• Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Management can fuck right the hell off. Self checkout is taking jobs away from people and getting us to work for free.

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      4 hours ago

      With self checkout I can literally get in and out the grocery store in like 10-30 minutes where 98% of the time is me choosing products instead of waiting 5-15 minutes in the cashier lane waiting for old people to put their shit on the rolling thing

    • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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      7 hours ago

      I once asked a cashier in Germany if she thought self-checkouts would take away her job. She said she liked them because there’s enough to do anyway and they take away the boring task of cashier-ing.

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        6 hours ago

        Though there is always a person standing next to the self-checkouts helping people if something is not working or they need to approve alcohol. They always seem pretty bored just standing around.

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      8 hours ago

      I like them because it makes my bagging more efficient. At the lanes, if I’m getting a decent amount of groceries, I usually end up bagging for a while after I’ve paid and feel like a dick because I’m in the way of the people getting rung up behind me.

      At self checkouts, I take it out of the cart, scan, then stick it right in the bag. Even better if they don’t have the stupid weighing thing that assumes I’m trying to steal shit if they don’t micromanage every item going into my bag.

      Also, in this case, management is telling workers to not make fun of people who don’t want to use self checkouts.

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        4 hours ago

        I’n Italy we use barcode scanners during the shopping and you scan everything. After that you only pay.

        Super useful as well because you can price check all the groceries while you pick them up and scan

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          3 hours ago

          That would be nice, though I’ve got some questions.

          1. Do you bag as you shop, then?
          2. Do you need to involve staff if you change your mind about an item?
          3. Do they have a bag/receipt checker doing random searches in many stores?
          4. Are all stores like that?