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posted Dec 8 @ 11:29 AM by Jason Kottke · gift link

Dennis Crowley notes that Target is turning checking people out into a game for their cashiers in order to speed things up.

Girl running the checkout […] said the whole thing “makes work feel like a game”.

Update: A Target employee chimed in with more information in the comments here.