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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)

submitted 8 months ago by ooli to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

you swipe your credit card, pick up food or drink in a little monitored area and walk out with your items.

The only time I used one of those was at a conference center and I was trying to get a cheap lunch. The item I wanted was out of stock in the computer system so it wouldn't let me purchase it and the item I grabbed was charged as something else entirely (netting me a $3 discount at least)

Vending machines have been around for years and their faultiness has long been a trope in media. I'm not holding my breath for employee-less checkout