What's funny about this is that literally everyone will read this and think it means other people. No one thinks this way about themselves.
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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Holy shit, it’s just a joke, folks. Calm the fuck down.
Why not build a separate one to train those without such?
I mean, if we're doing a two tier thing, surely it'd at least be educational, to help the disadvantaged...
Entry Level Grocery Store sounds like a future slur.
Yeah I hate shopping at Walmart too but Aldi doesn't have everything I need, the Key Foods store is all the way on the other side of town and Publix is owned by a Jan 6th-er and twice as expensive.
people lack spacial awareness in the grocery store because a supermarket is an example of hostile design. it is intentionally disorienting and overloads you with information
Lol, what? I have no issue navigating one. "Overloads you with information", for fuck's sake, they're selling thousands of things.
You really should look into it more (it's not a secret if you look for it) because OP is right. Yes, they're selling thousands of things BUT they're also designing that space to make you take as long as possible to get through it. The answer for why that is, is simple. People buy more. You don't have to have an "issue" navigating with it, because you just don't notice if you spend 5 minutes more walking through the place. If it was so egregious to be noticed easily by people, they would stop coming and the benefit evaporates. So it's a balance.
It's not even that, grocery stores bake bread and spread bread smell since it perks people up and makes them more willing to spend, play specific music that calms and soothes you so you'll walk slower. When you walk into a grocery store, you are walking through a highly specialized environment to maximize profits.
It's almost a straight ass grid. How are you being disoriented lol
It definitely plays into that. But just the other day i was shopping on a pretty busy day, and someone just left their child in the cart playing Fortnite in the middle of the store. Every one bumper cart pushed him out of their way, into someone else's way. The kid didn't even bother to look up. Some people just don't give a shit.
The fucking floor displays in aisles that create chokepoints, and then aisles that have a bunch of popular shit all together creating a traffic jam. And don't get me started on the lack of manned checkout lines anymore. Self-checkout is adequate as express lanes (i.e. limited number of items, limited produce, no alcohol) but sucks if you are buying more.
I try to go later in the evening to avoid the rush.
The most annoying thing about the self checkout is the need for you to put the entirety of your shopping on the time you weighing plate to make sure that I'm not buying my weekly shop but then sneaking a bottle of water past the system.
At least the IKEA self checkouts don't do that. They let me buy my Pœlēøïng in peace
They let you buy your what? I promise I tried to look it up, but I had no search results.
I have 5 dollars on it being some kind of dresser!
It's IKEA so like 90% of their product it's probably a random small table for some reason everybody seems to need.
It's a cooking method
I'm still confused. If it's a method, how is it something you buy at Ikea? Is it a food?
i also bring my own shopping bags. the grocery store here (the only one, a walmart) disabled the scales because they don't have the staffing to deal with all the false positives, i guess.. but anyway, i've gotten to just taking the wireless hand scanner (which is much quicker than the register's scanner) and scanning stuff in the cart and then bagging it right away--all right in the cart. only produce gets put up by the register, since it needs to be weighed anyway.
It's really the worst. For the uninitiated, the platen where your bags go is actually a scale. The self-check-kiosk software waits for this bagging scale to quit moving (see: de-bouncing) before weighing and approving the scan and purchase of a single item. This is why, occasionally, if you're too fast or too slow, the kiosk gets angry and makes you flag down an attendant.
That's not a problem for 10 items or less, but for a whole cart? All that waiting around adds up. Because of all that, it's literally impossible to achieve the same or better speed than an employee.
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Well, that place sure ain't fucking Costco, that's for damned sure.
The most oblivious people on earth gather at Costco, I swear.
Split queues for casual groceries and ranked competitive groceries
We really need self-service machine sections for those who are familiar with them and a beginner zone
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I remember my days as a cashier when a guy in his 50s came up to buy something and was just like "I don't know how this works my wife does the shopping". I just scanned his items and gave him the total. Once again he couldn't understand.
I had to give this grown man step by step instructions on making a purchase. Including how to use a card for payment.
It was wild. Even in a world where his wife does the shopping has he never ran into a gas station for a snack or gone to lunch on his own?
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For a place as left as Lemmy, the idea of shopping without being annoyed by disturbing people is surprisingly popular.
It's like Socialism, don't call it by its name and everybody likes it.
It’s called a joke.
Why do you think disturbing people while shopping is a left wing thing?
I don't think that. I think that a good society comes from interacting with people and helping them develop. There is no need for separate spaces if people teach each other how to use credit cards or how to pack bags efficiently.
"15 items or less" lanes should charge extra for going over. 0-20 no charge, 21+ = $1 per extra item (including the 16-20). That money goes towards whoever uses the register after you.
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We need to also test your ability to spend money. I swear people at self checkout act like they have never used a credit/debit card in there life.
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