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Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings (www.techspot.com)
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[–] 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Another upgrade is that usually all retirees come out of their houses to shop at 11 - 14:00 to shop groceries (same time as employees are getting out for lunch).
The self checkouts are smaller and usally only used by the ones that have small number of items.
And the seniors usually tend to go to the cashiers anyway.
They can jumble with their change while I do not have to wait two eons to finally get out of the shop and back to the office.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago (4 children)

    Realistically the golden oldies still slow everything down, I'm usually buying at least an energy drink which locks it down until you've shown you're not bloody sixteen. Given how understaffed the shops are, that's not getting unlocked until Doris or Nigel has finished with their basket.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    man age checks on energy drinks must suck, we don't habe that here or I likely would dislike doing self check a little as well.

    I would still do it because its defo faster but it might cause me to at least potentially think about it

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago (1 child)

    I think the only locked down items where I live are alcohol (and probably media that is age restricted for +12).

    Side note:
    What I observed in a franchise supermarket:
    Shop A: Near a substance abuse help center
    Shop B: Outskirts of my hometown (The area would peobably called suburban in the US. But there are some industrial, multi-family homes and mixed single houses. So not a classic house to house with garden area like stereotypical. Town is in Germany).

    Both stock the "Bombay Saphire Gin".
    Shop A: Locked and needs an employee to open the case
    Shop B: Open to grab.

    Quite insightful how the area influcences the item presentation and (unrestricted) access.

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