Self-checkout machines.....

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vernon

Harder than Ronnie Pickering
Location
Meanwood, Leeds
It does, if you just throw the stuff into the bags. Not if you pack carefully, of course, as that defeats the object. :smile:

There's a way round that. Organise the offloading onto the belt so that the cans, bottles and boxes are at the front of the belt and the soft stuff and perishables are at the back. The worry about mashing things is greatly reduced or eliminated altogether. :okay:
 

Berk on a Bike

Veteran
Location
Yorkshire
My regular Tesco has handheld scanners which shoppers take around the store. They scan items as they take them off the shelf (and are able to place them right into their reusable bags within their trolleys). When they've finished there is a separate section of tills where they plug the scanner in and presumably up comes the total. What I don't get is, how can they police people who chuck in a pack of chewing gum, tin of shoe polish or whatever without scanning it? Does the employee manning the special till make them unload everything again, just to be sure? Anyone used this system and can clarify?
 

vernon

Harder than Ronnie Pickering
Location
Meanwood, Leeds
My regular Tesco has handheld scanners which shoppers take around the store. They scan items as they take them off the shelf (and are able to place them right into their reusable bags within their trolleys). When they've finished there is a separate section of tills where they plug the scanner in and presumably up comes the total. What I don't get is, how can they police people who chuck in a pack of chewing gum, tin of shoe polish or whatever without scanning it? Does the employee manning the special till make them unload everything again, just to be sure? Anyone used this system and can clarify?

They don't police for theft. They rely upon their use of random checks to dissuade theft.

EDIT:

Waitrose flag the odd random item as needing checkout verification - even so that is done at a sel serve scanner but I suppose it's a reminder/dissuader action.
 
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mybike

Grumblin at Garmin on the Granny Gear
There's a way round that. Organise the offloading onto the belt so that the cans, bottles and boxes are at the front of the belt and the soft stuff and perishables are at the back. The worry about mashing things is greatly reduced or eliminated altogether. :okay:

But not when the wife does the unloading.
 
....if it saves waiting in a queue, then can only be a good thing. Last couple of years 'er indoors has been cutting my hair with some clippers, can't see the point wasting time at the barbers for the little bit of hair I've got these days.........
 
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