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I really wish grocery stores near me would either shut down self checkout (implied: hire more human cashiers!) or at least give me a modest discount for doing t
by lupusreal 2y ago
I really wish grocery stores near me would either shut down self checkout (implied: hire more human cashiers!) or at least give me a modest discount for doing that labor myself. Even if it was just 10 cents per checkout, at least that token discount would be an acknowledgement of the labor I'm doing myself that a person used to get paid for. That would take the sting out of it.
- EnergyAmy 2y agoI've never really understood this view. Fewer people have to work soul-sucking crappy retail jobs and I don't have to make pointless small talk with someone just to get some groceries? Sign me up!
- mozman 2y agoI’m already paying sky high prices, don’t make me check out and bag my own stuff too
- lupusreal 2y agoBizarre take. The only reason anybody would ever "have to" work as a grocery store cashier is if no better option was available to them. The elimination of those jobs hasn't created better jobs for people that previously might have been in that kind of position.
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoThere are people like me that actually prefer the self-checkout over dealing with a cashier who has to pretend they actually give a shit about how my day is going. I'm not really interested in fake and vapid smalltalk.
- lupusreal 2y agoYou know you can just not engage and they will reciprocate, right? Don't make eye contact and just mumble something in response if they try to talk (and you aren't comfortable staying completely silent, because that's also an option you have.) They don't take it personally, they deal with the general public and know some people aren't up for chat.