A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate line for each cashier

Re:A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate... by nik_0_0 on Thursday December 08, 2011 @02:56PM (#3330823)

Do you have a source for that Coinstar playing jangly coin sounds?? I would love to read more about that.

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Re:A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate... by philwelch on Thursday December 08, 2011 @03:30PM (#3330982)

Well, this is embarrassing: I remembered that story from somewhere, and it turns out somewhere was another Hacker News thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2007818

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Re:A single line to 3 cashiers is ~3x faster than a separate... by JamesAn on Friday December 09, 2011 @03:02PM (#3335319)

"Counting 600 coins per minute, Coinstar machines detect the metal content of the coin, as well as the size to accurately identify the coin denomination - and efficiently sort out all kinds of debris typically found in consumer coin. The company has found paper clips, key chains, wedding bands, gum wrappers, even teeth, all of which are identified quickly as non-coin."

http://web.archive.org/web/20100324183932/http://www.coinsta...

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