One thing that always used to annoy me at certain department stores is that merchandise could only be rung up in its own department.
You couldn't walk around the store and find things and then pay for everything all at once at one register.
ANNOYING.
I've never been to a store that worked like that.
Sears, JC Penney’s, A&S, Macy’s, Gertz, Gimbals, Sterns, Saks, all the department stores around here in fact were set up that way
The Targets and Walmarts here have separate checkouts for electronics and for gardening