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Vegetables don't have stickers. They are vegetables. Ah the name… but is it a golden extra apple or a yellow apple? Or perhaps a extra fresh guaranteed apple?

by guappa 3y ago

theamk 3y ago
it's 4021 apple, because it has a sticker. So you try to scan tiny barcode (if one is present, you can see it on bananas) but if it's missing or dirty, you enter 4-digit PLU by hand. It's very simple and fast: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/so-thats-what-those-stickers-on-fruits-and-vegetables-really-mean_l_64ca6c04e4b03d9b515f1c18 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/so-thats-what-those-stickers-... but yeah, if your store has no number stickers and multiple types of apples I can imagine self-checkout being a major pain. (I can think of a few ways to make this easier -- like provide a roll of stickers next to each variety so customer can attach them to the bag themselves -- but I've never seen this implemented)
gosub100 3y ago
at that point, is it really stealing to just make your best guess? are they going to detain you because you input an apple that is $0.04c cheaper than the real one?
- iggldiggl 3y ago
  At least over here, differing varieties of the same fruit often cost the same, probably precisely to avoid this problem.
vonmoltke 3y ago
I believe the GP is referring to price look-up codes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_look-up_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_look-up_code). These are often applied via sticker to the produce, as shown in the Wiki images. Every self-checkout system I have used has allowed me to directly type in the PLU for produce, which is what a human cashier would normally do as well. Additionally, my personal experience with things like this is that human cashiers aren't any better than me at looking up produce in the absence of a PLU code. In fact, I'm generally better because I know what I picked up (or intended to pick up), so I just look for the right name.

Vegetables don't have stickers. They are vegetables. Ah the name… but is it a golden extra apple or a yellow apple? Or perhaps a extra fresh guaranteed apple?

by guappa 3y ago

Vegetables don't have stickers. They are vegetables. Ah the name… but is it a golden extra apple or a yellow apple? Or perhaps a extra fresh guaranteed apple?

theamk 3y ago

it's 4021 apple, because it has a sticker. So you try to scan tiny barcode (if one is present, you can see it on bananas) but if it's missing or dirty, you enter 4-digit PLU by hand. It's very simple and fast: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/so-thats-what-those-stickers-on-fruits-and-vegetables-really-mean_l_64ca6c04e4b03d9b515f1c18 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/so-thats-what-those-stickers-... but yeah, if your store has no number stickers and multiple types of apples I can imagine self-checkout being a major pain. (I can think of a few ways to make this easier -- like provide a roll of stickers next to each variety so customer can attach them to the bag themselves -- but I've never seen this implemented)

gosub100 3y ago

at that point, is it really stealing to just make your best guess? are they going to detain you because you input an apple that is $0.04c cheaper than the real one?

iggldiggl 3y ago
At least over here, differing varieties of the same fruit often cost the same, probably precisely to avoid this problem.

vonmoltke 3y ago

I believe the GP is referring to price look-up codes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_look-up_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_look-up_code). These are often applied via sticker to the produce, as shown in the Wiki images. Every self-checkout system I have used has allowed me to directly type in the PLU for produce, which is what a human cashier would normally do as well. Additionally, my personal experience with things like this is that human cashiers aren't any better than me at looking up produce in the absence of a PLU code. In fact, I'm generally better because I know what I picked up (or intended to pick up), so I just look for the right name.