I'm so used to self checkout, last time I used a manned checkout I started bagging my stuff by habit.
(Only used it because I bought an electronic with a security hockey puck that had to be unlocked.)
(Only used it because I bought an electronic with a security hockey puck that had to be unlocked.)
Lidl is famous (or notorious) for its demon-speed cashiers, and they actually worked hard both to train them and to make packaging easier for the scanner to "see"[1]. I don't see them implementing self-checkout soon.
[1] https://www.behance.net/gallery/114753219/LIDL-Packaging-Gui...
Heavy stuff in the beginning, fragile stuff at the back, from large to small (so that I bag the heavy and large stuff in the bottom and then fragile and small I squeeze in carefully).
I recently heard of a tip from people who become anxious at the cashiers: Fruits and veggies at the end, because often they need to weigh it and sometime also input numbers manually, this gives those extra few seconds at the end.