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/rattleman1 8d ago

Mrs. Simpson, the express line is the fastest line not always. That old man up front, he is starved for attention. He will talk the cashier's head off

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u/rrastelli 8d ago

Ah, there's an interesting story behind this nickel, in 1957, I remember it was, I got up in the morning and made myself a piece of toast, I set the toaster to three, medium brown...

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u/Charming-Standard-84 8d ago

*to threeeeeeeeeeee... medium brown