[ExI] Retail with no clerks

[Kelly Anderson]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been thinking about how stores will operate as the population
> collapses (transcending, uploading).
>
> Within a few years I expect we will be seeing stores that operate on
> off hours with nobody attending them, just computers.
>
> Along that line this story was interesting.
>
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> | Computer Opens Unmanned Store For Holiday
>
> [0]tomhudson writes "The Walkato Times in New Zealand is reporting that
> [1]someone forgot to tell the computer not to unlock the supermarket on
> the Friday holiday. 'About half of the 24 people who came into the
> supermarket paid for their groceries using the self-scan service.
>
>   1. http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/4924352/Pak-n-Save-owner-sees-a-good-side

I'm shocked that half the people apparently did not pay. Don't they
know that there are cameras watching their every move? Criminals, even
those of opportunity always seem to be the less intelligent among us.

-Kelly