Comment on Amazon to Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores
noxypaws@pawb.social 1 day ago
Wow, I remember when they had a single Go store at Amazon HQ in Seattle, and it was employee only. It sure was neat as a novelty, but it doesn’t surprise me that they could never figure out the tech.
Good riddance. These days, I more and more cherish the brief but real interactions I have with real grocery store cashiers.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For me, it isn’t the interactions, it’s the inconvenience of having to wait in line and either wait for a checker to scan my items or scan them myself at self checkout. I don’t mind small talk with the checker, but faster grocery trips would be awesome.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You need to ask yourself, why the rush? For me it was/is social anxiety. Hated the store. Hated shopping. Rush rush in out go go go.
Once I worked on that, I found ways to make it much more tolerable. Now the five minutes in line are just five minutes I can play on my phone.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 day ago
That’s sort of a weird projection. It’s a chore. Obviously people would prefer to minimize time spent doing chores and maximize time spent doing fun things. It’s really not that complicated for most people. Not saying you can’t enjoy going to the store, but ultimately what you’re doing is still finding a way to make it less of a chore. Spoonful of sugar, and all that, ya know?
Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Because I’d rather be doing anything else at home that I can’t do while in line at the grocery store.
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Stores I go to have lines for both. For me, it’s about how I didn’t want to go to the shop in the first place and I want to do as little as possible there while I listen to music on my earbuds. I also prefer to pack my stuff without someone right there… the pressure!
Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The issue isn’t self check or in person or whatever for me, it’s having to wait in a line at all. Being able to just walk out takes so much less time than checking out.
insaneinthemembrane@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah but where I am there are lines for both, often self checkout is longer.