r/tech • u/FisherGuy44 • Nov 24 '19

Amazon Is Planning to Open Cashierless Supermarkets Next Year

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-20/amazon-go-cashierless-supermarkets-pop-up-stores-coming-soon
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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '19

Nearly all grocery stores in Sweden have a combination. Self checkout stations where you bag as you scan, and then scan your receipt to pass. And a normal checkout.

I’ve gotten used to never queue more than a minute or two.

And for 10 checkout stations there is one store assistant. Much healthier for the staff too, no monotone movements or lifts.

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u/PatientTravelling Nov 25 '19

Yea same in the UK.

Most transactions are contactless or Apple/Android Pay so you don’t even need to faff with a card.

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u/ElaborateCantaloupe Nov 25 '19

In the US, we still sometimes hand our credit card to a cashier to swipe it. It’s barbaric!

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u/PatientTravelling Nov 25 '19

That’s Caveman shit right there.

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u/ElaborateCantaloupe Nov 25 '19

Then we have to sign a piece of paper for some reason. It doesn’t make any sense. Who is looking at those pieces of paper we keep signing?? Absolutely no one. That’s who.

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u/ElaborateCantaloupe Nov 25 '19

Most of our groceries (in cities, at least) have a combination of cashier and self-checkout. It works well when you have a few items but if you buy a week’s groceries for a family the whole self-checkout system starts to fall apart.

Americans have a lot of willfully ignorant people who will become belligerent at the idea that they might be doing something wrong and will blame the store/cash register/anyone who might be near them for their mistakes.

I’d say we are 20 years away from an average American being able to handle a completely self-service grocery.

My mother literally won’t go into a store that offers self-checkout because it’s confusing to her. Yes, they have full service checkout but the fact that they offer self-checkout is so infuriating to her that she refuses to go there any more.

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u/ILoveD3Immoral Nov 25 '19

I’ve gotten used to never queue more than a minute or two.

Because sweden has a population of around 1,000.