'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

Unstaffed tills were supposed to revolutionise shopping. Now, both retailers and customers are bagging many self-checkout kiosks.

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You do the work for the company and pay them! Fuck self-checkout!!
- I thought lemmy was anarchists and you have everyone simping for the corporate food overlords, what gives?
- The value added by a cashier is not worth the amount of time I expend waiting for them to become available. Self checkout is a win for me and for the retailer.
  
  You are free to wait for a full-service cashier if you like. I'd rather be on my way.

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