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The "employee picks products for you" system is how most stores worked before the modern supermarket was invented.
by dharmab 5y ago
The "employee picks products for you" system is how most stores worked before the modern supermarket was invented.
- reggieband 5y agoIt's also how every supermarket in the neighbourhood in Barcelona I lived in worked. You could either buy pre-packaged produce (like two apples in a styrofoam based covered in plastic) or go to the produce section and point at what you wanted and an attendant would place it in a bag, weigh it and put a sticker on it which would scan at the register. Another thing I hated about many European supermarkets were the one-way gates at the entrance (like subway turnstiles) and the only exists through the registers. Walmart started doing similar during Covid but at least you could exit through self-checkout.
- Dracophoenix 5y agoLooks like we're reinventing ourselves, just like with timesharing/the cloud.