[HN Gopher] Self-checkout annoys customers and helps shoplifters...
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       Self-checkout annoys customers and helps shoplifters. Stores still
       adding it
        
       Author : mooreds
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2022-12-05 22:35 UTC (26 minutes ago)
        
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       | legitster wrote:
       | > "Is this an early glimpse of a future where the affluent get
       | in-person service and the working classes are required to perform
       | free work to get their food and clothing?"
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       | This quote is kind of ironic when you realize the entire concept
       | of doing your own shopping is a relatively modern invention of
       | convenience. We gave up long ago on the concept of handing a
       | shopping list to a store clerk for them to round up all of our
       | purchases - this isn't that much more of a stretch.
        
       | bruceb wrote:
       | And delights other customers. When you have just a basket's worth
       | of items, you want to scan and go.
       | 
       | That being said stores should have both options. We should not
       | force people who did not grow up using tech or not able to use
       | it, to only have self checkout. This is for a variety of reasons.
        
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