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[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh man I nearly gave my SO an aneurysm because I started scanning items while she set up the reusable bags. Both of us were so over that stupid machine getting made about those bags sitting there!

[–] Sway_Chameleon@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh same note too! If you dare start doing something before you've gotten those bags ok'd, or if you plunk down a bag before it prompts you to do so it's like you're committing a felony.

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

You gotta time it with a heavy item. Some machines have tolerances for weight (or so it seems). So I always pick my heaviest item and put it down at the same time I put the bag down. Basically bagging it and placing it down at the same time. That "tricks" the machine into not realizing the extra weight is from a bag since the bag should be within the weight tolerance of the heavy item.

I've never had it fail.