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Re:Amazon Go by TeMPOraL on Monday December 05, 2016 @01:51PM (#13108102)
This is a typical sales-y way of trying to fake an interaction people actually seek. People paid to "talk" with you are not the same as honest, casual conversation with hard-working clerks.
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Re:Amazon Go by 24gttghh on Monday December 05, 2016 @02:05PM (#13108250)
Paid to talk to you? What kind of dystopian grocery store do you go to?
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Re:Amazon Go by TeMPOraL on Monday December 05, 2016 @02:07PM (#13108273)
That's how I understand your comment.

Shops in the place I live in are fine, but I've heard about "greeters" in America, so it wouldn't surprise me at all if there also were paid people to talk to...

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Re:Amazon Go by 24gttghh on Monday December 05, 2016 @02:48PM (#13108697)
haha no I've never encountered such folks. I was being sarcastic when I put "patrons" in quotes, because the GP seemed to imply the only people to socialize with at a grocery were the cashiers.
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