Why several big-box stores have ditched their self-checkouts | CBC News::undefined

  • @Gregorech
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    46 months ago

    They really should be like a reverse carpool lane, two items or less.

    • @cmbabul
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      96 months ago

      I’d say 5-7 max but for sure no full carts

      • @[email protected]
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        26 months ago

        I (and other people) take a full cart through when the self checkouts are the only ones open. Asking at the service counter for a checkout to be opened, they just say “use the self checkout”. They don’t care if there’s a long line, or if people have to wait, so long as they can get away without paying people to run a checkout. I suspect that most supermarkets would completely do away with people at checkouts if they could.

      • @Gregorech
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        16 months ago

        And no produce, nothing that needs to be looked up or weighed.

        • @cmbabul
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          46 months ago

          Ugh that’s going to make all my quick runs for a single onion a pain in the ass. But I do agree that most people in self checkouts are incapable of efficiently using quick lookup. Even though it’s right there!