Walmart shopper refusing to use self checkout outrages cashiers and customers

A Walmart shopper has divided the internet by refusing to use self check-out to pay for a single packet of gum. 

The woman - named only as Grace in a video posted by her friend on TikTok - didn't want to use the self-service option because it's a 'job killer'. 

It comes just days after Walmart announced that self-checkout would be removed from some of its stores. 

The shopper - named only as Grace - said self-checkouts were a 'job killer' 

Walmart began implementing self-checkouts after 2010, and by 2013, more than 1,800 locations had self-service checkout systems. 

Increased costs and shoplifting are two other factors that led to Walmart's self-checkout shutdown, which also led to select Dollar General and Target stores removing it earlier this year.

Social media users who have spoken negatively about self-checkout did not hold back on how they feel about it.

'Bring back grocery store cashiers. I'm not talking about one or two. I'm saying all registers need to be occupied again,' and X user tweeted.

He concluded his tweet with a 'please and thanks' and referred to self-checkout as 'bull crap.'

A few TikTokers who commented on Duran's video did write about how they use self-checkout per the suggestion of store employees.

'I did that once for 3 items and the cashier told me to use self-checkout next time,' a video commenter wrote.

Customers and cashiers told the shopper she needn't worry - and to stop holding up the line 

Walmart recently announced it was getting rid of all its self-service checkouts