Wait, you guys have to unload everything at the register and scan it there?! No wonder you hate that shit. In Sweden we have a portable scanner that we bring with us through the store, and you can remove stuff yourself. Removes most of the hassle. There might still be items that need checking or an ID check, but the former usually doesn't take long, and the latter they can do remotely if you look way above the required age. Saves a shit ton of time, since there's very often a queue at the regular registers.

I have absolutely never had that experience, it's always the opposite. I'm in, I'm out. The good thing is, if you don't like self-check you can go through the clerk line and vice versa.

If you have an entire trolley that takes five minutes to process at a regular checkout, please don't use the self-checkout. It's not intended for large volumes. I put my basket that holds six, seven items on the space that holds a basket, put my bag in the other side and move it smoothly from basket over scanner to bag. Very rarely, I'll need help or make a mistake.

Most of the time, I'm hardly slower than the cashier, except for the part where they ask me about whatever club membership and app and how I wanna pay and then activate the terminal, where I'm much faster. I just click "done", "no, thanks" and swipe my card.

If you have more than like three things get the hell out of the self-checkout lane. I'm so sick of being behind a person getting fifteen different kinds of produce that all need to be entered manually while I wait with my single gallon of milk.