Re:Planet Money: Self Checkout [audio]
by fosco on Thursday October 20, 2016 @08:49PM
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My theory was along the lines of alcohol being prohibited because under age customers would buy there and get through without being ID'ed
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If you scan alcohol in a self checkout lane, you get a message to wait for a store assistant to validate your ID before you can continue. If the customer doesn't ring the alcohol... that's a different story.