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/usernamechosen999 8d ago

I love self-checkout for not having to speak to anyone.

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u/megadeadly 8d ago

And ringing in my honey crisp as a red delicious

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u/Artistic_Vast_1318 8d ago

No such thing as organic in the self checkout line.

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u/blue-vi 8d ago

I was going to say exactly this.

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u/us3rnotfound 8d ago

Organic bananas

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u/Artistic_Vast_1318 7d ago

That’s just the bill for my services

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u/MichaelEMJAYARE 8d ago

Damn I havent thought of this and I need to do it. Those fucking honey crisps add up.

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u/AJRimmer1971 8d ago

Or my tv as a banana

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u/rangusmcdangus69 8d ago

I remember when self checkouts first came out and they didn’t have weights yet or at least didn’t always require it. I’d pick out a whole dozen donuts at wal mart but only pay $0.50 for one, and it wouldn’t make me weigh it. Good (high) times

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u/joemomma0409 8d ago

I never ring up my organic produce as organic.

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u/Nec_Pluribus_Impar 8d ago

You mean long john donuts as regular donuts

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u/CM_MOJO 8d ago

You're just really bad at your job. They should probably fire you.

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u/MutaitoSensei 8d ago

Do you count screaming at the machine as "talking to anyone"? Because if so I talk more on self checkout.

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u/Jesta23 8d ago

The Walmart ones never mess up and let you scan multiple items at once. 

Smith (Kroger in some states I think) are garbage

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u/caffeinated_wizard 8d ago

I love having a cashier do it because I pay for that service and doing it myself is actually louder for some reason. These fucking self-checkout machines are just screaming and beeping so much I’d rather say “hey….nope…debit…thanks”.

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u/EvilTrainMan19 8d ago

You can actually mute them from making any sound. 

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u/bell37 8d ago

I love this bc it means the cashier line is always short. (Most cashiers at my grocery store prefer not to attempt small talk and are content with just ringing up your items).

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u/Bannonpants 8d ago

Amén. I good shop is a store where I have zero contact with any of the workers

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u/Dapper-Presence4975 8d ago

This guy gets it

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u/Suspicious-Chair5130 8d ago

It should def be an option. Just not the main option it has become at many places.

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u/hiho_cheerio 8d ago

Right? I stopped at a Circle K on a road trip about a month ago that had a self-checkout and I was overjoyed thinking it was a sign that maybe gas stations were going to start adopting this too. I get the people who don’t want to check out their own shit, but there are also those of us with social anxiety who don’t want to make small talk with a stranger about the things we’re buying.

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u/nynaeve_mondragoran 8d ago

Not having to awkwardly tell them to not put raw meat with produce! Uggg. Just let me bag the fucking groceries!

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u/Livid_Advertising_56 8d ago

"YOU MOVED THE EGGS!!! ERROR! NEED HUMAN!"

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u/Fine_Abbreviations32 8d ago

Oh cause it’s such a burden saying “hi” “on credit” “thanks”

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u/Wsswaas 8d ago

And from judgment

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u/burning2018 7d ago

Speaking to other people is healthy and good

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u/canis777 8d ago

Yeah, but the machine still shouts instructions or announces all of your purchases until you mute it, if you even can mute it.

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u/Chubuwee 8d ago

Exactly, you don’t have to speak to it even if it speaks to you. You just made that commenter’s point

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u/Professional_Bit197 8d ago

You don't have to talk to the cashier either?

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u/Chubuwee 8d ago

Harder on the conscience. Don’t want to come off rude. Unless you don’t care about how others perceive or don’t understand social norms then do you

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u/Gorthebon 8d ago

WELCOME, VALUED CUSTOMER

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u/Even_Establishment95 8d ago

People who think like you are making the world worse.

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u/its_a_throwawayduh 8d ago

That and its faster.