20 years ago a cashier position in a grocery store was a well-paying union job with a pension. It could literally be your career. You could buy a house, raise a family, and retire from that position.
hOrni@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Self checkouts have no downsides.
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
tflyghtz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Reagan is already 40 years ago buddy. 2005 couldn’t do that for you.
MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Yeah, I’m talking about pre and post self-checkout. 2005 absolutely could have done that for you.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Cashiers in 2005 were making $7.25/hr, dude.
tflyghtz@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Damn! Which country do you reside in?
TerranFenrir@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
The current ones suck. But yes, the concept is cool and I’m sure they’ll be perfected in the years to come.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Depends on the shop, out of the shops here Aldi have pretty good self checkouts and if I am only buying bread I don’t want to wait in line behind people with 50 items. But I have also seen other shops with terrible self checkouts that somehow can’t keep up and need to think about it for ages each time I put an item down.
sigezayaq@startrek.website 2 months ago
The downside is that you are responsible for scanning everything correctly. Where I live I’ve heard of people getting banned from a shop, because they accidentally forgot to scan small piece of ginger.
half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The downside is forcing a bunch of people through self checkout who need a cashier. Whenever you all talk about how great self checkout is, I wonder what mecca you live in. My only experiences with it are long lines and long waits caused by a number of factors:
-Many self checkout lanes closed because they think everyone is stealing and refuse to staff more than one person to watch over you
-Old people who can’t use technology and don’t want to be using the machines
-People who have entire carts and struggle to effectively scan their groceries on the tiny space allocated.
-Machines that scan painfully and artificially slow because they want to weigh every goddamn item to prove you aren’t stealing
-Machines that record you and yell at you for stealing if you move an item slightly awkwardly
hOrni@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I think You’ve only ever heard of a self checkout, not really seen one in real life.
half_fiction@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Huh? I don’t understand this comment. Are you saying you think I’m lying? Lol. I mean more power to you if you’ve never experienced these self checkout logjams. I’m fine with them in concept, but the way a lot of the stores I’ve experienced use them makes it kinda unpleasant. Guess it’s regional.