Self-checkout (also known as self-service checkout and as semi-attended customer-activated terminal, SACAT) machines provide a mechanism for customers to process their own purchases from a retailer. They are an alternative to the traditional cashier-staffed checkout. In practice, the customer assumes the job of the cashier by scanning and applying payment for the items themselves.
As of the end of 2008, there were 92,600 self-checkout units worldwide. The number was estimated to reach 430,000 units by 2014.
Description
In self-checkout systems, the customer is required to scan the barcodes themselves, input the types of items such as fruit and vegetable (usually with a touchscreen display); weigh them, if applicable; and place all scanned items into a "bagging area". The weight observed in the bagging area is verified against previously stored information to ensure that the correct item is bagged, allowing the customer to proceed only if the observed and expected weights match.
Self service is the practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items. Common examples include many gas stations, where the customer pumps their own gas rather than have an attendant do it (full service is required by law in New Jersey, Oregon, and Richmond, British Columbia, but is the exception rather than the rule elsewhere). Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) in the banking world have also revolutionized how people withdraw and deposit funds; most stores in the Western world, where the customer uses a shopping cart in the store, placing the items they want to buy into the cart and then proceeding to the checkout counter/aisles; or at buffet-style restaurants, where the customer serves their own plate of food from a large, central selection.
Self service as a patentable business method
In 1917, the US Patent Office awarded Clarence Saunders a patent for a "self-serving store." Saunders invited his customers to collect the goods they wanted to buy from the store and present them to a cashier, rather than having the store employee consult a list presented by the customer, and collect the goods. Saunders licensed the business method to independent grocery stores; these operated under the name "Piggly Wiggly."
Bruno Bozzetto (born 3 March 1938 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian cartoon animator, creator of many short pieces, mainly of a political or satirical nature. He created his first animated short "Tapum! the weapons' story" in 1958 at the age of 20. His most famous character, a hapless little man named "Signor Rossi" (Mr. Rossi), has been featured in many animated shorts as well as starring in three feature films: Mr. Rossi Looks for Happiness (1976), Mr. Rossi's Dreams (1977), and Mr. Rossi's Vacation (1977).
In 1965, Bozzetto produced his first feature-length animated film: West and Soda, a parody of American Western films. In 1968, Bozzetto released VIP my Brother Superman, a superhero spin-off. However, his best-known work is probably the 1976 feature film Allegro Non Troppo, a collection of short pieces set to classical music in the manner of Walt Disney's Fantasia, but more humorous in nature, economical in execution and with more sophisticated narrative themes. After a long break, Bozzetto produced a live-action film in 1987, Under the Chinese Restaurant, his last feature film work until assisting on the pilot for Mammuk (2002), an animated film set in prehistoric times (now being produced by Rai Cinema and The Animation Band).
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Ms Crossley, from Hove, said she has difficulties with the self service checkouts and prefers tills with staff. 'I do not like self checkouts,' she said ...People paying for their shopping at the self service checkout tills inside a Tesco supermarket.
Another bemoaned the “s----y self-service checkout with no elbow room and some miserable b----r who doesn’t even acknowledge my existence while I do their bloody job”.
“Would you miss WH Smith on Britain’s high streets?” it asked viewers ... Another bemoaned the “s----y self-service checkout with no elbow room and some miserable b----r who doesn’t even acknowledge my existence while I do their bloody job” ... Script ... .
He said ... He added ... The presence of people is just as important in Charles Tyrwhitt’s stores, with Mr Wheeler among those who “really hates” self-service checkouts, and is critical of Marks & Spencer’s decision to embrace “the self-service route” ... .
Originally Published by. ... However, Walmart said that the majority of the 440 market managers across the US already fall within the new pay range ... AP ... Walmart employees help customers at a self-service checkout kiosk in Miami, Florida store ... ....
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'We help customers to shop when, where and how they want by providing a choice of manned checkouts and self-service tills and we always offer customers the option to shop and pay with a colleague's help.'.
Roy then went back and was able to buy the $2344 tool kit. ... He made attempts to leave the stores without paying; other times he would switch barcodes to fool the self-service checkouts into thinking he was purchasing cheaper items. ... .
Possible features include allowing users to hide their addresses in certain situations, such as in bars or shops, and using virtual licences for age verification at supermarket self-checkouts.
A supermarket worker got into an altercation with a customer at the self service machine and didn't like the shopper's "attitude" so refused to serve her - now she's facing a complaint ... .
Britain is becoming an increasingly dishonest society where people are more willing to cheat, commit fraud and stealing from self-service supermarket checkouts “has almost become a national sport”, criminologists have said ... UK. Society ... BEN CLATWORTHY ... .
As he walks around the store, he notes ... Greggs ... Taking his goods to the self-service checkout, Adonis is astonished to discover his total bill barely exceeds £15 for eight Greggs sausage rolls and a whopping sixteen mini deep dish pizzas ... TikTok. .
MCKEESPORT, Pa. — Skimmers were found at two local Giant Eagle locations ... Giant Eagle didn’t say if the skimmers were placed on self-checkout lanes or full-service lanes. It’s also unclear if they think the same person installed the skimmers ... ... ....
(MENAFN - The Conversation) From self-service checkouts to public streets to stadiums – surveillance technology is everywhere. This pervasive monitoring is often justified in the name of safety ... .
