• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I don’t know if the letter is real, but this was my parents. They refused to use the self-checkout because they didn’t work there and it might take away jobs. Meanwhile, they’re the same people who complained that pretty much any basic customer facing job shouldn’t pay a living wage.

    They exist.

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        8 months ago

        When “I don’t think this job deserves a living wage” meets “no one wants to work!!11!1!1!”

        There are still business owners in my city whining about a lack of workers. The jobs they’re offering? Part-time with constantly changing but always horrible hours, no compensation besides the minimum wage. Yeah I guess everyone is just lazy?

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    8 months ago

    Remember that multibillion dollar corporations are pushing you to self checkout because they are too cheap to pay someone minimum wage to work a register. The boomers are right.

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      8 months ago

      Alternatively, self-checkout is a great way to shoplift from big corporations destroying civilization and the habitability of the planet.

      Doo Doo Doo… Doo! 🌠

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      8 months ago

      some people don’t want it wait for a million years for the person in front of them with 600 items to get through.

      Some solutions are not just about solving one thing or a personal attack.

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        8 months ago

        Like you’re not waiting for the person in front of you in self-checkout to fumble their way through scanning those items? Who do you think is faster at it, the boomer in front of you in line or someone who does it all day? You’re just buying into the bullshit narrative you’re being fed.

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          8 months ago

          Self-checkout has almost always been faster for me. No bullshit narrative, just actual experience.

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      8 months ago

      And that is why I stopped using them. Actually, I just order online for most things and curbside pickup.

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    8 months ago

    I have mixed opinions on self checkout… but the best is when I go to buy beer, and only beer. Someone that works there has to ID me and plug my birthday into the computer anyway so it’s like shrodingers self check out.

    On a more serious note, I enjoy not having to make small talk with the cashier but also would rather not be watched like I’m a thief when I ring out my stuff.

    Also, it’s kinda nice to eat all organic fruits and vegetables and only pay the prices for the GMO versions.

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        8 months ago

        In case it’s someone who looks plausibly old enough but who “borrowed” Mom’s ID. I doubt they have facial recognition to match ID to face on those cheap POSs.

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      8 months ago

      Haha like the ONLY good thing about self checkout is the potential for stealing. As for the small talk thing: the most I’ve ever had to say to a cashier was “hello” and “thank you”. I can handle that.

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      8 months ago

      Surely you can find human connection than just at a checkout. We don’t have to inconvenience everyone and refit everything in our world just so someone can have a conversation with someone else. I mean we still have public areas other than a shopping place that’s meant to stand around and have convos that doesn’t plug up everyone else’s time.

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      8 months ago

      Did shrodinger also buy beer at self checkout? Maybe all that drinking made him forget if the cat was dead or alive

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    8 months ago

    The major supermarket chain where I live has a “shop and go” system. You get a battery powered barcode scanner that you take round and scan items before you put them in your trolley, then hand it over to an operator at the end. They can download the list of items to the till, then you pay and leave.

    They have a “random spot check” system where sometimes they pick a few random items out of your trolley and check that they are on the list. I’m imagining that some people get away with theft, but it’s probably not a lot more than people who are going to steal normally anyway

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        Don’t do that, it’s not effective feedback. Ask for a manager, explain to them that you’re dropping your shit where you stand and going to the grocery store down the street, and why. Should be a brief conversation, and if multiple people do that then it’s more likely to trickle up to corporate.

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    8 months ago

    I actually like the Self-Checkout, it’s faster for me. The people who have difficulty with them just don’t want to put a single thought into things.

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      8 months ago

      I can also self-check faster than waiting for a cashier but I do put thought into it; the thought is “these things cost jobs”.