• NathanielThomas@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Sometimes the cashiers themselves are slow and scan items like they’re regretting every life decision they ever made.

    What I love about selfcheckout is I go at my pace, as fast or slow as I want to be.

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      Sometimes the cashiers themselves are slow and scan items like they’re regretting every life decision they ever made.

      Such a good description of my local cashiers’

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          I was working in fast food for a long time, it was more than enough for me, thank you.

          But looks like good job to automate, let people do something better.

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            1 year ago

            You mean like those no employee convenience stores?

            I like the principal of it, but wonder how much extra work is involved in making sure all the products are properly tracked.

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        But that is the problem: when I go to a cashier I feel rushed to bag everything and pay in the time it takes a professional to scan everything. When I go to a self-checkout register, items are scanned exactly at the same rate that I bag them.

        At the same time, there is hardly any waiting for self-checkout lines. In other words, for my taste they are better in almost every way.

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          As soon as groceries having dedicated baggers (or cashiers who bag stuff for you) ceased to be a thing, I felt that pressure too.