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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I just watched a comedy special where the comedian calls them the "the shoplifter lanes".

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Got a dozen cans of soup. Scanned ten cans of soup. Got two pounds of bulk pine nuts ($34.99/lb). Paid for two pounds of bulk barley ($2.49/lb). Etc.

“One thing that we have learned is that piracy is not a pricing issue. It’s a service issue" -- Gabe Newell

[–] trolske@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh come on, really?
Don't get me wrong, I don't care about some big chain losing some money, for me it's a matter of principle to not fuck with the system unless really needed.
Two cans of soup, I don't care. But pine nuts? Cheating the system for some "luxury" goods and not some essentials is pretty low.

[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Corporate is cheating the system just to save a few bucks in wages. I see it as OP balancing the books.

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[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It depends on the country, but in the US I see nothing wrong with this. Wage disparity is so high here that taking items from a store owned by billionaires doesn't feel like much of a crime. I wouldnt do it, personally, unless I was less well off financially, but I am most definitely not going to judge someone else for doing it.

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[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping.

They were?

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