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Originally Posted by SpicyM
Yeah, super new technology.. self scanning at checkout has been here for about 6 years
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Except that it doesn't really work. We have the self-checkout systems here in a few grocery stores and even at places like IKEA, and they suck.
The grocery store versions are too slow, and too hard to use. You often have to scan an item 3 or 4 times before it will register. The interface to purchase is terrible. The "touch" technology is pre-Apple iphone, so you have to press hard on the touch buttons to work. Then after all that you have to use another machine and interface (ATM) to pay for the food. Then after all that, there's still someone checking your bag to make sure you didn't rip them off.
At IKEA its even worse. You have to take all the items out of your cart, scan each one with a clumsy hand-held bar-code reader which is slow. The touch screen is better but still slow. Ikea pays people to stand and help shoppers (and check their bags), so they save no speed, and no money.
Apple on the other hand, really has this figured out. Just walk in to any Apple store and hold the item to your phone. Confirm the purchase and out you go. Fucking fast and fucking convenient.
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Originally Posted by SpicyM
Yes, millions of jobs lost, sky is falling..  |
Dey terk er jerbs?