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In reply to the discussion: No cashiers, please: Futuristic supermarket opens in Mideast [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)81. Wrong again.
none of the dollars saved by the companies evident anywhere for customers.
Of course it is. It's just not re-invested in obsolete tech or redundant workers.
Mocking workers made redundant, as well. Just awful.
No... but what I am doing is offering legitimate and reasonable explanations why it's a mistake for incompetent "workers" like this to be kept-on. If I was a store owner, I certainly wouldn't keep someone employed who wasn't up-to-snuff or who provided no value to me or my business.
and somebody broke your eggs.
Well, not just that! Don't forget squished my bread. Bruised my tomatoes. Dented my cans. Melted my ice-cream. Cracked the mayo jar. Ripped my bags. Crushed my muffins. Spilled my blueberries. Took their sweet time doing an incompetent job, and then gave me attitude because I dared to use a credit card that they don't accept. (At least she didn't have to break a sweat trying to come up with the right change.)
So glad most Democrats don't talk this way.
All I can tell you is that this is a battle you've already lost. The sooner you accept it, the sooner you'll be able to focus efforts on other more productive causes. Right now it's just wasted effort. That's all I'm trying to say.Edit history
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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