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Old 12-23-2009, 03:45 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by jammies View Post
So what you're saying is that the average untrained user is FASTER than a trained cashier? For one or two bar-coded items, maybe, but if you tracked the average number of items going through each kind of till over a significant time period, there is simply no way self-serve is going to be faster.

Not to mention that regular cashiers are setup to be much quicker than the self checkouts. Regular cashiers don't have to have each item weighed individually before they proceed to the next one. They have conveyor belts to move the groceries up more efficiently. Some stores used to even have staff that would bag the groceries for the cashiers. But they were eliminated to save money, not to save time. Just like self checkouts.
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