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It’s autonomous 80% of the time. That’s significant. Put another way, they only had to hire 1000 people instead of 5000.
by dyauspitr 9mo ago
It’s autonomous 80% of the time. That’s significant. Put another way, they only had to hire 1000 people instead of 5000.
- mrguyorama 9mo agoIt only takes 1 employee to staff 20 self checkouts for comparison. For a full fat grocery store. With zero change or adjustment to the rest of the grocery store. And customers weirdly like self checkouts even when they are a dramatically worse outcome (compared to the highish bar of well trained cashiers)
- dyauspitr 9mo agoWhat exactly is the point of a well trained cashier, what service do they provide. I guess I appreciate what the bagger does and the cashier knows the codes for the loose vegetables but those are minor benefits in my opinion.
- octoberfranklin 9mo agoWe like self-checkout because there's hardly ever a line. An idle self-checkout machine costs the store almost nothing. An idle cashier costs the store wages. So the stores will always skimp on cashiers, leading to lines, wasting my time.