> I refuse to use them, as the only reason they exist, is to fire cashiers.
I use them because it lets people not be cashiers and they can be stocking the store and doing something more useful than being a glorified barcode scanning robot.
I use them because it lets people not be cashiers and they can be stocking the store and doing something more useful than being a glorified barcode scanning robot.
I have nothing against people using self-checkout, but making it sound like you're doing something good for people seems absurd and is only there to make oneself feel better when, in reality, jobs WILL be lost because of it. No need to sugarcoat it.
I haven't heard anyone being "fulfilled" by being a cashier in a large supermarket, the kind that usually has self-checkout.
It's not like the mom&pop corner bodega is installing them.
Also, I am less rushed because I can go at my own pace.