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They're ok for one or two bits but, like Demantoid and others have said, I prefer the staffed checkouts.
Just over a year ago I had my debit card scammed off me at a cashpoint. By the time I had got it stopped (about 5 minutes) they had gone to the Tesco's up the road, taken out 300 quid I didn't have and then gone into the store and spent another 200 at one of the self service checkouts.
The bank told me that those checkouts are the number one choice for scroats with stolen cards. Gawd knows why when everything you try to put through requires some assistant to check it!

FM
I don't find the self service checkouts anywhere near as irritating as the cashiers who insist on talking to you whilst they're scanning your food, make comments about what you've bought, or who insist on packing your food for you, even when you've told them that you don't want them to.  Equally as bad are people who wait until all their food has been scanned and they've been told the total, THEN realise that they might be expected to pay, and start rummaging around for their purse or wallet.  Is it too difficult to get your card ready to pay when you're waiting in the queue? 
FM
I've quite enjoyed the novelty of them, and have thought l could do this if l have too. But the flip side of that is how blooming dare they, staff have been obviously cut and the prices have shot up. So more often than not l will insist in being served, rather than serving them. I did ask initially if l used them would l get a discount, but then felt l was directing this at the poor old shopworkers, who have no say in the matter and are often overworked as a result of the cuts.
Heartache

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