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@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years ago

'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

www.bbc.com

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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

www.bbc.com

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Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.
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    Honestly we all carry a barcode scanner in our pockets. If I were running a grocery store, I’d be investing in scan and go instead of self checkout

    • @makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
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      Many German supermarkets do this. You scan as you put items in the trolley.

      • @iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com
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        3•2 years ago

        Same in the Netherlands.

    • @xenspidey@lemmy.zip
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      Sam’s club has this and it is amazing

      • @Sendbeer@lemm.ee
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        You got that right. It’s so great walking right by everyone queued up at the registers.

    • @BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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      Where do you live that supermarkets don’t have this?

      • @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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        The bigger supermarkets such as Walmart have it here, but the regional ones are still putting in the self checkouts.

        • @BorgDrone@lemmy.one
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          Here you can choose between scanning at the self checkout (easiest if you just have a basket with a few items and you don’t have a free hand for the scanner), or you get a hand scanner, or you use the app on your phone.

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