• bork@sh.itjust.works
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    21 days ago

    My local grocery store self checkout after every single item:

    Unexpected item in bagging area.

    If they’re going to treat me like I’m stealing the groceries I’m paying for, making the process slow and inefficient, then I’m just going to go to the regular checkout and not deal with it.

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      21 days ago

      Haven’t heard that in forever. It was hell for some time, but it seems a solved problem everywhere I’ve gone, for many years.

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        21 days ago

        There’s a sensitivity setting that can be adjusted. At first most stores were set to +/- 1oz, so even legitimate items that have varying packing weights could set it off. My local stores have adjusted it so that you really have to put something heavy on there to trigger that alert. They also don’t seem to care if you take stuff off the scale anymore, which is nice because it’s never large enough even if you have an item limit.

    • Grilipper54@sh.itjust.works
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      21 days ago

      I find it fascinating around here that all the self checkouts do that except Walmart which is actually pretty good. I usually go to the cashiers at other places because the self checkouts suck, and the cashiers bag stuff better than me.