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"Everyone does it every day" That makes it okay? "It is not considered wrong" By WHOM? I go out of my way to avoid self-checkout when I can, because I consid
by jrm4 6mo ago
"Everyone does it every day"
That makes it okay?
"It is not considered wrong"
By WHOM? I go out of my way to avoid self-checkout when I can, because I consider it 'wrong.'
- lotsofpulp 6mo agoBy everyone who uses any tool invented in human history. You are drawing an arbitrary line at self checkouts for some reason, but I am sure you have no problem with the millions of other ways automation has benefited you, obviously including using a computer to express your ideas on a forum hosted by a business that invests in other businesses that use automation as their springboard to success.
- jrm4 6mo agoReductio ad absurdum big time. But let's see if I can explain it in a capitalism friendly way, I guess. I have a preference for cashiers checking my stuff out for me, so that's how I select. Partly because I like the convenience, partly because I like knowing more people are having jobs. And here's the important part; I personally actually have significant control over this, which makes it different from your silly argument.
- lotsofpulp 6mo agoI have no idea how to interpret your comment. GuinansEyebrows's opinion was that businesses are wrong for implementing self checkouts. Presumably, ryandrake agreed with GuinansEyebrows. I do not think that a business's decision to use self checkouts is wrong, and in fact the business is consistent with all of us, as we all choose to use automation/technology how we see fit. Maybe it is suboptimal for some people, but why would a business be wrong for trying something that reduces their costs? I try to reduce my costs all the time. For example, I like restaurants where you order at the counter or on a device and self bus. I don't like waiting for a waiter. Is that business wrong?