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> I refuse to use them, as the only reason they exist, is to fire cashiers. This reminds me of when the bus company of my hometown transitioned to having a dri
by whstl 2y ago
> I refuse to use them, as the only reason they exist, is to fire cashiers.
This reminds me of when the bus company of my hometown transitioned to having a driver + cashier to only having a driver that takes cash. Half of the workforce just gone overnight. Of course the writing was on the wall with electronic ticketing, but still.
It makes me feel I'm part of a "First They Came" situation. Sure maybe these people found other jobs for themselves (or so I tell myself) but still.
- protocolture 2y agoPeople get shitty about bullshit jobs and then when they do get cleaned up by ATMs or some other efficiency turn around and pine for them.
- smackeyacky 2y agoThat’s not entirely fair. Jobs automated out of existence weren’t bullshit jobs. Bullshit jobs are HR and project management. Made up fluff nobody really needs.
- _heimdall 2y agoThat's a huge blanket statement. Bullshit jobs aren't tied to any specific industries, and all jobs in HR and project management aren't bullshit.
- DonsDiscountGas 2y agoIf they can be easily automated they should be. Keeping a human doing a job that doesn't need to be done by a human is a bullshit job. It might not have been a bullshit job twenty years ago, that doesn't matter. Things change.
- protocolture 2y agoNo the bullshit jobs I see people complain about are often linked to "Couldnt someone automate this" like taking notes from inbound phonecalls and simply relaying messages inside the office.
- nasmorn 2y agoThis is a strange example because have you heard of the combine harvester. It made, together with other farming machines, useless what 90% of people used to do
- _heimdall 2y agoThe combine wouldn't have been useful without monocropping practices, and those are only possible due to chemical pesticides and herbicides. I'd point to the poisons we're willing to dump on our fields as the primary reason for so many jobs being replaced. The combine is just what replaced them, not the root cause of why they could be replaced.
- whstl 2y agoYeah, I happen to own washing machine AND a dishwasher (luxury!), so I totally understand. My point is that it's still weird seeing people getting fired.
- Gigachad 2y agoIn most cities, public transport service frequency and coverage has expanded massively. So they halved the workers per bus and doubled the number of busses.
- whstl 2y agoI wish this was true for my hometown. :/