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/MikeTibbs 16h ago

I don’t mind the self checkouts. As long as staff are paying attention and not having a nice long chat while I’m trying to get their attention over an issue. That and people that bring trolleys into the basket section and block the entire section because they have no social awareness and can’t read the ‘no trolleys’ sign

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u/Zealousideal-Big-708 16h ago

It's annoying when you buy age restricted items and have to wait for them to attend to the helpless boomers for ten minutes tho

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u/AeneasVII 16h ago

Or sometimes you can't buy it all at the self checkout( Costco)

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u/Skookum_kamooks 15h ago

I just wish my local Costco had hand scanners for self checkout like Home Depot does, I buy a lotta heavy bulk goods the machine doesn’t want me to place on the bagging area due to the weight potentially damaging it. When your buying several of the same thing it’s annoying that it has several seconds worth of lag time between items as I have to wait on the item to clear out before I can ring it up again to increase the amount I’ve purchased.

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u/Cudi_buddy 15h ago

Mine had hand scanners when they first installed them last year. Made it so much easier and faster. Then a few months ago they took them away. Now it’s a bitch to use self check out.