I didn’t mean any offense, but I exclusively found dillons in low population cities, which made me question whether they’d have any need for a self checkout.

I fucking hate that belt fed one! They put it in my go to store shortly before I moved close to an aldi and how exactly is it supposed to be helpful? You scan, and it belts it all into a pile at the other end that you then have to walk over and organize. At least the lazy Susan designed ones can let you organise it all into the bags.

Also, I don't know how their "unexpected item in the bagging area" sensor works but I literally set them off by getting within 10 inches of the bags. When I worked at one years back we literally measured the distance. No contact, no previous errors, tested on two different machines, apparently I produce an aura that makes Dillons bags gain mass.

Gotta be careful giving dissenting opinions in the black and white world of the internet.

I have no idea what the belt lane thing is and I'm interested. My self checkouts are just the scanner thing, and then you put the items on the scale. The inclusion of a belt is intriguing.