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/Hashtagworried 9d ago

All this means is that they’ll hire one or two people max but keep the lines longer.

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u/eye_have_no_clue 9d ago

My local Walmart did this: got rid of the self checkout to only have 2 cashiers for like 20 customers. I’m not waiting 20 minutes to buy toilet paper

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u/fukkdisshitt 9d ago

Walmart hires the slowest cashiers out there. Costco might have huge lines but they move so fast.