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I’d much rather see these people being employed at the service level. For example when automatic checkout machines came I thought “great, more people in the ai

by yoz-y 1y ago

I’d much rather see these people being employed at the service level. For example when automatic checkout machines came I thought “great, more people in the aisles that I can ask stuff”. Of course that never happened so now the reality is a queue of people waiting for a machine while three are blocked because nobody is there to help people.

hdgvhicv 1y ago
When automated checkout machines came in I thought “great, now it’s shorter queues and I don’t have to talk to someone and interrupt my podcast” I was right. They are great.
- yoz-y 1y ago
  There were shorter queues for a while. Now they aren’t. When they started most shops (I live in France) had both standard and automatic checkout. And about three people to deal with stuck machines (mostly scale issues, anti theft tag removal, and damaged barcodes). Now most smaller supermarkets only have the automatic queue and one person dealing with the trouble. This means that all people who really can’t use the automatic machines (kids, elderly, people doing large groceries) have to use them and the queue is constantly clogged. It was better for a little while, now it’s strictly worse.
- const_cast 1y ago
  Yes, nothing is worse than being forced to say "hi, how are you". I mean, that's, like, 5 seconds out of my 24 hour day. That's unacceptable. For a long time I thought less socialization is better, because I can get things done faster. Turns out, no I can't, because actually I suck at most things. A teenager is faster at bagging than me. I suck at bagging, and that job pays 15 dollars an hour. And also, walking around everywhere with headphones on is no fun. It's just kind of... isolating and cold. All those tiny interactions add up to making you feel like a real person living a real life.

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I’d much rather see these people being employed at the service level. For example when automatic checkout machines came I thought “great, more people in the ai

by yoz-y 1y ago

hdgvhicv 1y ago
When automated checkout machines came in I thought “great, now it’s shorter queues and I don’t have to talk to someone and interrupt my podcast” I was right. They are great.
- yoz-y 1y ago
  There were shorter queues for a while. Now they aren’t. When they started most shops (I live in France) had both standard and automatic checkout. And about three people to deal with stuck machines (mostly scale issues, anti theft tag removal, and damaged barcodes). Now most smaller supermarkets only have the automatic queue and one person dealing with the trouble. This means that all people who really can’t use the automatic machines (kids, elderly, people doing large groceries) have to use them and the queue is constantly clogged. It was better for a little while, now it’s strictly worse.
- const_cast 1y ago
  Yes, nothing is worse than being forced to say "hi, how are you". I mean, that's, like, 5 seconds out of my 24 hour day. That's unacceptable. For a long time I thought less socialization is better, because I can get things done faster. Turns out, no I can't, because actually I suck at most things. A teenager is faster at bagging than me. I suck at bagging, and that job pays 15 dollars an hour. And also, walking around everywhere with headphones on is no fun. It's just kind of... isolating and cold. All those tiny interactions add up to making you feel like a real person living a real life.