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Cake day: June 17th, 2023
  • Camelbeard@lemmy.worldtoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Learning on the job
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    3 days ago

    What I also don’t understand, how in this day and age when we have AI that are better at image recognition than most humans do we even need to scan items? A couple of years ago I was in a supermarket that had a conveyor belt, where you place your items. Basically identical to a normal check counter. But instead of a human the items go through a small tunnel with a lot of camera’s (possibly a scale) on the inside. All items scanned automatically, no extra responsibility of forgetting to scan an item, etc. Not sure why I never saw that concept again, it worked great.

  • Camelbeard@lemmy.worldtoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Learning on the job
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    5 days ago

    About the second point, this is copy pasted from a Dutch magazine that looked it up (auto translated)

    Forgot to pay for something? That can have serious consequences.

    Forgetting to pay for something doesn’t automatically constitute theft. The shopkeeper will have to prove that you intentionally left something unpaid. However, if the shopkeeper believes it was a case of theft, they can call the police. Is this your first time? Then you’ll receive a reprimand, a kind of warning. However, you will have to admit to the theft. This won’t result in a criminal record, but it will be registered in the police system.

    Another possibility is that theft will be reported to the police. In that case, you may even have to appear in court. The police will then have to prove that it was intentional – and therefore theft. The shopkeeper can also handle the matter themselves. In these cases, offenders must pay €181 in damages. In some cases, a ban from the shop will also follow. Last year, tens of thousands of shoplifting cases were handled this way.

  • Camelbeard@lemmy.worldtoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.works•Learning on the job
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    5 days ago

    I’m happy to see someone who dislikes them as much as me.

    I recently went to the self checkout because I was in a hurry and only had 5 items (one of them ice cream).

    One item (croissant) didn’t have a bar code, I accidentally selected chocolate croissant. When I wanted to correct this, I had to click 3 menus just to delete an item. After I deleted it, the counter locked. It told me to wait for assistance. After a while I just picked up my 5 items and went to a different self checkout counter. Still nobody came to unlock the other machine.