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The failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)
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[โ€“] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Aren't you still putting every item in your cart twice by using self check out?

[โ€“] coffinwood@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

No, my favourite store has hand-held scan devices, so I can pack everything the way I want to from start to finish.

Only when I buy a handful of things I use the stationary scanner at the self-checkout.