@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technologywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square426fedilinkarrow-up1608cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmy.zip
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minus-square@TORFdot0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•6 months agoThe bigger supermarkets such as Walmart have it here, but the regional ones are still putting in the self checkouts.
minus-square@BorgDronelinkEnglish3•6 months agoHere you can choose between scanning at the self checkout (easiest if you just have a basket with a few items and you don’t have a free hand for the scanner), or you get a hand scanner, or you use the app on your phone.
Where do you live that supermarkets don’t have this?
The bigger supermarkets such as Walmart have it here, but the regional ones are still putting in the self checkouts.
Here you can choose between scanning at the self checkout (easiest if you just have a basket with a few items and you don’t have a free hand for the scanner), or you get a hand scanner, or you use the app on your phone.