▲ 982 ▼ Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings (www.techspot.com) submitted 5 days ago by BillionaireStew@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 481 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 point 4 days ago (2 children) I would say even less, really. 5 items or less. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent