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Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them (www.cnn.com)

submitted 11 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 26 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Literally the opposite is happening. Look at any busy store: self checkout can handle like 10 people, compared to registers which are significantly less at any given time. Registers account for much less business, and corporations are going to try and get by the minimal amount of employees as possible to function. Handling physical cash also adds more complexity with tills having to be deposited, audited, and withdrawn daily.

[–] Anaphylactic_Gock@midwest.social 14 points 11 months ago

I just wish more stores took a hybrid approach. Like fuck, regular checkout and self checkout don't have to be mutually exclusive. But all the stores around me with self-checkout never staff more than 1 MAAAAAYBE 2 regular cashiers.