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All those stores complaining about rampant shoplifting? Actually, a big part of it is.....self-checkout lines. People scanning items incorrectly, "forgetting" items etc.

Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout | CNN Business

 

Someone I work with who used to work at Walmart said they called it the "buy one, get one free" lane.

 

So, an apparent cost-saving move ends up costing more than hiring actual employees. Brilliant.

 

Positively Gannetian

 

I'm pretty sure I accidentally stole an onion the other day when it didn't scan correctly. Once I got home realized it, I certainly wasn't going back.
If inadvertently pilfering produce tacks an extra 15 seconds onto my time in hell, I'll just have to live with the consequences.

 

Just double scan an onion the next time and God will forgive you.

 

WHAT ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND COSTCO!

 

As often as you take of this $1.50 hot dog and soda, do it in remembrance of me.

 

Take away my ability to groggily go buy Go Go Squeezes for a cranky four-year old on a Saturday morning without interacting with another human and I riot.

It’s a moot point. Soon you’ll have your credit card automatically billed as the items are scanned as you walk through the exit, like Amazon’s experiments with Wholefoods.

 

The bigger problem with self-checkout lanes is that the Edgars and Marvins of the world never figured out how to work them. It's not rocket science. The only tricky thing about them is the wonky sensor.

 

There are also the I Should Cocos of the world who try to scan paper coupons in self-checkout, and inevitably have to call someone over to get it to work.

No, I don't want to find/use the coupon on my phone that is available through your app (if I actually had the app). Now get off my lawn!

 

I found $100 that someone obviously received for cash back but forgot to take at a Harris-Teeter self-checkout a few years ago.