• Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I used to be against these, but when it became clear that jobs were not actually being cut to accommodate these things, I slowly caved that said there’s a register open I’m going to use it instead of self service

    Because as boomer as it sounds… “I don’t work here.”

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      1 year ago

      My parents (who are 70 and 71) have their mindset too. I disagree with that “I don’t work here” argument - who said scanning items HAS to be something that only a cashier does? Why is it considered work compared to something like choosing and weighing vegetables, which is something no one ever expects a worker to do for them nowadays?

      For me, the merit of those self checkout stations is that you can do this easy thing (scanning items) yourself. I don’t need someone to scan items for me. It was the only thing that I still wasn’t allowed to do by myself, and I’m glad it eliminated having to interact with cashiers. All I need the place to do is stock up items and make sure the place is clean.