The failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)

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[-] Alteon@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Our local big box hardware store has shut down all regular checkout lanes. And swapped everything to self-checkout. It's a fucking nightmare. There's only 4 lanes, and 1-2 of the comps are always out of service.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ours only has two cashiers open, so each line is always 10-15 deep.

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