YourTango on MSN

Criminal defense lawyer warns that using the self-checkout probably isn’t a good idea

For many of us, self-checkout is a lifesaver at the end of shopping trips. However, one legal expert is advising shoppers to ...
USA Today

More shoppers admit to stealing from self-checkout. What do they take?

More shoppers are stealing from self-checkouts and what they're taking may surprise you. In a new study by Lending Tree, 27% of respondents admitted to stealing something from the self-checkout ...
Wellbeing Whisper on MSN

Walmart pulls back self-checkout, and the new checkout stress shows up fast

Self-checkout continues to receive approximately 44 percent of grocery transactions but that convenience has begun to appear ...
The Lowell Sun

Editorial: Self-checkout may not require legislative action

You wouldn’t think we’d need a law to protect human interaction from being programmed out of what’s considered an everyday exercise. But when it comes to checkout lines at grocery stores, that’s ...
The Economist

The parable of the supermarket self-checkout

Imagine an invention that is worse at what it does than humans, threatens jobs and increases the potential for crime. You might think it would go nowhere fast. In fact, the supermarket self-checkout ...
VegOut Magazine

Psychology says people who refuse to use self-checkout even when the line is shorter share these 7 distinct characteristics

While the self-checkout kiosks sit empty, a fascinating group of shoppers deliberately chooses the longer human cashier ...