Robots are taking over........

[Rickertsen2]

Originally posted by IMDWalrus
Hmm. A lot of retail stores in my area (Meijers, K-Marts, etc.) have installed U-Scan checkout lanes, where you scan your own items and pay the machine for them. There's usually only one person watching over four or five machines. Saves on labor expenses, but some of the stores have complained about people shoplifting from the U-Scan machines all the time. Automated checkouts are nice, but they bring their share of problems.

They Installed them at one of the home depots here. I used them once and I HATE THEM. They are way too slowwww. They have this slow voice telling you what to do and you have to wait until its done talking to do the next thing.

Its like SSCCAANN I T E M........................ SSSCCCANN NNEEXXTT IITTEEMM.
For me they would be fine if they would just let you scan stuff at a notmal pace like the cashiers do. Maybie im just really impatient.