• Murvel@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I mean I would, but then I look over and see that the self-checkout is nearly empty and you’re holding a single coke in your hand and I’m thinking: ‘no’

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      9 months ago

      If there was an empty self checkout, I sincerely doubt anybody with one single item would be standing in line behind you & your cart full of groceries.

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          9 months ago

          I’m half afraid of it because automation and the death of “unskilled” labor.

          I use it anyway though. I didn’t for many years, but they slowly started closing manned lanes. After Covid they closed them entirely in my local Walmart a few hours before the store closed (when I was passing through).

          I had finally accepted that clerks just weren’t going to be a thing anymore and then they suddenly did an about face because of theft. That’s what they told me anyway. They now close the self checkout and open a few manned lanes instead a few hours before closing.