I prefer self-service so I can pack my bags exactly how I want them… if cashiers were better at it I would happily use them all the time (since the job issue is also important), but inevitably there will be squashed fruit and veg, broken crackers etc. Perhaps this lack of training of cashiers is a strategy to tempt people to use self-serve?
I used to have many issues with the SS machines, but have learned most of the tricks and now I rarely have a problem.
As for full trolleys, I pack into my own bags which go on the ground when full, and back into the trolley at the end. I try to choose a machine with enough space around it so I’m not in the way.
