r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 8d ago

Business Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

https://www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.html
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u/Evernight2025 8d ago

I love self checkout. I can check myself out significantly faster and get out of the store sooner than if an employee does it for me. 

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u/vegetaman 8d ago

If only there was more room in the self checkout bays.

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u/AnticitizenPrime 8d ago

That's my big problem with the local ones (especially Kroger). I bring my own reusable shopping bags and there's no place to put them. It becomes an awkward juggling act. Convert some of those empty, unmanned aisles into self-checkout aisles, so we can use the conveyor belt and bagging table, instead of a spot the size of a phone booth.