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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)
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[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Your store did it smart. My local grocery store has 8 self checkouts by one door and 8 more on the other end by the other door. Although there are 10 or more normal checkouts with human cashiers, Ive never seen more that two open at a time.