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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 82 points 10 months ago (26 children)

Sounds like low trust society issues to be honest. I only see those systems expanding in Switzerland, and they never use annoying scales or complain about unexpected items, because there aren't even any sensors for that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I avoid places where self checkout isn't available. And, it's not just me. I stopped counting how many time the cashier is jobless and the self checkout area is full.

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