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> We've had that in France for years, and noone uses that as far as I can tell. Why not? what makes it unpopular?
by _xivi 3y ago
> We've had that in France for years, and noone uses that as far as I can tell.
Why not? what makes it unpopular?
- JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 3y agoI don’t know if it’s really unpopular, but it’s only used at self checkout in Decathlon which is a chain of supermarkets selling sports equipment and clothes.
- realusername 3y agoYou have to remember every time to scan what you get which is a bit annoying and tedious. And then if you are unlucky you hit a random "let's recheck everything" at the cashier which nullifies all the work that you have done.
- hot_gril 3y agoSame reason I usually don't go to self-checkout.
- realusername 3y agoYeah that's basically the same issue. I do think the self scanning is even worse than the self checkout because at least at the self checkout you scan everything once at the end when you're done. The fact that you have to remember to scan every time you put anything in your basket is just worse for the mental load I find.
- pessimizer 3y agoIf manned checkout is a dishwasher and self-checkout is handwashing dishes in the sink after the meal; scan-as-you-shop is eating next to a little basin where you wash each utensil as soon as you're done using it, before you're allowed to return to the meal.
- xp84 3y agoThe 'little basin' is apt because the quality/usefulness of equipment is a huge part of why it always sucks. I used a scan/pay/go system in what seemed to be a trial rollout at a major supermarket. They used your choice of a handheld scanner that lagged tremendously compared to a real scanner gun, or a smartphone app (which of course is laggy AND clunky, since you have to keep unlocking your phone and tapping some button, and waiting for it to register)... I pretty much hated it. I only used it while COVID was a big deal. They ended up pulling it and not rolling it out.
- Dylan16807 3y agoA few seconds between dishes sounds pretty comfortable to me. Don't forget to mention that with the manned checkout dishwasher, it's fast and powerful but you're stuck standing there until it's done.
- satellite2 3y agoBecause the trust level is under zero. In France you have to put items one by one and the weight of your shopping bag has to add up before you can scan the next article. It's the prison feeling with the speed of an 90 year old in any other country's self checkout. 0/10 would not recommend.