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In reply to the discussion: No cashiers, please: Futuristic supermarket opens in Mideast [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)6. I approve! I'd much prefer a NEAT and CLEAN and WELL-STOCKED store...
... rather than a slow cashier with an attitude. I remember when the "self-serve" checkout first started popping up in stores. I hated them.
But now, my feelings have changed. I actually PREFER self-checkout because it's FASTER. Another added benefit is that I don't have to worry about my bread and eggs being placed at the bottom of the bag, with canned goods stacked on top!
I tend to be old-fashioned when it comes to getting competent service. But when good service at the checkout has become a thing of the past, then I'm more than willing to embrace the future of self-checkout and AUTOMATIC checkout.
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it was defensible when people could argue cashiers weren't actually losing jobs over this
bigtree
Sep 2021
#7
The thing is, the rate at which this replacement is happening is rapidly increasing
kcr
Sep 2021
#68
I like nostalgia, but I don't cling to the past. Especially when it comes to improved service...
NurseJackie
Sep 2021
#24
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
No, I just described embracing the future and not clinging to horse-and-buggy days.
NurseJackie
Sep 2021
#54
just a load of naivete to think profits go to consumers, or 'retraining workers' What bs.
bigtree
Sep 2021
#82
I think it's the job of unions to ease the shock of transitions caused by new technology...
Silent3
Sep 2021
#39
if my union presented that as their operating principle they'd be run out of town
bigtree
Sep 2021
#63
I'm not all that speedy either... but unless there are FIVE OTHERS just like me...
NurseJackie
Sep 2021
#52
Next up, they'll expect you to pump your own gas and place your own phone calls!
brooklynite
Sep 2021
#26
There's a little sundry shop like that in the old terminal at Washington National.
NurseJackie
Sep 2021
#100
Not a fan of featherbedding. But something will have to be done as more and more workers are
Hoyt
Sep 2021
#91
I know they tend to put the most commonly-purchased items in the REAR of the store...
NurseJackie
Sep 2021
#99