I have always thought that Walmart's self checkout is silly with having to still go to the Self Checkout line and all so I always avoided using it BUT today I found out how freaking useless it is.

Today I signed up W+ to try to save a few seconds at checkout cuz I was in a hurry. The app tells me what I already knew: you scan items, scan code at self checkout and then show associate the receipt. I had assumed that the associate scan is done at the door ( just like in Sam's Club) so I tried to be smart by scanning at self check out while my wife heads to the door separately.

It turns out that there is another associte scan right at the self checkout area too. I had to call my wife to walk all the way back to that area, get an associate to scan my items AND THEN another associate check your receipt at the door. That is 3 freaking scans for the same sale.

It is completely idiotic. Using self checkout as normal is way faster. This is paying for a feature that is worse than the free version.

The worst part is that it works sooo well at Sam's and that is also a Walmart company. In Sam's, a single associate scans your items randomly at the door and all is good. It is at least 3 times faster than using a register and it always shocks me how few people use Express Checkout at Sams (same story at BJ's but that has nothing to do with Walmart).

How can two sides of the same company do things sooo differently?

I have zero use for W+ other than trying to use Scan & Go. My some reason my local store wont deliver even tho it isnt far, near by Mobiles dont do the W+ discount, I already have Paramount+ without ads, and Amazon Prime still does better shipping than Walmart +. Like, what use does this silly membership even have?