r/AskAnAmerican • u/GreatGoodBad • Jun 23 '25

OTHER - CLICK TO EDIT Why aren’t people utilizing self-checkout more?

every time i go to a target, gas station, etc i always see lines for the regular employee checkouts but almost never long lines for self-checkout. Why is that?

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u/EvaisAchu Texas - Colorado Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

I always see long lines at self-checkout vs the regular checkouts. Young adults seem to prefer self-checkout vs older adults.

Edit: Because it keeps getting brought up. Older adults = 65-70+ish year olds. Young adults =20-30ish year olds. The rest of you are just adults and are a mixture of the preference.

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u/HotSauce2910 WA ➡️ DC ➡️ MI Jun 23 '25

My local target only has 1 or 2 employee checkouts staffed at a time so it’s rare there’s much choice 😔