return2ozma@lemmy.world to White People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 17 days agoAm I old now?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square220fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarenasduia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoGermany is a backwards nightmare coming from the UK. No self checkout with contactless payment. Instead you queue behind 5 people in Reve, each one counting out coins to pay exactly for whatever they’ve bought.
minus-squareSchmeckinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoRewe added self checkout this year.
minus-squarenasduia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoExcellent news. Just the public transport tickets left to fix. Why on earth did they emulate paper ticket strips in the transport payment apps?
minus-squareSchmeckinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoProbably, so they work with the existing infrastructure.
minus-squarePlexSheep@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoI prefer self checkout too so I’m not bothered, but it’s really not a big deal.
Germany is a backwards nightmare coming from the UK. No self checkout with contactless payment. Instead you queue behind 5 people in Reve, each one counting out coins to pay exactly for whatever they’ve bought.
Rewe added self checkout this year.
Excellent news. Just the public transport tickets left to fix. Why on earth did they emulate paper ticket strips in the transport payment apps?
Probably, so they work with the existing infrastructure.
Not every phone has NFC. Even from 2022.
I prefer self checkout too so I’m not bothered, but it’s really not a big deal.