Comment on The way "self-checkout" has been pushed on us is nothing short of injustice
Soapbox@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
All the criticisms of self checkout are valid. Can’t argue against them.
However I’ve been kind of a fan since they first came out. Simply because I don’t have to make smalltalk with a cashier.
I have to to deal with customers all day at work. Shopping is a chore I want to be over with without having to further drain my limited extroversion tank.
themaninblack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Used to be that way, now you have to awkwardly interact with someone who is explicitly checking to make sure you didn’t steal something.
Also cashiers stopped making small talk a while ago and started looking dead in the eyes when the major supermarket chains exploited them out of basic humanity.
2026 is brutal
Soapbox@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Before self checkout I always sought out the dead eyed teenage cashier who looked like they didn’t want to be there. No small talk. Fantastic.
The worst are the grown woman cahiers who want to chat about every item you are buying.