'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology

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'It hasn't delivered': The spectacular failure of self-checkout technology
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You do the work for the company and pay them! Fuck self-checkout!!

The value added by a cashier is not worth the amount of time I expend waiting for them to become available. Self checkout is a win for me and for the retailer.

You are free to wait for a full-service cashier if you like. I'd rather be on my way.

I thought lemmy was anarchists and you have everyone simping for the corporate food overlords, what gives?

Nah fuck that, I don't have to talk to a single person, don't have to wait in line, don't have to have forced smalltalk, it's great

Yes shuffling from point a to point b without interaction is living

What I’m annoyed by is when going to a cashier they expect you to bag your own groceries, and give me attitude when I ask them to do it.

I much rather prefer self check out. I don’t need to deal with the attitude.