Thursday, February 17, 2005
One of the great mysteries of life
Why do supermarket conveyer belts always get narrower as they approach the cashier, so your groceries get all smushed together? Why not keep them just one width? If the wider width is too far for the average cashier to reach, why not make them the narrower width all the time?
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_Worse is why they block me out when paying. At newer Dominions, I'm permitted an unbelievably tiny raised platform square to sort out my wallet & coin bag and receive both forms of change with bill. Then I have to reach over an adjoining vertical security partition to pick up the groceries.
_The local No Frills uses an old carousel model checkout.
Is the carousel a conveyer-belt thing, or is it something else? I don't have a No Frills, just a Dominion that's set up how you described, and a Loblaws that uses these rolly metal cylinders or a conveyer belt to move your groceries out of the way of the next person.
_It's sort of a tiled 'lazy susan', no belt is included. The cash register rests over one quarter of it. However, normal conveyer lines flow from the cashier's position for moving the scanned items along.
Originally the edge was installed to increase the ergonomic efficiency for cashiers. It was deemed safer as the cashier does not have to reach and lift 2 feet from their bodies. This action places as great strain on the lower back when repeated 3000 in an 8 hour shift. The problem was the ergonomic genius forgot about the bread and eggs coming down the line.
As for the ledge, it was for writing cheques only. So again, a genius tried to solve one problem but created another.
Just my two cents.
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