The scanners are unreliable, and the machines are slow beyond belief.
That's on purpose so they can monitor for theft from the customers and colluding cashiers. I worked in a grocery store with 1980's era IBM terminals and they were lightning fast compared to modern machines. You could throw cans rapid fire with just a twist across the scanner and have nearly 100% success.
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That's on purpose so they can monitor for theft from the customers and colluding cashiers. I worked in a grocery store with 1980's era IBM terminals and they were lightning fast compared to modern machines. You could throw cans rapid fire with just a twist across the scanner and have nearly 100% success.
Can you explain in a bit more detail? I don't follow the connection you made.
I think the implication is that the faster a customer is scanning items, the harder it is to keep an eye on them to see if they're doing it correctly.