OK, another self-checkout person checking in. I almost always go to self-checkout. It is so much faster and so much easier.
Please send some of those surplus clerks down here. Finding a clerk in Lowe's, Home Depot, Walmart, Target, etc. is like finding the teeth in a chicken (Yeah, I know that expression is older than I am---However, it is so appropriate so often.). If a robot can get me back out of the store sooner, I will thank it.
If the robot is as screwed up as the web sites for HD and Lowe's --- Hummm, let's see is there a law about robotcide?
If the robot works, it would be a great improvement over the 4 big box Home stores that I use (2-Lowe's and 2 HDs). For a period of time we had a lady boss for the north HD store. It was fantastic, that place hummed. She was on the floor a lot of the time. She was a magnet that drew-in customers with questions---and, glory be, she knew the answers. If she was taking me to a spot for something, clerks would come up and ask a question, get a fast, coherent answer and be on their way---and all without disturbing us. The staff were alive and alert. I just cannot say enough; that store became "My store." It was my "go to" store. I do not know what that lady had---but WOW did she have it. She would get a quick take on the ability of the person who asked the question and she would answer them at their level.
Sorry about that. I got carried away by some very pleasant memories created by an awesome boss.
Enjoy,
JimB