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Weight is beautifully simple, but the process of unloading 100lbs of pumpkin to be weighted & loading them back in your cart might be a significant driver of th
by ip26 5y ago
Weight is beautifully simple, but the process of unloading 100lbs of pumpkin to be weighted & loading them back in your cart might be a significant driver of the queue latency.
Grocery stores pipeline the unloading & loading steps.
- jbay808 5y agoJust roll the wheelbarrow right over an in-floor scale! Subtract the wheelbarrow's own weight, which can be printed on the wheelbarrow itself. Or for something more high tech, put a QR code on the wheelbarrow and you can periodically update its empty weight in the database when it's empty and scan it at checkout. This is basically how it works at my local landscaping store where they sell gravel by weight.
- spookthesunset 5y agoThat wheel barrow is probably half full of water bottles, coats, and whatever other random crap the kids needed. Probably a kid in there too!