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I used to be against these, but when it became clear that jobs were not actually being cut to accommodate these things, I slowly caved that said there's a register open I'm going to use it instead of self service
Because as boomer as it sounds... "I don't work here."
My parents (who are 70 and 71) have their mindset too. I disagree with that "I don't work here" argument - who said scanning items HAS to be something that only a cashier does? Why is it considered work compared to something like choosing and weighing vegetables, which is something no one ever expects a worker to do for them nowadays?
For me, the merit of those self checkout stations is that you can do this easy thing (scanning items) yourself. I don't need someone to scan items for me. It was the only thing that I still wasn't allowed to do by myself, and I'm glad it eliminated having to interact with cashiers. All I need the place to do is stock up items and make sure the place is clean.