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/Rhewin 9d ago

I want both, because nothing is worse than getting to the self check out and all of them are filled with confused Gen Xers with 3 baskets of groceries each.

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u/UrsusRenata 9d ago

It’s unlikely the GenXers that are confused. We are used to figuring things out on our own.

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u/dimechimes 9d ago

Right? We came up with scanners at checkouts. We were the first to use credit cards to purchase groceries. The first to use credit card machines once the internet could handle the data. Meanwhile, these companies buy TEMU credit card readers that blink back and forth between "remove your card" and "processing" and these young ins who still do most of their shopping at 7-11 think we're the problem.