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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech (www.businessinsider.com)

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Some Walmart employees say customers are getting hostile at self-checkout — and they blame anti-theft tech::When Walmart's anti-theft self-checkout tech alerts an employee of a missed scan, it can cause some uncomfortable situations.

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[-] rambaroo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty much in any major town in my tiny country, this is the case also.

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