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The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending (gizmodo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Well if you really want me to buy even more shit online (let's be real, from Amazon) this is a good way to do it.

At best I don't like small talk or dealing with other people through meaningless interactions. At worst I might have minor social anxiety. I hugely prefer to just walk into a shop, grab what I need, check myself out, and leave.

At this point I'm also just as fast (if not faster) than the paid cashiers and baggers (who need and deserve chairs or stools by the way).

So yeah, if self checkout goes away, I'm buying as much stuff online as possible and generally making fewer trips to the store.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I get it, I do. I've been a migrant in a place with a language barrier on top of sharing that general feeling, so... yeah, sure. In principle.

But the times I've used it it's twice the anxiety, in that I keep fearing I'll mess up and need help, which is orders of magnitude worse than having to go through the register. Just the potential of issues is enough to deter me, but the times I've had the scales mess up or the payment method not go through were excruciating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I honestly would like a system where I just buy all my stuff online and pick it up or it's dropped off. I buy the same shit.

It would be more practical to have an enormous Amazon style warehouse with all the food items.

Then we pick our food orders and a delivery comes out. Maybe with the post service or bin service.

Whoever is already driving around to every single house.

Me having to drive fo supermarket isn't great anyway. Just clogs the roads.

Drone delivery system. Sign me up

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Boomer AI wrote the title.

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