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no, sorry. we shouldnt lament jobs replaced by automation/easier to use systems. we should be pissed that billionares like the waltons arent taxed at 100%, and that their lowest paid employee makes thousand of times less than the management.
otehrwise youre just a buggy-whip maker shouting into the darkness
Yup, we should be demanding things like UBI, good gov provided housing and healthcare funded by proper taxing of the rich.
Not futily fighting against progress, if the job can be automated well and efficiently then the job shouldn't exist anymore.
UBI is nice but is a bandaid solution that doesnt really address the problem. We should be looking into extinguishing billionaires as a class.
Woah calm down Lucifer! You need steady hands to work the guillotine.
Easier to use? That shit is not easier, it's exactly what the cashier does, but now you are doing it for free.
If it was a system where you dump your shit and it totals it for you, that would be easier.
Thank you! I hate doing self checkout unless i have like 2 or 3 things. Thats how it even started anyways, most shops had them as express lanes for shoppers with just a couple things to buy. If i have more than one bag's worth of groceries I'm going to let someone else who is paid to scan and bag do it for me.
When I'm shopping I want to get my stuff, and get out, even when I buy a lot of stuff. I do that faster than waiting in line for a register on average. Plus then i don't have to talk to someone which is nice.
There should be both. Self check and a few clerks. Let people choose.
If all the lanes were staffed, I bet it would be faster to not do self checkout.
Also, its not so bad to talk to someone? Also also, you don't actually have to talk to them trust me they don't care. You don't even have to make eye contact.
I hate corporations in general for their greed but even I understand why you can't have all Lanes manned. Because I have worked retail and while there are definitely some busy hours Where things get crazy, the majority of the day would be dead and those people would have nothing to do.
This is why both is good, have 2-3 (for most larger stores) cashier lanes open and two sets of 4 (so 8) self checks open. Let people choose their presence
The stores near me never staff more than 3 lanes, even at peak times...
I have the exact opposite problem of the complaint in the post, the store near me will have only a single manual register open while there is a line of like five or six people that literally have maybe a handful of items all just waiting and they have a self-checkout area but they never fucking open it unless someone complains. And they act like you insulted their entire family lineage when they begrudgingly open it
Large monopsonic companies like Walmart and Amazon already do central planning. They should simply be nationalized and run for public benefit and their owners should be brought up on charges.