In all countries I've seen, except the U.S., Aldi cashiers move items into a small buffer area, and the customer then transfers them back into their cart, in sy

In all countries I've seen, except the U.S., Aldi cashiers move items into a small buffer area, and the customer then transfers them back into their cart, in sync with the cashier. In some non-German countries (e.g. UK), customers often don't cooperate or are slower than the cashier, which reduces efficiency. The U.S. system is different, where the cashier directly pushes items into the cart, and also there seems to be a weird cart-switch going on, where you get the cart of the person who used to be in front of you. My guess is that Aldi couldn't educate U.S. customers that they have to work in sync with the cashier, and then they came up with this solution. U.S. checkout shape: https://www.trbimg.com/img-589b8178/turbine/ct-aldi-expansion-remodeling-0209-biz-20170208 https://www.trbimg.com/img-589b8178/turbine/ct-aldi-expansio... Non-U.S. checkouts: https://www.lebensmittelzeitung.net/gallery/media/852/15994-detailp.jpeg https://www.lebensmittelzeitung.net/gallery/media/852/15994-... http://www.wochenanzeiger-muenchen.de/media/archive/wsp/5634/aldi-haar_kasse.jpg http://www.wochenanzeiger-muenchen.de/media/archive/wsp/5634...