• mister_flibble@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Tbf, there are definitely some items that just REALLY do not work well with self check. Really light items that it can’t properly sense the weight on or anything age restricted are the first 2 that spring to mind but I’m sure there are others.

    No matter how good at self check you are, if your order contains a greeting card and a box of cold medicine odds are the damn thing is gonna completely shit the bed.

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      6 months ago

      Which, if you have any ounce of self-awareness, would mean you wouldn’t go to self-checkout with them.

      Though the weight issue is more a setup issue. You can register something as having negligee weight, whether or not they do is the fault of the store or the checkout manufacturer.

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          6 months ago

          In my experience, people often don’t know that they’re weighted. They’ll set purses and other personal items on the scales then wonder why the machine won’t let them continue.

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          6 months ago

          Not in Finland.

          The biggest supermarket chain here did recently add these exit gates that only open by scanning your receipt, which was mildly annoying.