They still can't get folks to weigh their produce before checking out. It's been 25 years of that
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Sirena: First Dominican Stores with Auto Checkout
Agree, self-check out when you have a few items works great for the most part. The issue for me is with produce, alcohol, etc... that is where it can be frustrating. Or when the system keeps telling you that your bag needs to be in the bagging area, when it already is.
I feel sorry for the Sirena employees who are working in this/ these locations.
There is a reason stores have so many security guards. Dominicans will often steal at every given opportunity.
There is a reason stores have so many security guards. Dominicans will often steal at every given opportunity.
The Dominican government needs to act now by introducing and approving a law where no more than 10% of the checkout of any store can be self-checkout. Otherwise, what is seen in developed countries with stores with hardly any cashiers might become true in the DR in the not too distant future.
Many people often blame merchants/business owners for doing sone thinfs, but in reality they are able to do what the government allows. Not the other way around.
Many people often blame merchants/business owners for doing sone thinfs, but in reality they are able to do what the government allows. Not the other way around.
I can't wait to see the "shrinkage" at these stores. The scan will be one for you, one for me..............
Self-checkout was/is good for those who just have a few items but when you have a cart full of items then it becomes a pain.
If I had a cart full of items and there was no cashier I would call over someone working and tell him he can either scan the items and bag them for me or take the cart and put the items back as I walk out of the store............................If I wanted a job I would have applied for one...........
Here's a common scenario: customer goes to scan an item and the computer asks customer to rescan. Then the computer says it can't reference the item so now the customer has to look through a list of codes to find the item. Now customer can't figure out how to manually enter the code. 10 Dominicans are in line behind customer. Smoke starts coming out of the computer.
...and the Dominicans that can't read Spanish....
After 2 days of utter chaos they will switch off the thing and tell you "no hay sistema".
Imagine yourself sitting at a terrace with a view of this Auto Checkout late in the afternoon on the 15/30 of the month....
With Christmas just around the corner/ Black Friday....Imagine yourself sitting at a terrace with a view of this Auto Checkout late in the afternoon on the 15/30 of the month....
You obviously have not been in Super Pola in Sosua.
I know this article is Canadian just a reflection about self check out craze that has been going on for while there can be same problem here just not noticed yet here..
retail-insider.com
Retailers Reconsider Self-Checkout Strategy as Theft Soars in Canada [Interview]
An expert says self-checkouts are leading to a normalization of theft and that some retailers are beginning to see them more as a liability.
retail-insider.com