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Screenshot from a checkout terminal at Target (Milford MA).  They use game mechanics (scoring / personal leaderboad) to encourage faster checkout times: 

See the DNA-esque string in the middle?
G = green = fast
R = red = slow(er)
Here’s her last 10 check-outs - fast, except for a few random stragglers..   The big “G” is the prob the calculated average-time-per-checkout (last 10?) while total must be all 44 checkouts.  I wonder what the 88% stands for… 
Girl running the checkout scored a “G” on Chelsa  - said the whole thing “makes work feel like a game”  :)


This is absolutely brilliant.

dpstyles:

Screenshot from a checkout terminal at Target (Milford MA). They use game mechanics (scoring / personal leaderboad) to encourage faster checkout times:

See the DNA-esque string in the middle?

G = green = fast
R = red = slow(er)

Here’s her last 10 check-outs - fast, except for a few random stragglers.. The big “G” is the prob the calculated average-time-per-checkout (last 10?) while total must be all 44 checkouts. I wonder what the 88% stands for…

Girl running the checkout scored a “G” on Chelsa - said the whole thing “makes work feel like a game” :)

This is absolutely brilliant.

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    cashier, I’d love...see some additional metrics on my performance: average time per item...
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    I noticed this a month-or-two ago and I keep meaning to ask the cashier what it’s about, but they always seemed so...
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    the big G is the score of the last transaction. 88% is actually the average. she had 39 Gs and 5 Rs to get 88%. i was...
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    absolutely brilliant.
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    productivity games!
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