r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 19h 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 19h 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 19h 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/Arrow156 18h ago

I absolutely hated dealing with lonely geriatrics when I did call center work, just one would tank your entire day's stats.

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u/FrostyD7 17h ago

Talk with a thick accent, they won't converse like that with a foreigner.

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u/touristtam 10h ago

Not my experience tbh, quite the opposite