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Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them (www.cnn.com)
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[–] Flamingflowerz@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Prefer self checkout because no talking and I'm typically faster than most cashiers. Nothing sucks more than waiting 3 mins while a new cashier tries to figure out if you handed then a turnip or a rutabaga lmao.

[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You really think the average person knows how to ring up produce better than the cashier? I'd much rather interact with a real person anyway, it makes it feel like you're supporting an actual business and employees instead of a computer with food behind it.

[–] bluGill@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

Which cashier? I've seen some that are worse than me (i've only cashiered fast food which is different enough that I wouldn't expect to be good), and some that are great.