Comment on Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them
AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 9 months agoYa, having a lot of items, or odd items like vegetables or bulk items at a grocery store that need to have a code entered or need to be weighed suck at self checkout.
I would also say large items, but home depot and costco provide wireless scanners which work very well. Can just roll your cart up grab the scanner scan and go without taking stuff off.
thurstylark@lemm.ee 9 months ago
That and age-gated items like alcohol and [some] medicines. If the one human managing the self-checkout horde is busy, you’re just left waiting.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Somehow Costco has managed this well (as has Sam’s Club).
Costco always has sufficient ID checkers in the self-checkout, and Sam’s checks your ID as you leave the store if you do the Scan-as-You-Go feature. Q
uick and easy for both.
Maeve@kbin.social 9 months ago
They really need to just pay for extra cashiers. Any can’t they also have “express lanes?”
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Exactly. Seems Costco and Sam’s do just that.