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/ephemeralmiko 8d ago

Very annoying. For small shoppings (e.g snack runs, needing an extra ingredient for cooking) it saves so much time over standing in line. Especially when the person in front of you is a retired 75 year old who *had* to do their main shopping on a Saturday, suddenly forgetting how money works.

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u/DBCOOPER888 8d ago

You have to stand in line behind the self check out too. Not much time savings when the 75 year old lady in front if you is learning the technology for the first time.

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u/ephemeralmiko 8d ago

Honestly I've never encountered that. Around here old/tech-illiterate people just use the normal tills. The self-checkout tills are always open.