Self-checkout is a failed experiment, and a growing number of stores are backpedaling on these cursed machines.

The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending::Self-checkout is a failed experiment, and a growing number of stores are backpedaling on these cursed machines.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    The weighing thing is really the biggest unsolved issue so far. Too often they freeze the process and call for a checker on any little bump where the weight appears to momentarily change.

    • Re-range the bag? Go directly to jail
    • bump an item while adding to the bag? Yes, jail
    • put a full bag aside to start a new one? That’s jail
    • Set up a fallen bag? Goto jail
    • start picking the bags up too early while waiting for the payment to go through? Yep, directly to jail