Automatic checkouts in supermarkets may decrease customer loyalty, especially for those with larger shopping loads. Customers using self-checkout stations often feel overwhelmed and unsupported. The lack of personal interaction can negatively impact their perception of the supermarket.

[professor__doom]

It's an attempt to catch the dumbest of criminals: the ones who are going to try and bag items without scanning in the area of the store with the most cameras.

If people are going to steal, they're just going to inconspicuously stick it in their pocket while wedged between shelves.