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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know a few large supermarkets in yhe us that have this that have disabled the weighing and improved over time. Also having one employee for 8 machines doesn't sound like a failure

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Also having one employee for 8 machines doesn’t sound like a failure

It's more like 1 employee for 20 machines at my local supermarket. They've been increasing the size of the self checkout area as more customers use them.