Comment on They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.

• queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t think it would be difficult to forbid self-checkout at all, actually.

  There’s a difference between enforcing laws on individuals and enforcing laws on businesses. Businesses can’t exactly run and hide, if they’re using self-checkout they’re going to get found out. That’s distinct from something like the drug trade, which is all underground and hidden.

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  • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We’ve given up so much as consumers. There was a time when people would be pissed that the store was making them do unpaid labor. Now we don’t bat an eye.

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  • teslekova@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Some people fucking love self checkout. If you ban it, you’ll have disability advocacy groups up your arse on behalf of autistic people and others with social anxiety.

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    • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ADA compliance will kill the entire thing. You can’t charge someone for accommodation of a disability that prevents them from using the self checkout. All the human-staffed registers will be posted as handicap accessible, and they will default to the “discounted” self-checkout price.

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    • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      when I recently went back to using a staffed lane, I told the folks I had anxiety about being in the lane, and the cashiers comforted me.

      I have social anxiety, practicing in the staff lane, has helped me with this. At least, in this small area of life.

      I get the point, but if a person doesnt ever push themselves, they wont grow.

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    • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sure, I’m just saying, this wouldn’t be a hard law to enforce.

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  • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My concern here is less about enforcement and more about getting the law passed and through the court system in the first place.

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    • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You don’t think they’ll drag such a tax through the court system? Our enemies don’t want any restraints on businesses, anything we try to do will be fought.

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• jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Do sin taxes really stop anything though?

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  • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They definitely have some effect, simply because they push prices up.

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