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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2023
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Is this an American thing? We had these things in Europe for years, and I never heard of anyone having problems.
Older people still prefer regular checkout, scary computers and that sort of deal.
Kinda funny how much faster Europe has adopted retail tech lately. Last time I was there 7 years ago they were still mostly using cash for transactions, but now the cashiers get a little buttmad if I don't tap my phone to the scanner immediately. I hardly see anyone using phone payments in the US and I don't understand why it hasn't caught on. At least not where I live. It's about as fast and convenient as it gets.
Or maybe it's just because I'm in a major city right now and kit everywhere in Europe is like this.
Pretty much in any major town in my tiny country, this is the case also.