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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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[–] 2 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, it really should've been kept as a 15 items or less lane.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    I would say even less, really. 5 items or less.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    I'd say instead make an aisle and cart design for the store such that the store's shopping carts would not be able to enter the self-checkout. Essentially, each shopper would be limited to what they can carry in a basket or two, with the added limitation that the checkout bagging area is only big enough for 2 baskets that cannot be removed once you start.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago

    Thats way to much of a stretch. Cause no ones gonna invest in new shopping carts for every store, and to make it too narrow for a cart to enter would be uncomfortably narrow for people.

    and its unnecessary, just have maybe, depending on the size of the store, 2-4 self checkouts. and have a cashier on hand at all times to handle cart loads. 2 or more for high traffic hours. a lot simpler solution.

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