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Big fan of the self-checkout at the grocery store. And seeing this is Germany, 9 out of 10 shoppers would rather stand in the queue. Never a lineup at the self-check!
Its a trap though. If they had employees at all the lanes there wouldn't be a lineup either. Our store has about 16 lanes and maybe 10 self checkout, the lanes are all closed except 2, so you ate forced to wait or self checkout. They are training you yo do your own labour for free.
Grab a scanner, scan while picking up items, pay and leave store.
It's barely any extra "labor" and no need for useless jobs.
Ikea does this, you just need the app, no physical scanner. Super convenient.
You are doing the useless job for free though. At our store items don't scan so you have to wait while one person tries to help 10 people so it ends up taking longer that going through a checkout.
According to you logic, I shouldn't even go to the store.
Why am I doing free labor when someone can pick it up and deliver it for me?
*This comment was typed delivered by a payed laborer
Yeah, if a company can deliver it for cheaper than your travel time and gas money, then yes delivery makes sense. Somebody gets to keep a job and you have better quality of life to spend it doing what you like.
Stuff would he cheaper if we get rid of cashiers. So I would actually be earning money.
Maybe stores should introduce a self scan discount.
It won't be, the store will just make more profit. Our dollar stores have gone full self checkout and prices have gone up.
But self scan discount makes sense
Maybe we should just stop having human employees, and wait for our AI overlords to turn us into Soylent green?
Maybe, but there’s no guarantee. The price could also stay the same and the difference could go to shareholders instead
Otherwise you pay for it with higher prices.
Our stores have done both full self check out, plus higher prices, so it is lose-lose here
That's the transition period.
If you believe in competition than the self-checkout creates the opportunity to lower prices which will be used.
Not here, we have had collusion and price fixing amongst competitors lawsuit already. One big chain owns the competition, and also owns land rights with no other stores allowed to open in a certain radius.