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[–] 23 points 1 year ago (6 children)

In Europe it's becoming popular to have scanners at the store entrance that you can take and scan your products as you go. Sometimes you can also do it with a phone app instead. Then, at the self-checkout, you just scan one code instead and pay right away. I love this system because it's quicker and you get to avoid the anxiety of packing your bags too slowly.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I would kill for this. Maybe not kil, it's not a big deal. But I used to walk into my local grocer and just drop shit in the reusable bags I always bring. Then people were stealing, obviously, so they said you gotta use the baskets or a cart. So I use a cart, and it's not a big deal, it doesn't matter, but if I could scan, drop in my bag, and walk on, it would save a couple minutes. But as I said, it's not a big deal, nothing matters.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

    the anxiety of packing your bags too slowly

    Haha, spotted the German. This isn't really a thing elsewhere, not to that extent.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I mean the level of pressure is lower elsewhere than in Germany, of course it's still easy to feel anxious anywhere

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    You say it's not a thing anywhere else, but you also say it's easy to feel that way anywhere. Those two statements aren't congruent

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