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[-] NathanielThomas@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 year ago

Sometimes the cashiers themselves are slow and scan items like they're regretting every life decision they ever made.

What I love about selfcheckout is I go at my pace, as fast or slow as I want to be.

[-] monobot@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Sometimes the cashiers themselves are slow and scan items like they're regretting every life decision they ever made.

Such a good description of my local cashiers'

[-] girlfreddy@mastodon.social 3 points 1 year ago

@monobot @NathanielThomas

You could always switch jobs with them for 2 weeks just to show them how it should be done.

[-] monobot@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

I was working in fast food for a long time, it was more than enough for me, thank you.

But looks like good job to automate, let people do something better.

[-] Dearche@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

You mean like those no employee convenience stores?

I like the principal of it, but wonder how much extra work is involved in making sure all the products are properly tracked.

[-] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've never seen a cashier who's not a trainee who's not faster than self checkout.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGw0ATZah1w

[-] frostbiker@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

But that is the problem: when I go to a cashier I feel rushed to bag everything and pay in the time it takes a professional to scan everything. When I go to a self-checkout register, items are scanned exactly at the same rate that I bag them.

At the same time, there is hardly any waiting for self-checkout lines. In other words, for my taste they are better in almost every way.

[-] LostWon@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

As soon as groceries having dedicated baggers (or cashiers who bag stuff for you) ceased to be a thing, I felt that pressure too.

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