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

submitted 2 years ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

When I was using food stamps/EBT, I was audited every time I used the hand scanner at Stop and Shop. Luckily, I don't have to use food stamps anymore.

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[–] flumph@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Well that's some bull. The software knows what items are covered and which aren't, so that's just assuming folks needing help are thieves.

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[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, luckily an Aldi opened down the street and I started shopping there. I don't need food stamps now but with the way prices are going...

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