That's only if it exclusively has automated check-outs. If it has both, those people self-select to the cashier lines.
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Self Check Out or Use Cashier
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That's only if it exclusively has automated check-outs. If it has both, those people self-select to the cashier lines.
Self checkouts only if I only have one item or so. Otherwise cashier unless they want to give me a discount for self checkout. I also make them bag my groceries and put them in the cart otherwise it would go to a discount store if I wanted to do it myself.
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sburns
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I am split on this one. I prefer some customer service rather then do it yourself.
But watching, and more importantly how these 12% thinkers, cashier/staff function and touch your items has caused me concerns. It is starting to drive me batty when I see a cashier wipe their nose, or cough into their hands and proceed to touch all your items, especially when it is food items. I have moved checkout lines, or told the person that behaviour is not hygienic (blank stare or dumb response), at fast food places I have left all together when I see it happen. I am not (I don't think) a germaphobe, I just don't want to share or be exposed to someones' bad habits.
For this I am starting to use self check out more.
But watching, and more importantly how these 12% thinkers, cashier/staff function and touch your items has caused me concerns. It is starting to drive me batty when I see a cashier wipe their nose, or cough into their hands and proceed to touch all your items, especially when it is food items. I have moved checkout lines, or told the person that behaviour is not hygienic (blank stare or dumb response), at fast food places I have left all together when I see it happen. I am not (I don't think) a germaphobe, I just don't want to share or be exposed to someones' bad habits.
For this I am starting to use self check out more.
wonderings
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I go with whatever is fastest, and in most cases it is self check out. I get in and out while others are waiting in line. I am assuming many people still find self check out confusing and intimidating.
At that point my purchases get left on the counter and I go somewhere else.
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You do realize a whole lot more people than just the check-out person has touched your food items before you even picked it off the shelf, right?
There is an absolute possiblity that the guy loading tomatos onto the veggie display took a dump and never washed his hands. But I didnt have to watch that. Watching the girl put on plastic gloves, make my submarine sandwich , cash me out whereing the gloves, and make the next guys sandwich wearing the gloves, after handing cash, the filthiest thing in existence, well ewww.
It happens all the time, I just dont want to watch.
Many years ago I had a client from the Netherlands and he made an interesting observation.
He left Holland just after WWII and they were rebuilding from the war damage. The dams, bridges, roads, canals etc were being rebuilt by thousands of men using picks, shovels and wheelbarrows. When he returned for a visit ten years later work was still underway but instead of thousands of men working with picks and shovels there were far fewer working with dump trucks, excavators, bulldozers etc.
He mused, was it right to make people work with picks and shovels just to create jobs when the work could be done more efficiently by machines.
With AI and robotics this is going to be a bigger issue every year. How about autonomous trucks and taxis?
Whether it was the cotton gin over a century ago, the milkman or the Blockbuster Video clerk, jobs disappear.
The problem is far larger than just the checkouts.
He left Holland just after WWII and they were rebuilding from the war damage. The dams, bridges, roads, canals etc were being rebuilt by thousands of men using picks, shovels and wheelbarrows. When he returned for a visit ten years later work was still underway but instead of thousands of men working with picks and shovels there were far fewer working with dump trucks, excavators, bulldozers etc.
He mused, was it right to make people work with picks and shovels just to create jobs when the work could be done more efficiently by machines.
With AI and robotics this is going to be a bigger issue every year. How about autonomous trucks and taxis?
Whether it was the cotton gin over a century ago, the milkman or the Blockbuster Video clerk, jobs disappear.
The problem is far larger than just the checkouts.
Agreed. I watched a documentary about automation and the future of work. As more jobs get displaced further and further up the white collar ladder, topics such as Universal Basic Income started becoming more relevant.
Not for welfare overhaul, but because the machines will do our jobs.
All of them.
Not for welfare overhaul, but because the machines will do our jobs.
All of them.
sburns
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sburns
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Automated taxis, I would be all for that. These fcukers are some of the worse drivers on our roads. Removing them would be a great benefit.
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Indeed, but people forget that jobs don’t simply disappear in that case, they just get moved. Someone has to engineer, manufacturer, and build those machines, and all their parts. And a lot of those people are skilled labour making way more money and benefits vs a pick-axe swinger. As is the person who then operates that piece of equipment afterwards.
Anyhow, this whole outrage reminds me of what happened when ATM’s became commonplace. People were outraged at the loss of jobs, the “no personal interaction” thing, blah blah blah. Now, people accept them, and I’d argue if they disappeared and we went back to 100% tellers (standing in line, limited hours, time consuming) a huge percentage of the population would be even more ******.
Times change. Jobs move or are shuffled. We need to just accept that it’s inevitable
I use the first element of this as my response to folks up in arms about me using the self check out.
It’s taking away jobs!
There is a crisis right now in Canada for trades. It’s good for those in them since they are in demand and get offered some good money.
The trades are a completely different skill set from retail cashiers so I’m not suggesting one goes away while the other flourishes.
I do believe cashier jobs will go the way of milk man delivery and there will be other jobs.
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Mad Mike
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There is a seemingly endless supply of entry level jobs so until we get to a point where the supply of unskilled labour exceeds the demand, -- offsetting a few of those jobs with higher paying technology positions is a much better path to follow. If we don't... maybe all we'll end up with is more unskilled jobs.
I was in Turkey one time and this old guy was grilling meat in the local square. It smelled delicious....I bought some and never even thought about where the dude washed his hands etc. I had the ***** for a week. Never again.
My son and I were in Peru last year, the guide we had warned us the food in the market while super cheap was super dangerous for non locals. They clean and rinse the chicken in the same 5 gal plastic pail where they rinse thier hands and wash the dishes. Its been that way forever, so if your from there ok, for the rest of us oy vey.....
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