Handheld checkout scanners make the grocery store fun again. Perhaps too fun.
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008I don’t need to go to Epcot Center ever again. I’ll just go to the grocery store instead.
When I walked into the Virginia Square Giant supermarket this evening, there was a guy waiting by the entrance to introduce me to their new way of shopping for food: Handheld scanners that you carry with you in the store, checking out items as you go. He did a pretty good job with his pitch, but he didn’t really have to sell me on it. I think I fit squarely in their Early Adopter demographic.
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