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(1,683 posts) Mon Sep 6, 2021, 09:01 AM Sep 2021

No cashiers, please: Futuristic supermarket opens in Mideast [View all]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Middle East on Monday got its first completely automated cashier-less store, as retail giant Carrefour rolled out its vision for the future of the industry in a cavernous Dubai mall.

Like Amazon's breakthrough unmanned grocery stores that opened in 2018, the Carrefour mini-market looks like any ordinary convenience store, brimming with sodas and snacks, tucked between sprawling storefronts of this city-state.

https://news.yahoo.com/no-cashiers-please-futuristic-supermarket-110427271.html

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No cashiers, please: Futuristic supermarket opens in Mideast [View all] discocrisco01 Sep 2021 OP

Sterile Champp Sep 2021 #1

Not really kcr Sep 2021 #2

Perhaps they meant 'sterile' as in 'no soul or humanity.' CurtEastPoint Sep 2021 #3

Ah. So used to thinking in terms of covid kcr Sep 2021 #4

Bingo! Champp Sep 2021 #5

In my defense kcr Sep 2021 #12

I approve! I'd much prefer a NEAT and CLEAN and WELL-STOCKED store... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #6

it was defensible when people could argue cashiers weren't actually losing jobs over this bigtree Sep 2021 #7

The good old days... before bar-codes and slow service with an attitude. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #8

I worked in grocery retail for 36 years bigtree Sep 2021 #9

And assembling cars with robotic arms... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #10

good for you, promoting edging vulnerable workers out of jobs bigtree Sep 2021 #13

I guess you never use ATMs either? Treefrog Sep 2021 #18

No need for ATM's take cash out at checkout. sarcasmo Sep 2021 #22

so we've eliminated banks then? bigtree Sep 2021 #23

Well, I hear what you're saying there. Treefrog Sep 2021 #37

The thing is, the rate at which this replacement is happening is rapidly increasing kcr Sep 2021 #68

Agreed kcr Sep 2021 #20

I like nostalgia, but I don't cling to the past. Especially when it comes to improved service... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #24

workers are 'nostalgia' bigtree Sep 2021 #27

No. Slow, error-prone, inefficient "service-with-an-attitude" is nostalgia. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #28

no, I understood, right from the start of your defense of this Dubai abomination bigtree Sep 2021 #29

... you forgot slow and inefficient. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #30

you forgot corporate profiteering bigtree Sep 2021 #32

All three of my former lines of work were rendered at least Hortensis Sep 2021 #35

well, that isn't the case at all bigtree Sep 2021 #41

Unfortunately, all you're getting is the negative side of this, Hortensis Sep 2021 #55

I understand your "perspective". Nostalgic and outdated. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #36

What is outdated kcr Sep 2021 #65

Ohhhh.... okayyyy. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #70

What does paranoia have to do with it? kcr Sep 2021 #72

No they can't. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #43

Except... This is not automation... Ohio Joe Sep 2021 #33

Of course it's automation. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #34

this is how communities gentrify and die bigtree Sep 2021 #38

Times change. The future is already here. Adapt or get trampled... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #49

you just described profiteering bigtree Sep 2021 #53

No, I just described embracing the future and not clinging to horse-and-buggy days. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #54

utopian nonsense bigtree Sep 2021 #60

It's 2021. Not 1921. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #67

none of those equate to eliminating cashiers bigtree Sep 2021 #69

Every business needs to make profit. Deal with it. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #71

see: 'profiteering' bigtree Sep 2021 #74

Self-serve checkouts is not "profiteering" ... it's meeting a need. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #76

what nonsense bigtree Sep 2021 #79

Wrong again. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #81

just a load of naivete to think profits go to consumers, or 'retraining workers' What bs. bigtree Sep 2021 #82

Nobody is doing that. I'm just telling it like it is. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #83

misinformation on a public forum deserves response bigtree Sep 2021 #85

Oh, hello again! 🤣😂🤣 NurseJackie Sep 2021 #87

It is not meeting a need. marie999 Sep 2021 #102

Definitely faster. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #103

It's eliminating workers iemanja Sep 2021 #111

The same way that dial telephones eliminated switchboard operators. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #114

and the standard of living keeps dropping with them. iemanja Sep 2021 #115

ahhh, I see... You do not know what automation is... Ohio Joe Sep 2021 #42

The level of care one spends trying to split hairs... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #46

Define... Irony... Ohio Joe Sep 2021 #57

I'm not the one splitting hairs. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #64

I think it's the job of unions to ease the shock of transitions caused by new technology... Silent3 Sep 2021 #39

this is a fight for the communities which these big box stores profit from bigtree Sep 2021 #48

If you read my comment about what unions should do... Silent3 Sep 2021 #61

if my union presented that as their operating principle they'd be run out of town bigtree Sep 2021 #63

Spot on, NurseJackie Ptah Sep 2021 #14

I'm the same. I always choose the self-serve if available. Treefrog Sep 2021 #11

I take my own canvas totes to the grocery store... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #15

Exactly what I do! Treefrog Sep 2021 #17

Best part, I can bag at my own pace. Lancero Sep 2021 #47

I'm pretty fast. Faster than the employees usually. Treefrog Sep 2021 #50

Yes... the inconvenience is WAITING and SLOW SERVICE. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #75

I'm not all that speedy either... but unless there are FIVE OTHERS just like me... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #52

Like shopping in a giant hotel mini-bar Politicub Sep 2021 #16

Shoplifters will be chased by robots. Sneederbunk Sep 2021 #19

Just like in the movies... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #31

Universal basic income now. sarcasmo Sep 2021 #21

No thanks. 2naSalit Sep 2021 #25

Next up, they'll expect you to pump your own gas and place your own phone calls! brooklynite Sep 2021 #26

Lol. Treefrog Sep 2021 #40

And withdrawal your own cash from bank. Nt USALiberal Sep 2021 #62

What If You Have Questions Or Make A Make A Mistake? Me. Sep 2021 #44

There are still people working in the store Blue_Adept Sep 2021 #56

Yes....But Can You Find Those People Me. Sep 2021 #66

Experiences will vary Blue_Adept Sep 2021 #90

I think that when you do self-checkout, you should get a 5% discount. marie999 Sep 2021 #45

At the very least. They're getting free labor from us leftstreet Sep 2021 #58

Anyone remember the book "A Jobless Society "? Boomerproud Sep 2021 #51

it's a fantastical appeal which supposes we can eliminate the middle class bigtree Sep 2021 #59

The sky is falling. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #77

if you don't care bigtree Sep 2021 #80

Well it's a concern, but not necessarily my primary concern. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #86

you've taken shots at workers, essentially my co workers bigtree Sep 2021 #89

No I haven't. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #92

you haven't seen my temper bigtree Sep 2021 #93

Nonsense. Nobody is being abused by me. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #96

Yes, you and others on both sides need to tone it down. marie999 Sep 2021 #104

What's to tone down? NurseJackie Sep 2021 #105

Putting people down because they don't agree with you. marie999 Sep 2021 #107

I'm not the one hurling personal insults and making veiled threats. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #108

I guess the definition of rude has changed since the way I was raised. marie999 Sep 2021 #109

Very likely so. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #110

I don't see Nurse Jackie hurling insults. Treefrog Sep 2021 #112

Insults generally indicate someone has lost the argument. Treefrog Sep 2021 #97

True. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #98

More of the same. Treefrog Sep 2021 #101

Big improvement... UAE doesn't have the concept of waiting in line JCMach1 Sep 2021 #73

And if the register doesn't deactivate the product's RFID tag Goodheart Sep 2021 #78

They still need people, though. haele Sep 2021 #84

There's a little sundry shop like that in the old terminal at Washington National. NurseJackie Sep 2021 #100

This is about eliminating workers iemanja Sep 2021 #88

Not a fan of featherbedding. But something will have to be done as more and more workers are Hoyt Sep 2021 #91

And if you don't own a mobile phone, you're screwed. OnlinePoker Sep 2021 #94

Stores make things inconvenient on purpose Sympthsical Sep 2021 #95

I know they tend to put the most commonly-purchased items in the REAR of the store... NurseJackie Sep 2021 #99

I think people need to tone it down a little. marie999 Sep 2021 #106

Wow, somehow you've brought Hillary into this? Treefrog Sep 2021 #113