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There are some unintended side effects of self checkout lines you’re not considering that in my experience make them considerably (>2x) faster. They self selec
by hellisothers 7y ago
There are some unintended side effects of self checkout lines you’re not considering that in my experience make them considerably (>2x) faster. They self select for people who have fewer items, are competent at using the machine, and are incentivized to be quick. Check outs manned with people are always slammed with customers with piles of groceries and even the express lane is staffed with a person who has no incentive to scan quickly.
- jmathai 7y agoI agree there's a lot of benefits to self checkout and I think that's the future we're headed towards --- and I don't think that's a bad thing. I was only trying to say that technology impacts people in good and bad ways and we should have a holistic view of it when we think about how we, as a society, adopt and legislate it.