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I've always wondered: Do we really need to put people in shops? We have had vending machines for centuries, most kinds of shops (that don't need a social aspec
by Razengan 4y ago
I've always wondered: Do we really need to put people in shops?
We have had vending machines for centuries, most kinds of shops (that don't need a social aspect) could easily just be sealed warehouses with product dispensers dotted outside the walls.
- thfuran 4y agoThere are very few items I would ever buy from such a store. You can't really get a good look at the items in a vending machine, and you can't put an item back.
- Razengan 4y agoBut for something you've always bought, the mundane daily items, you don't really need to check anything, same as with regular vending machines. Returns could be implemented.
- kube-system 4y agoThere’s at least one item I look at the nutrition facts for every time I go to the store. Even if the vast majority of my items are the same, it only takes one item where I have not memorized the nutrition facts to make that an inconvenience. Or any produce, where people like to judge quality and ripeness. And also, many people like to browse for new products. I guess it is possible, but it sounds like it’s all the disadvantages of Instacart with all of the disadvantages of going to the store.
- thfuran 4y agoI don't want to buy bruised apples or cracked eggs or overripe melons. I'm not going to go to a second store just for, I don't know, milk and dish soap.