Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: No cashiers, please: Futuristic supermarket opens in Mideast [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)49. Times change. The future is already here. Adapt or get trampled...
... as progress marches on.
neglecting to hire enough workers in the communities they serve are just profiteering off of the residents.
No, the people who buy things get something in return. It's not as though people are simply handing over their money and getting nothing in exchange.
If automated or self-serve checkout bothered the majority of shoppers as much as it bothers you, then these "evil" grocery stores would make adjustments. If having well-trained, competent, efficient, friendly, professional cashiers was a big enough draw (novelty?) to bring in loyal customers, then that would be the norm... but it's not.
Those days are gone.
🎵Ding-ding!🎵 "Welcome to Texaco! Fill-er-up? Check your oil? Clean your windshield?"
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
115 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
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