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In reply to the discussion: Why Self-Checkout Is and Has Always Been the Worst [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)55. Automation and AI are realities and will only get more advanced and more pervasive.
The issue will be how we manage that as a society. Just shutting it down is a non starter, good automation and AI vastly reduce mistakes and increased output. I even look forward to robotic farm equipment like tractors and weeders, they can make food more nutritious and less costly. But I also believe that each robotic tractor should have a human sitting in an air conditioned cab overseeing the work of the tractor, so the goal would be precision and reproducibility instead of saving on wages and benefits, my argument is that the improvements in results will vastly lower the cost of food and make food safer to eat.
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They have self checkouts at every store I visit. There is a checker stationed there.
Tipperary
Mar 2019
#82
Because the one person can cover 4 checkout stations. It works great at my target, nt
USALiberal
Mar 2019
#6
Don't use it. See it as an affront to having employes and customers doing the work to save
notdarkyet
Mar 2019
#26
Walmart was having people arrested for their self check out not working properly.
Oppaloopa
Mar 2019
#88
It's been a while since we had one of these let's go back 100 years thread when it worked better.
madinmaryland
Mar 2019
#13
Did you ever stop and think about how all this 'progress' just might be the underlying cause
sinkingfeeling
Mar 2019
#31
The stores near me that have self-checkout always have lots of cashiers working as well
LongtimeAZDem
Mar 2019
#14
Personally, I'd rather be an employee who makes, maintains, trouble-shoots, installs, etc., robots
Hoyt
Mar 2019
#17
Well, we could always stop technological advances. Of course, there would be even more people
Hoyt
Mar 2019
#57
I'm sure most people feel that way. However, there will be fewer of those jobs than the more menial
Sapient Donkey
Mar 2019
#119
It's not just "automation", it's shifting the burden of work onto the customer.
eppur_se_muova
Mar 2019
#18
When was the last time anyone demanded that an operator place a phone call?
brooklynite
Mar 2019
#19
Late at night only automated checkout is available in most stores here, and the
tblue37
Mar 2019
#21
I use self-check out because they don't train the baggers how to bag groceries.
CrispyQ
Mar 2019
#25
I never use it but 90% of my shopping is at local family businesses that don't have Self-Checkout nt
yaesu
Mar 2019
#32
I like self-checkouts but I wish more stores had them with long conveyer belts. I like bagging
Luciferous
Mar 2019
#34
Better lawyer up! They will have you on video if you try and sneak out with even a pack of bubble g
madinmaryland
Mar 2019
#73
I'll admit I use it (if I don't got to the customer service desk) really just to be nice
underpants
Mar 2019
#47
I prefer the self-check out....don't have to deal with cashier asking me where I got something
HipChick
Mar 2019
#50
Automation and AI are realities and will only get more advanced and more pervasive.
Blue_true
Mar 2019
#55
True, we did put a lot of mom and pops out of business because they couldn't sell the cheaper gas.
jalan48
Mar 2019
#109
I like it. I don't like having all my items crushed into bags that don't make sense.
we can do it
Mar 2019
#60
I always use self checkout when I don't have a full basket of stuff. Much faster and more efficient.
Nitram
Mar 2019
#64
I avoid them because they can't cope with a backpack as the "bag you provide yourself"
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2019
#86
I'm a fan, due to the speed and the fact I'm able to bag my groceries with less plastic...
VarryOn
Mar 2019
#103
Sherlock had a scene with Watson having a "row" with the self checkout machine.
suffragette
Mar 2019
#112