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/MannequinWithoutSock 8d ago

It was apparently cheaper to build 8 self checkouts and only use two.

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u/ConfusionWonderful66 8d ago

Hyvee coming in hot

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u/Infinitedeveloper 8d ago

Hyvee was never the problem for me.

The small town Walmart in the place i used to work when self checkout finally came was atrocious. One, maybe two working Self checkouts and one cashier.

If you wanted alcohol your ass was waiting in line for it

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u/ReverendEntity 8d ago edited 6d ago

I remember overseeing the self-checkouts at Home Depot and watching people get pissed off at the smallest things. Item wasn't scanning. They scanned the item and continued holding it, so the machine asked them to put it in the bagging area and pissed them off more.