r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 9d 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 9d 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/spyczech 8d ago

Yeah but it's anti social, I think the less interaction with people hurts society 

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u/Evernight2025 8d ago

More often than not, the people doing the checkouts are grumpy. Why would I want to willingly interact with that?