Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Gizmodo via MSN ^ | 04 03 2024 | Maxwell Zeff

[aquila48]

Too many are just walking out.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

Nobody could have seen that coming.../s

[V_TWIN]

What could go wrong? 🤷

[posterchild]

I think it was last year that Zabka (polish for ‘frog’) convenience stores exceeded Amazon in the number of cashierless stores and they didn’t need 1000 employees in india to do it.

[FatherofFive]

I use the ‘scan n’go’ feature at Sam’s. I scan each item as I put it into the cart. No waiting on line for checkout. Really saves time

Still show the QR code on my phone to the attendant on the way out.

[posterchild]

How to shop at Zabka Nano: https://nano.zabka.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/How-to-shop-at-Zabka-Nano_.mp4

[dfwgator]

When I visited Poland, I probably hit about 20 Zabkas when I was there, but I didn’t see any cashierless stores.

[faucetman]

Dash carts? They stole MY IDEA!

[dforest]

They hire a bunch of India crooks to watch every move you make.

No thanks, I would just walk out for good.

[butlerweave]

Just Walk Out was a very stupid idea in the first place , whoever came up with it doesn’t live in the Real world

[SJSAMPLE]

A rare unpolitical and unusually FUNNY skit by SNL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS9U3Gc832Y

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Nobody could have seen that coming.../s

Sounds like a great idea! With the best of intentions! What could possibly go wrong.

[dware]

Too many are just walking out.

Obviously the way to stop that would be as simple as an RFID computer chip in your wrist that contained your banking info. Then you could require someone to walk through an airport security style door that reads the chips in the items you bought and auto deducts it from your bank account. Just think how helpful that would be, because you could have your medical history put on the chip, too.That way, if you're ever in a car accident and rendered unconscious, the first responders would have access to that info as well as allergies, etc. It's progress. Are you afraid of progress?

/sarc

[yesthatjallen]

The ad after was Biden asking for ‘a dollar or two’.

[posterchild]

I’ve only seen the cashiered ones also. From what i’ve read the Nanos tend to be in office buildings or healthclubs or other tighter controlled environments.

[SaveFerris]

[Obviously the way to stop that would be as simple as an RFID computer chip in your wrist that contained your banking info.]

Yep, possibly so. Or a bar code / QR code on the back of the right hand or the forehead that is tied to your bank account / credit card / debit card / PayPal / Venmo.







(lurkers, please click on my screen name to see my FR homepage for further information.)

[SaveFerris]

[It's progress. Are you afraid of progress?

/sarc]

Besides, it's like totally a really cool tattoo!! Well, except for the Fire and Brimstone for Eternity thing (Revelation 14:9-12)

[SaveFerris]

[India]

(From about 2011-2012)

An oldie but a goodie - India scans fingerprints and retinas for welfare payment system:

https://youtu.be/oeBiZGU23SY?t=2m23s

I had my fingerprints scanned with a similar device just a few years ago; the job required a basic security clearance.

[Persevero]

That skit is refreshingly funny.