• otp@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I actively choose to shop at stores that have self-checkout because they have self-checkout. I don’t know why the author is writing as if everybody hates them.

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            10 months ago

            Calling everything you don’t agree with to be “boomers” is also a state of mind.

            It is a great way to hand wave away anything you, personally, don’t agree with. Which ironically is usually seen as “Boomer behaviour”.

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        10 months ago

        I’m a millennial, and I will abandon my basket 99% of the time when there’s not a staffed cashier lane available, especially if I’m trying to buy more than 2 items.

        I actually tried to use the self-checkout at the airport recently when I was buying a single bottle of water, and the cashier jumped in almost immediately to assist anyway. I forget exactly what happened, but it was definitely overly complicated compared to the staffed checkout that I used at the same shop the previous time I flew through that airport.

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      10 months ago

      Depends on the store. Some of them are terrible. Tiny areas to checkout an entire grocery car sucks. Especially when it weighs as you go, then hits the weight limit and apparently just starts ignoring the requirement.

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        10 months ago

        It’s like with DRM. More anti-theft stuff just makes it harder for paying customers.

        Annoys the paying customers, and the thieves will find a way to circumvent it in 5 minutes of playing with it, lol