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Whenever I have more than one item without a bar code, I don't even bother with the self-checkout. Looking items up is such a pain. Is it a fruit or a vegetable
by addandsubtract 3y ago
Whenever I have more than one item without a bar code, I don't even bother with the self-checkout. Looking items up is such a pain. Is it a fruit or a vegetable? Are the bananas the ones from country X, Y, Z? What's the name of the pastry?
Even buying drinks is a hassle, because of the pop-up asking you if you bought 1 or 24? Why not just let me input the number I bought? Or better yet, measure it automatically.
The biggest shortcoming of the self-checkouts are the fact that you can't edit an order. Oh, the system scanned the item twice? Good luck getting a cashier to help you remove it again. I've walked over to another self-checkout before, because that was quicker than waiting for someone come over and edit the order.
- Ekaros 3y agoLiving in country where you add bar code to items like that yourself when you pick them up, these problems always feel strange. As with produce you have a sign of price and number there. You put items in plastic bag or not, then go to scale put item there and press button. Prints out barcode. Solves the whole remembering which item thing. For multiple items, there is separate bar code on larger packaging. Ofc, this does not solve the issue of some large number of individual items...
- Semaphor 3y agoWe used to have those in Germany, but most stores abandoned that approach in favor of registers weighing the produce. I think the only ones I know that still do it with customer scales are CITTI and Real.