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Thread ID: 111926 2010-08-17 00:58:00 New Checkout machines at Countdown kbp (7436) PC World Chat
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1128554 2010-08-17 00:58:00 Has anyone seen the new cool checkout automated machines they have placed at Countdown. This allows the customer to checkout the items they have / going to purchase do it themselves.

I would say, what a smart way of getting rid of the staff and making the customers do the job.

I love technology but imagine if every company in NZ placed machines to do the job in place of humans, imagine 90% of people in NZ will have no jobs..... wow .... :annoyed:
kbp (7436)
1128555 2010-08-17 01:10:00 I love technology but imagine if every company in NZ placed machines to do the job in place of humans, imagine 90% of people in NZ will have no jobs..... wow .... :annoyed:

Uh, I'm pretty sure this is what has been happening in every industry for the past 20 years.
roddy_boy (4115)
1128556 2010-08-17 01:14:00 agreed, that's why we have recession. crime is increasing ... kbp (7436)
1128557 2010-08-17 01:37:00 Bet you only see this in the more well heeled areas of town . At the Mangere East Pack N Save in Auckland they chain your trolley to the checkout so that you can't slip out with out paying . Only after you pay do they release the trolley . Don't shop there anymore . .

Tried this technology at Taradale in Napier back in January but it was only on two checkouts . The rest were normal manual ones . . Real cool tech though . .
paulw (1826)
1128558 2010-08-17 01:44:00 they have these at new world..... GameJunkie (72)
1128559 2010-08-17 01:48:00 oh no ... its customers labour time ... kbp (7436)
1128560 2010-08-17 01:56:00 Yeah Pak n Slave and New World have had these for quite a while...I still use the normal checkout unless I'm in a massive hurry. wratterus (105)
1128561 2010-08-17 02:00:00 I'm waiting for the day when everything will have an RFID chip attached to or in the packaging so there would be no more manual scanning at all. CYaBro (73)
1128562 2010-08-17 02:09:00 the end days are here as it says in the Bible kbp (7436)
1128563 2010-08-17 02:24:00 which countdown is it? nedkelly (9059)
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