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The failure of self-checkout technology
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They seem fast, fine, and issue-free in Australia and no one with a bunch of items uses them.
If anything, they're costing businesses because people streamline shopping for necessities instead of taking time to load up a cart. They've been out for years now and I certainly spend less for it; both money and time shopping.
Yeah but on the flip side, supermarkets in Australia use them in place of staffed checkouts to save money, at the expense of speed and convenience. I like them if they're there as a time-saving option, but not as a replacement for staffed checkouts.