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Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them (www.cnn.com)
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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I used to hate self checkout. I was a cashier at a grocery store back in 2004-2005 and I found self check out slow and finnicky.

I've gotten used to them now and it seems like newer ones have resolved most of the speed and weight sensing issue. Now I prefer them with small trips.

My biggest problems now are that I still need a person for booze and coupons. If I could just scan my damn ID when I'm buying beer, and then scan and insert my own coupons, I'd be set.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Scanning your own ID probably won't be a thing since it won't be able to determine whether the ID belongs to you or not.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Also I would not do so because of privacy issues. The main ID in my country doesn't have scannable parts anyway, but even if it did, I would much rather not give a store a chance to record some of my personal data like that.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    You'd love what one of my local stores does then - they give you the option to register your fingerprints after they check your ID for when you want to buy booze in the self checkout!

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was shocked a few weeks ago that I had to get an assistant override for buying DayQuil. I mean I guess it makes sense but I would have gone through a regular cashier lane if I had known. They should be able to scan your ID considering most of them have cameras on them now.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The dayquil thing totally threw me for a loop once, too. It was before self check out, and I thought the cashier was asking for my club card and said no thanks. It took a second for her to explain.

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