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can you imagine an American grocery chain standing up to their vendors? (www.cnn.com)

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The difference between European countries and America is becoming so stark. Anyone reading or watching global news has to see how backwards this country is and that it’s only getting worse.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I'm paying the same costs for things... Why wouldn't I want someone who's better at scanning the shit than I am to do the job? Why do I want to fumble with knowing the vegetable codes? Or waiting 8 minutes for an employee to come over when the scanner freaks out because the 3 oz item isn't in the bag... even though it's definitely in the fucking bag. I also have to wonder if theft goes up considerable with more self-checkouts in play. That means that costs can actually go up over time... no?

They can be an okay experience... But a lot of times they're not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This was only an experience one time, but I was waiting in line to checkout at Walmart and listed to the registers's beeps. I could hear about one beep per second from 3 or 4 registers combined. (all the ones they had staffed.) I could scan faster than a single register that day.

That being said, I hate the turn to self checkout. A conglomerate like Walmart has no excuse to not pay and staff properly. Or give me a discount for providing my labor.