"critcher" wrote in message
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On 04/01/2018 12:32, Andy Burns wrote:
Tim Streater wrote:

Huge wrote:

Self-scan and self-checkout (which is theoretically possible in Tesco)

Don't know what you mean by "theoretically possible".

I gave up on the self-scan gadgets, as I found I went in late at night,
then arrived at the tills to find they'd closed the self-scan station,
and wanted me to queue at the one or two manned tills to get everything
re-scanned, didn't do my blood pressure any good storming out leaving the
full basket on the floor.

Well obviously they're going to do a shoplifting check from time to
time. Surprised you even bothered to ask. Although your hit rate does
sound a bit high.

Sainsbury's seem to be taking the different types of tills too far now,
they have operator tills, basket-only operator tills, tills for
self-scanning at the checkout, tills for self-scanning with the hand-held
devices, and now tills for self-scanning using your own mobile phone.

you are also doing their work for them

Just as true of any supermarket compared with the more
traditional store where you ask for what you want and the
shopkeeper gives it to you from the shelves behind the counter.

and not getting paid for it.

Corse you are, with the lower prices you pay,