• @helmet91@lemmy.world
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    1010 months ago

    Just as a mildly interesting story, I thought I’d share:

    The best self checkout experience I had so far, was at a Japanese clothing store in Germany. There was a box at the checkout station, and each clothing item had an RFID in their labels. You just toss all your items in the box, it detects which exact products you’re gonna buy, and if the list of items shown is correct, you just pay and go.

    A few years ago I heard of a similar concept for groceries, but that one was experimental and I don’t think they’ve implemented it ever since. But this one at the clothing store was not a test, and it worked flawlessly.

    • @Dzlkrns@lemmynsfw.com
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      310 months ago

      Just came back from a trip to Japan and that’s how they do clothes. Drop everything on a basket, pay and leave. The staff is super nice but you don’t have to talk to anyone at all if you don’t want to

    • Flying SquidOP
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      110 months ago

      I like the idea for groceries, but how do you do produce?