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Re:Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment by taylodl on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @09:46AM (#37928585)
I also live near a lot of grocery stores, all different chains, and what the OP describes is the reality at all of them. I always choose a human cashier when available because it's almost always faster.

Honestly, I think the issue may be more due to labor shortage than penny-pinching.

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Re:Self-Checkout Is a Failed Experiment by SOLAR_FIELDS on Thursday October 19, 2023 @04:48PM (#37948518)
Isn't labor shortage a factor of penny-pinching? I'm pretty confident that if said cashiers were being offered double the rate that they are currently being offered that there would be no labor shortage problem.
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