Computer Opens Unmanned Store For Holiday

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 25, 2011 @06:44AM from the opening-the-store-is-too-important-for-me-to-allow-you-to-jeopardize-it dept.

tomhudson writes "The Walkato Times in New Zealand is reporting that 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. The service stopped working after alcohol was scanned, requiring a staff member to check a customer's age before the system is unlocked.' The owner, Mr Miller, was quoted as saying 'I can certainly see the funny side of it... but I'd rather not have the publicity to be honest. It makes me look a bit of a dickhead.' Rather than take legal action, Mr Miller is hoping that the people who didn't pay will do the right thing."

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Re:It's Surprising by Anonymous Coward · 2011-04-25 06:49 · Score: 4, Informative

Good thing it's in New Zealand.
Re:It's Surprising by Sir_Sri · 2011-04-25 06:53 · Score: 4, Informative

What does america have to do with it? This was in new zealand.
Also, the police were called due to reports of truckloads of groceries being removed. So while some people were honest, it appears the dishonest capitalized quickly.
From the article it appears it took less than an hour between someone realizing the store was unlocked an unattended to trying to run off with a pile of free food.