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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology (www.bbc.com)
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[–] mundane@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, we (most supermarkets in Sweden) get a wireless scanner handle that we have with us in the store. So we scan each item when we take it from the shelf and put it in the bag/cart. When we get to the self checkout we just put the handle back and pay.