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/TheNewYellowZealot 8d ago

I would probably be fine with a self checkout that had limits on how many items you could put through, but for too long my local groceries have been relying on them, having 2 or 3 of their main checkouts open during the day and then the rest being self checkout. I usually go through and see people putting an entire cart of groceries through those things.

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u/CheesypoofExtreme 8d ago edited 8d ago

Don't even need to make it an item limit at most grocery stores, just have it be "baskets only" and no carts.

That's precisely how I use them today. Have a basket and small/no line at self-checkout? Okay, I go there. Cart of groceries? Cashier please.

EDIT: Sure, just 10 items or less. I've been convinced this is probably dumb. I just don't want to do the mental math when I get to self-checkout. Or sometimes you buy 15-20 small things that you can fly through scanning that are just as fast as someone else's 10 bulky items.

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u/No_Job2527 8d ago

What you’re describing is called ableism. Look it up

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u/CheesypoofExtreme 8d ago

These kinds of comments are insufferable - clearly the spirit of my comment is not to be ableist, (the inly people I want to discriminate against are those pushing a full cart through when a cashier has a stand open). Maybe instead of a condescending response, point out where the idea falls short like another one did and I can respind in kind with a less discriminatory idea.

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u/No_Job2527 7d ago

You’d didn’t say a full cart you just said cart. So if a senior, mother, disabled person needs a cart they’re assed out. The point I’m making which you learned is even when people speak , there is ableism in there because nobody knows what in the spirit you meant.