Alcibiades

It is nice to see a fellow FT'er go whole hog

tuphat

Funny, that's my mom's name. Wait a second -- are you my father?

mithrin

I'm out of town this week, but was lucky to find two working Kates, at the first two WM I tried! A couple times I was there it was busy at the MC, and others got in line for Kate. I would finish the GC I was on or do one more (depending how long into a load they started waiting).

I've been loading up to 3K per visit to Wally, often with OM 200s, so it's going to take me a significant time to load them all. It's not fair to make someone wait 30 mins to get cash from the ATM just so I don't have to wait an extra 2 mins for my next load. Also, monopolizing the machine could draw negative attention to my activities.

So I'll step aside. Sometimes I just wait off to the side for them to finish. Sometimes take a restroom break. If there are several people in line for Kate, I'll head over to a cashier line and get a load in while I'm waiting. Or hop in the MC line if it isn't too long and do a MO or BP.

I find that if you go after the MC closes, there's less chance someone wants to use Kate while you're there.

Only one time ran into a fellow MSer. She was there first and loading 200s. I left to go load via cashiers, and went to Kate when she finished. If she had been loading 500s, I would have asked how much she did total, and what the timestamp was on the first receipt so I could make sure I waited long enough and didn't lock up the machine.

scoder

It's much faster to go to any cashier. Even the cashier at the self-checkout line can do it. Or you can spend 20 minutes at that ridiculously slow machine.

vaflyer888

I agree with you. Let's hope others will follow your lead so it doesn't get shutdown.

cKGunslinger

I have literally never seen another person using any Kate. Never.

It might have something to do with the ~10% uptime status, though.

jibi

Not related to Kate, but my wife and I will often let others go ahead of us at CVS if we see that more than a few people are in the store. The cashiers usually thank us for the gesture.

OHijAAzi73

Fortunately I don't have that problem...No body use them in my area....but I agree that its faster to use the cashiers...actually I just use all in one visit...Kate,cashiers,self check out,MC ,customer service desk...

nmp0

I haven't used the Kate in a while since I switched to Serve but I was loading another BB and noticed that my Kate has gone mute. Not only does she not announce my transactions but she takes half the time to do a transaction without talking.

I don't like a line building behind me either as I think it could upset the cashiers and managers about our activities if we are disrupting the regular customers. I was at the grocery the other day and by the time I finished my first transaction there were three people behind me (early morning and only 2 lanes open) so I asked the cashier to hold my unloaded cards and went to the back of the line for the second transaction.

nuclfusion

I wish I knew what Kate looked like. She sounds hot.

Travel22

She is hot, but very temperamental.

smitty06

I usually stop and walk around the store for a few minutes. The one time I did not do this was when another MS was waiting. He had a stack of gift cards and he stood right behind me shuffling around and sighing like he was annoyed by the waiting. No way I was leaving for him. He eventually went to money center

AlohaDaveKennedy

Be respectful of the poor huddled masses at WalMart for you are but a guest in the home where they live.

msp2anywhere

I have daydreams where Kate has a sister.

tuphat

In mine, they're roommates and I'm they're landlord, and they can't pay their rent ...