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Scan your receipt to exit? Loblaw facing backlash as it tests receipt scanners at self-checkout (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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More BS for consumers who are now being treated even more like thieves when they shop

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Some larger stores in Germany have this. It's super annoying if you don't buy anything, and have to ask to be let out or wait until someone else leaves.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I just climb through the holes like a jungle gym. It's stupid.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Can't you just walk out the staffed checkout aisles without a receipt, or are they receipt-gated too?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

They are usually easy to push through. They have to be in case of emergency