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Do smart supermarkets herald the end of shopping as we know it?
- dazc 5y agoLet's hope so, the biggest frustration is the queing and the self-service option with 'everyone is thief' as a default setting comes a close second.
- Waterluvian 5y agoI dunno when it happened and precisely why, but at some point before the pandemic every single store I visit (in Ontario) shut off the “are you stealing stuff?” scales and such. Now I can scan items any which way with or without placing them in the bagging area. I’m still salty about this becoming my job, though.
- account-5 5y agoNo one likes queuing but I don't like being surveilled as deeply as this set up implies, I also have concerns around the assumption you have a smartphone. I personally pay in cash on purpose at supermarkets. These supermarkets exclude anyone who doesn't have a smartphone or doesn't want to download yet another app. Questions I have is what happens if you get in then turn your phone off, or take something and put something that weighs the same on the shelf?
- jeegsy 5y agoI really hope this means that small mom and pop stores and the implied personal service will come back. Hipsters get on it!!