In stores in Sweden with self-scanning there are scales in the vegetable department that will print out an appropriate UPC for you to scan (with your hand-held scanner). People who don't self-scan are also recommended to use these to let the cashier avoid weighing all goods. You still have to contact a cashier for age-restricted merchandise such as beer and tobacco, though.
To self-scan you need to register with the store, and in the beginning you're manually checked a couple of times. They track how many errors you have and on what kind of merchandise, and determine how trust-worthy you are and how often you should be manually checked.
I can't remember if this was already implemented or just a suggestion from somewhere, but the self-scanning devices could track your location in the store, both to analyze customer behaviour but also to monitor any suspicious activity. If you spend 15 minutes in the electronics department without scanning anything, maybe that warrants a manual check.
As a side note, I wonder how much time self-scanning and self-checkout really saves in the end, for the consumer, and how much of it is just letting us do more unpaid labour under the impression of efficiency.
To self-scan you need to register with the store, and in the beginning you're manually checked a couple of times. They track how many errors you have and on what kind of merchandise, and determine how trust-worthy you are and how often you should be manually checked.
I can't remember if this was already implemented or just a suggestion from somewhere, but the self-scanning devices could track your location in the store, both to analyze customer behaviour but also to monitor any suspicious activity. If you spend 15 minutes in the electronics department without scanning anything, maybe that warrants a manual check.
As a side note, I wonder how much time self-scanning and self-checkout really saves in the end, for the consumer, and how much of it is just letting us do more unpaid labour under the impression of efficiency.