must be a pillar of your sub division jerk..."

Nice comment, Mike Murphy. Obviously QWERTY doesn't care about other humans because he pointed out the reality that some of the workers in these stores are incompetent morons.

You're not scoring any popularity points, Murphy. Your vitriol is blatant.

if you don't already know let me explain a thing to you. most baggers and people who gather the carts from the parking lot, have a disability of some kind. unfortunitly many are mentally challenged, are are part of a large group of handicapped people who have struggled hard to be acceptable for the most meaningles jobs out there. the companies that hire these wonderful , happy to have a job people have committed their companies to these programs i know Dathar in brookfield played a large part in positive work placement of these good people. and if you didn't know this i hope you kick yourself in the butt for not being aware of happenings in your area. if you did know this and still only care about the 3 minutes you lose in a day you are a sorry excuse for a human being. plus to add gas to the fire you're proud of ripping off / stealing from stores. and ou actually believe that you are the person responsible for the closing of self check out lines. let me ask you 1 question. does the sun ever shine in your world?

again read correctly . i stated that the companies that offer or used to offer direct deposit are starting to take that benefit away from their employees as a cost cuting move. no where did i say the banks were eliminating direct deposit. why do you think the banks are offering you the option of direct deposit?
they are losing direct deposit customers who employ thousands of people
they want your millions of dollars paycheck direct deposited into their bank
everyone who has read this post knows you have your check direct deposited to a newtown savings bank account. please show factual statements that companies are not cancelling direct depositing . there is a difference between a bank and a business employing hundreds or more employees. a bank is a cute little building designed to show you how nicely t hey fit into your demigraphic area so those like BOA are charging a fee to use their debit card even in the lobby of your BOA bank. should you happen to still bank there after the horrible thing they have done. other banks will not charge you a fee to use a debit card unless you use an ATM or in store machine that is not on their list of approved companies. ( actually it's companies who don't kick back to your bank) with all the time you save using quick check outs you should read what the banks, huge corporations and even AARP are doing with your trust and money

it doesn't cost the banks a penny. the companies are the ones who are eliminating direct deposit because they are tring to cut costs. do you really believe tha banks go through the trouble of setting up direct deposits for free" every time a business cancels direct deposit the bank loses income. automatic or not someone has to oversee the operation to add new employess and delete past employees. probably a facility that itself employees hundreds of people to handle the ever changing wishes of a companiesemployees. it's not just press a key and your money is in. people change their deductions amount, add Christmas Clubs amounts or lower them they change the % of how much of their pay they want to put into savings. there is a lot more than you realized in direct deposits than you thought hen you made your comment craig.

you are more than correct. to see this. a store called caldor's was a 1 store operation in NY . the one that sat where Khols is was the 5th store they opened business was booming and employees and customers were stealing. if 10 employees were stealing 10 sweaters @$25 each and customers wre doing likewise every month caldor was taken for 5 grand a month a write off but with expansion to over 150 stores that $5,000 per store became a$750,000 loss in revenue and caldor could no longer buy sweaters because they didn't and couldn't pay for the one's they had already bought. thus their credit rating dropped and they paid more money for less product and the stealing continued and one dat caldor's was no more. fortunitly many national brand supermarkets are self owned . the shop rite in brookfield is owned by a family that owns 5 shop rites in the area. so is the way with burger kings et al. so by owning a few stores a greater security can be enforced because the cheaters thieves and other low lifesare stealing from a family , not a faceless corporation.

you just crossed a very dangerous line lady. their is no ego problem between john and i and who the heck are you to say one exists. and patt i'm not the one who gave out my banking information. i'm not the one who couldn't grasp the meaning of a business cancelling a direct deposit. thinking the bank did it. howdo you know your're my senior i'm marrried to the same woman for42 years your husband was mentioned by you . i never complained about slow lines anywhere. but when YOU brought my wife into a discussion, that you changed to a war, you made a very big mistake by showing your lack of breeding. yes i'm stuck in my ways only because they have benefitted me to the point that i sold my business at the age of 60 and have been living the good life ever since my children were more than well provided for both by my assets and the amount of time i spent with them together or individually. and their success shows it what kind of son at his pre-wedding dinner gives his parents a thank you gift of a vacation on st. Johns as a thank you for being there every time they were needed. what kind of daughtr showers her parents with gifts not necessary but fully thankful for taking the time to advise her on important matters to her. i have nothing to be ashamed of if youdon't like my beliefs then don't read them. but don't comment on things you can't read correctly then try to blast me for something that is a figment of your imagination.

Mike – the only person here crossing lines seems to be you. You are very correct in stating there is no ego problem between you and John. It is YOU that has the ego problem. Mike – it is more economical for companies to use direct deposit saving the costs of producing and distributing payroll checks. Believe it or not – those new fangled computer dohickeys do save money and time processing things like that. And as long as Patt is older than 66 then Patt is your senior. Unless you gave out a wrong age for yourself earlier? And it was you that mentioned your wife earlier in these messages Mike. And enough with what a successful saint you are. Obviously by questioning others “breeding” you are above the rest of us? We all know that you have used credit cards on a rare occasion and since 1964 have rarely carried a balance from month to month. We are well aware that you sold your business at the age of 60. That you earn more in a month from pensions and SSI than most of us earn working 50 hours a week. We know you have 3 pensions and an annuity check stocks purchased at employee discount rates, savings and 6 month IRAS coming in that you cannot reinvest so you put them in your grandchildren's accounts for their college fund, and that you and your brother brother's have a summer home in ocean city NJ.

Mike - We also are aware your children shower gifts upon you. And all those punks out there know better than to mess with you because they also know you can hold a much younger person down or in a bear hug. Other than talking about yourself and how great you have done in life and how your kids bestow gifts at your feet – the only other thing we can take from your ramblings is that you are worried that if a simple vending machine gives you trouble, how much more trouble a computer operated machine would cause you.

well then all i can say is good for you and you make your parents proud for teaching you what really matters in life

her name ispatt. a part is something that makes up something bigger. i have stated since my 1st post that i don't use self checkout because i don't like them. where have i been a hypocrite i've stuck to my comment i do not discriminate against anyone. the younger generation discriminates against themselves by the language that they use with no regard who may be offended by a sentence in which every 2nd word begins with F part never told me to come into a new generation. she crossed he line when she brought my wife into a conversation. my generation would never bring wives or children into a discussion. that my dear is crossing the line. i do speak highly of myself because others speak highly of me and i also am very proud of what i have accomplished. i don't have a bone to pick with everyone just the idiots. i'm not quite as old as you think and no where as feeble as you wish. i don't know your age but i think you are quite young so i wouldn't worry about how you will act at my age, for the way the world is today you may not live long enough to reach my age. so ha ha ha right back at ya baby

What is this you're going on about now?