They are individually slow but highly multithreaded. The single cashier that stores hire these days may have a 10% higher clock speed, but their queue length is high.
The ones without scales are the quickest and generally fast. One queue for 10-12 checkouts etc...its fast unless you get some luddite infront of you who seem to enjoy proving some point to no one about how they can't "work the machine" etc.
I'm paid in shorter checkout times for working at self checkout.
I have yet to encounter a self-checkout system competent enough to actually speed up the experience.
They are individually slow but highly multithreaded. The single cashier that stores hire these days may have a 10% higher clock speed, but their queue length is high.
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The ones without scales are the quickest and generally fast. One queue for 10-12 checkouts etc...its fast unless you get some luddite infront of you who seem to enjoy proving some point to no one about how they can't "work the machine" etc.
They're certainly faster than standing in line for 20 minutes for the only open register, tho.
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The rebate is the privilege of not having to employ a cashier in the process, and I'm not even kidding.
The shrink from "forgetting" to scan things is how they pay you.
Self-checkout means you can do a self-rebate ;)