its weird, here in Australia we have self checkout at the two major supermarkets. I find them mostly convenient. the only times I've every had a staff come ove

its weird, here in Australia we have self checkout at the two major supermarkets. I find them mostly convenient. the only times I've every had a staff come over is when I've done the wrong thing and the machine needed staff assistance to progress or when the machine did the wrong thing and I needed the staff to progress. It amuses me to read (and I see it a lot) people outraged that staff may come over and check what they're doing and not cheating the system somehow, outraged at the lack of trust being perceived. Do they not remember the old checkout system was a complete lack of trust scenario. Every single item you want to buy was checked by staff. The self checkout is a HUGE level of trust being given to the customer.