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Originally Posted by braisler
Another thing that no one has chimed in on is the issue of self-checkout 'shrinkage' as they refer to it in the industry. Not that I do it myself, or endorse doing it, but I have read blog posts from people who wring up all of their produce as 'bananas', which is usually substantially less than say apples or grapes by weight. Or stack 2-3 candy bars on the one that you ring through, etc. I'm sure that stores have run the numbers on this and made their decisions based on the likelihood of losses vs. the cost savings of employing fewer cashiers.
Well, that's my 2 cents.
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The 3 chocolate bars thing wouldn't work at any store I've shopped at...they have the bagging scales gram-calibrated. The banana thing would, but that's a mildly retarded way to break the law if you're interested, but again, the stores I shop at have cameras looking at all the scanning beds which send an image (with what it was rung up as) back to the supervisor pedestal). I'm not saying it's perfect, but it's deterent enough that I wouldn't try to pass off a dozen avacado as banana and not expect a helpful "whoops, looks like you hit the wrong button!" lady to come over.
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Originally Posted by noodle
man, most of the time I just want to get the holy effin' heck out of there as fast as I can. I wish everywhere had a self-checkout line... but with a mandatory IQ scan before you enter. I can't stand the idiots who can't find the picture of the banana to weigh them and check out.
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Howabout what happened yesterday...a lady with a FULL CART goes up to the '1 to 7 items' self checkout (which has a spot for one bag) and then demands the attendant sit there and reset the weight counter every time she has to take the bag off (six or seven times)
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
I want to have rfid chips embedded in every product, and in my credit card. I want everything I'm carrying to be sensed remotely and billed to my card as I walk out the door. Fuck cashiers.
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This is coming, extremely soon. RFID is basically as cheap as barcodes...in bulk they're less than a penny.
Finally, I feel the need to point at the luddite attitudes in the first post. I am morally in favor of any technological advancements that reduce jobs. This is how society progresses.