I'v noticed at some stores the lines for check out are ridiculously

RFID can do this.

Plain and simply it's too much money in today's "muh neverending profit" driven environment, where millions has been invested into barcodes already and spending millions more on RFID just doesn't make sense yet, even if it clearly does in the long run

Plus you're putting people out of jobs, and asking multibillion dollar companies to spend hundreds of thousands retraining workers and creating new jobs for new environments takes too much effoooooort

>>55693178
This is, in theory, possible. But even though RFID tags are only a dime or so, you have to incorporate them into all packaging, and that's a lot of expense compared to just printing a barcode.

>>55693247
>putting people out of jobs

high schoolers and single black mothers who do a terrible job anyways

>>55693247
>Plus you're putting people out of jobs
if you literally can't do anything other than work a cash register, you're fucked anyway.

>>55693247
that is how the free market works. By 2025 there will be no more counter people at fast food joint, waiters at cheaper restaurants (applebees for example), etc. We are moving into an age where menial service jobs are no longer cost effective. It's just how capitalism works

Barcode technology is incredible outdated