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

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

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[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Scanning something and putting it in a bag, rather than onto the platform next to the scanner, is not theft as far as I know. The machines are set up to nag you after 0.5 seconds of not placing an item on the scale. As a young person this is annoying, but for someone who actually needs to move more slowly it has to be infuriating

[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Well, mine are configured for 5 seconds. I can't really program it to know what theft is, only to know that it should expect to see a weight change in the bagging area after an item is scanned.