• johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world
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    20 days 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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      20 days 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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        20 days ago

        Tell that to people that could have had jobs as a cashier that those machines have taken away.

        May the hammer of Enoch do it’s work.

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          Doing less work has been the primary motivating factor behind basically all of human progress. The problem is that the savings is lining shareholder pockets instead of reducing employee workload.

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          20 days ago

          I will, no problem. Luddites have no place today, thank you.

          Heck, cashiers are still wprking where I live. One of them just gets assigned to 6 or 8 self checkouts instead of normal register.

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        20 days 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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          20 days ago

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

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              20 days ago

              Don’t remember. All I know is that the average time I’ve spent waiting for when doing self-check is shorter than the average time waiting when not.

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                20 days ago

                Next time your feeling social or not it a rush have someone check you out. Hell you can even do it if there’s a cute bean working.

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      20 days 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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      20 days ago

      That’s one of The reasons I don’t use the self checkout. Also since I want to pay with cash and can’t do that at the self checkout.

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      20 days ago

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