This past never existed. You had Walmart with 30 lanes but with only fifteen open except during Christmas times. But that is still better than the one maybe two lanes open now. I'd much rather wait for one or two people ahead of me with a cashier that knows how to swipe items and has grocery codes memorized instead of wait for 15 people who all don't know what they are doing.

I feel like I'm going crazy when I read comments online about the people who love self check out. Unless you're going into an unpopular CVS to buy a single soda on a hot day, it nearly always takes the same time with more work or longer to check out.

A grocery store with non barcoded produce in self check out is basically the worst a shopping experience can be. Especially now that stores realize many of the biggest lovers of self check out were people who used it to steal so everything requires a double check if anything is off by more then a gram.