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Re:Walmart drops inventory robots from its stores by ictebres on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:01PM (#24990798)
> Customers buying multiple flavours of a product with the same price but different UPCs, which the cashier rings up by scanning the first product then hitting "times 10"

I worked at retail (Uniqlo to be specific) and it was definetely a rule to not do this. They wanted us to scan everything one by one even if they were the same color and size. This allowed for a pretty accurate information on stock, e.g. we could see how many of a given sweater in given size and color is still in storage etc.

Probably this is too tedius for some retail (groceries with very small unit price) but very smart rule in general.

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Re:Walmart drops inventory robots from its stores by rurp on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @06:21PM (#24994100)
The rule is probably on the books at most retail stores, getting everyone to follow it all the time though is another matter. Cashiers and their direct supervisors could easily not understand or care about the rule and ignore it to save a few seconds on big orders.
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