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by HDThoreaun 977 days ago
It's so easy to just have 20 self checkout lanes and then this problem doesn't happen. Why is walmart the only one doing it?
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I think it's worth noting that Walmart's self-checkout is incredibly more robust than many competitors. What I've seen of Safeway, each item has like a 5% chance of needing an employee to clear an error state, which usually means a two minute wait per error.