I Think This Is The Most Annoying Thing That Happens At A Grocery Store

Early checkout systems often used weight to "see" if your item scanned was the same as the one being bagged. This was done as an anti-theft measure. Here are some tips to deal with them: (1) Never pick up items from bagging area and then set them back down in bagging area, as most of them are sophisticated enough now to realize you are removing an item and deduct it from your expected weight in the bagging area. (2) it is built to be singly operated. Your shopping companion bagging while you scan will likely result in the machine flagging. Scan, bag, wait a second, then scan. If you scan before the scale is "at rest" the machine may flag a weight error. (3) Never lean on the plastic bag holder, never allow your children to put weight/hold on it. It's connected to the bag weight section. (4) Never sit/stand/lean on the self checkout bagging area. its a scale.