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Re:Our Unpaid, Extra Shadow Work by 16s on Sunday October 30, 2011 @11:48AM (#3174618)
One day soon, RFID will be doing all of this. We won't need cashiers or baggers or the customer to do anything. You'll be told (based on the RFID tags in your basket) what you owe, slide your card, then walk out of the store. It'll be much faster than what we do today.

Bagging the items will be optional, or you can just bag them yourself as you shop.

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Re:Our Unpaid, Extra Shadow Work by nopassrecover on Sunday October 30, 2011 @12:11PM (#3174678)
Interesting that you think RFID will detect which items you owe but that you will still have to swipe a physical card to pay. How would RFID accurately distinguish your products from another customer's? What about fruits and vegetables, or other items either untagged or charged by weight?
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