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Re:The failure of self-checkout technology by Symbiote on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @08:51AM (#39027632)
I treat the self-checkout as if it has the "10 items or less" sign for an express checkout some supermarkets used to have. If I need multiple bags, it's probably not faster to use the self checkout.
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Re:The failure of self-checkout technology by smileysteve on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @10:13AM (#39028787)
That works until your store has migrated 99% to self checkout. (which my grocery store has many hours of the day)
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Re:The failure of self-checkout technology by ghaff on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @09:55AM (#39028527)
The stations are just not designed for checking out a lot of non-barcoded/awkward etc. items.
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Re:The failure of self-checkout technology by Arrath on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:09PM (#39031987)
My bane back when I was a cashier and to this day thanks to self checkouts: weird shaped items that, while having a barcode, mean they'll never ever scan correctly. Powerade bottles were the worst for this, with the label going over a bunch of ridges in the bottle which made the label undulate like } and it was hopeless to try to scan the damn thing.
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