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The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending (gizmodo.com)
submitted 10 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/technology
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[–] ilinamorato 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah, and see...it's the fact that the author is doing the grocery stores' PR spin for them that makes me most frustrated. Like, they want everyone to think that it's this completely insurmountable problem caused by external factors, so they have to close self checkouts; but this would all be eminently solvable with hiring.