Amazon Fresh till-less grocery store opens in London https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-56266494 Would you be happy with a total-surveillance shopping experience like this?
Meanwhile back at the DVLA it's still very analogue with printed V62 and postal orders that cost 3 quid for a 25 quid fee.
Hope they’ve got about 40 security guards at the door. Every shoplifter in London is going to pay a visit.
It the way forward, like it or not. Maybe not in your smaller villages or hamlets but it’ll work in big cities. Getting a bit cheesed of with the ever present Mr Bezos though.
The other supermarkets film all the time too, but then delay you with scanners or tills before you leave the store. Its even worse online, then know exactly what you bought, what your favourite products are and where you live...
You have nailed. I’m luckier than most in a similar situation to me (single and old) because I have Carole but if she is away through work or down looking after her mum, the person on the checkout can be my only human interaction I get during the week. Andy
Agreed we chat to a lot of people that only see us through their day they come in everyday and make a beeline for their favourite cashier I have made many a good friend at my till
My late mum and dad would do that every Sunday when they went to Sainsbury’s after they’d been to church. And even if the queue for her was the longest they’d still wait in line for her.
We have one lady who has exactly that her customers will queue to be served by her no persuading them to go to another till
Remember post offices and banks in villages? If I had a tin-foil hat, I'd be considering if the plan is a nice extension from the last 12 months of restrictions: why go out? Its a risk. Stay home. Be safe. Work. Pay tax. Stay in. Be controlled..... But I ran put of tin foil years ago
I caused an "incident in the bagging area" recently. I took my own bags to the self checkout. The computer said "no". I methodically zig-zagged my way down the self check out aisle (all were available) and stopped at the sixth as the tannoy announcement was clearly aimed at me and all the lights were flashing orange above the tills. Now I queue up for the human, like other sensible people.
Just press using my own bags or scan an item put it in your bag then place on the scales It’s the weight of the bags that need authorising
