@Daojoan cool thread, interesting responses. Here's my take:
- I loved the self-checkout in Holland (as a tourist). You get the laser scanner thing, feel like a pro scanning your codes, go to the checkout cashier, done.
- I hate the self-checkout in Germany (Rewe supermarket) where they are paranoid and cheap, so in 1 of 5 cases the checkout machine says "please wait for a employee to control your cart". Then you wait for 5 minutes to endure a painful random check of your work. Never again.