Amazon Go Store, 2

 
 
 

Vocabulary

funny	grocery	in a matter of
till	QR code	charge (3)
fun	skip (2)	pay/paid/paid
scan	efficiency	take off (3)
receipt	innovation	shelf/shelves
test (2)	bummer	comfortable
kind of	progress	interaction
sensor	track (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

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Transcript

Customer One: “I walked out with these things in a matter of thirty seconds.”
Customer Two: “It’s really nice; it skips a lot of time and everything.”

Amazon just opened its first grocery store in Seattle.

The store has no tills and uses cameras and sensors to track purchases.

Customer Three: “Definitely fun to walk out — without paying or talking to anybody.”

How does it work?

1. You scan a QR code on your phone as you enter the store.

2. Take your items off the shelves.

3. Walk out.

4. Amazon charges you for the items and sends you a receipt.

Customer Four: “The real test will be whether people are comfortable with the kind of tracking that it’s doing.”

Customer Four: “It will be kind of a bummer to have less human interaction. Although it seems like maybe there’s still a place where you can have a sandwich made or something, so you’ll still interact with some people.”

Customer Five: “Progress, innovation, efficiency. What’s there not to like?”

 

 

Questions

1. Shopping and buying things in the Amazon Go Store can be very quick. True or false?

2. Was Amazon’s first store opened in Palo Alto, California? Why was it opened in Seattle, Washington State?

3. Is it fun, boring or tedious to shop in the Amazon Go Store? Why is it fun?

4. People need cash or a credit card to enter and shop there. Is this correct or incorrect?

5. Are all calculations and charges done manually or automatically? Is the transaction official or done under the table?

6. According to one customer, is the main barrier, hurdle or obstacle to automated shopping technical or psychological?

7. How do the customers feel about automated shopping? Do they feel positive, enthusiastic, neutral, negative, fearful, wary, uncomfortable, or mixed?

 

A. My friends and I would like to shop in such a store. Yes or no?

B. Why is Amazon developing an automated checkout system?

C. How do you and your friends feel about automated shopping? Do they feel positive, enthusiastic, neutral, negative, fearful, wary, uncomfortable, or mixed?

D. What might happen in the future? Is this a new trend?

E. Is there something dark and sinister about this development?