Meaning of self-check-out | Babel Free

Examples

“Right now, there are three ways—four, if you count shoplifting—to check out of a supermarket. […] Or you can get into the self-checkout line, where no one has ever actually successfuly self-checked-out without help from a clerk, an assistant manager, a manager and a guy manning a help desk in India.”

“As I self-checked-out (a true 2015 phenomenon) I told the “associate” that I would be using MY HOME DEPOT CARD. I swiped it and completed my purchase. When the receipt was spit out, I saw no discount.”

““A lot of what we’re seeing in general retail is going to bleed into cannabis retail, and that is the end consumer being more empowered with different ways to educate themselves and having multiple ways to order items,” said [Anne] Forkutza. “Whether they reserve online, buy online and pickup, or buy online and ship to home, prepaying for items or self-checking-out, the future of retail is more options for that end consumer to shop and buy and educate.””

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