On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:03:19 GMT, "Rick Brandt"
wrote:


What is really threatening HandyMan with my business lately is the fact that
both big boxes have put in self checkout. Now when just grabbing that carryable
bunch of small items they are just as fast or faster for me to get in and out.
If this is a quick run in the middle of a project speed of in & out is my
primary concern.

Soon after people get used to self-checkout, HD will eliminate every
live cashier except the one at the "contractor's" checkout.

So far there hasn't been more than a half-person line at the
self-checkout, but I wouldn't mentally say ggod-bye to HandyMan, if I
were you.

(Lowes started later with self-checkout, or doesn't have it yet.)