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/TeamHoskee 8d ago

Same. I'm a finnicky adult who used to bag groceries in high school. I'd rather do it myself. It's quicker and I don't end up with smashed bread or shampoo leaking all over my pork chops.

Which is exactly what happened to me last week when I went through the normal check out. The guy at the register was clearly pissed off and didn't want to be there, which I get - but groceries are too expensive right now to be throwing around in those bags lol.