Post B6MbwSBmNK7LD3JhVQ by riverpunk@defcon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B6LehW61fh5VgjEcng by alice@lgbtqia.space
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       Self-checkout kiosks should allow tipping.I've done such a good job ringing up all my own groceries that I think I deserve a 20% tip.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6MbwRbGZ4uVNoEXaq by webhat@infosec.exchange
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       @alice some time ago I went shopping in a drugstore where they had just introduced self-service kiosks, 4 people worked there. I went to the regular register and said I prefer to shop from a human, because the company will use this as an excuse to fire people. The cashier said that this was a huge time save, not needing to serve customers, and they weren't worried about that they'd lose their jobs2 years later only 2 people work there 😔
       
 (DIR) Post #B6MbwRmxraGfy5hspM by acb@mastodon.social
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       @webhat @alice A lot of the moral argument against automated checkouts depends on a neoliberal austerity model where chatting with the cashier is the only form of social contact some people get, and it is accepted as Morally Wrong that society should provide them with more funded by the Hardworking Taxpayer. I.e., the Market accidentally provides universal basic social connection, which is under threat from improved efficiencies, so they must be stopped.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6MbwRzN7SC0aZVnAO by alice@lgbtqia.space
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       @acb my argument against automated checkout is that it isn't automated. It's that it's removing a paid employee and replacing them with me. On top of that, they're now filming my purchases, selling the data, and using a fraction of the profit to pay armed security to check my receipt at the door to make sure I'm doing a good job of filling in for their employees.@webhat
       
 (DIR) Post #B6MbwSBmNK7LD3JhVQ by riverpunk@defcon.social
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       @alice "automated" checkouts bother me so much. The *only* time I actually want them is I've got 3 items or less to quickly scan and don't wanna wait in line.When I get off school and work and finally have time to go shopping, I'm dead-tired, don't want to be there, and I genuinely cannot stand the idea of actually checking out all my own crap. Isn't this the whole point of a grocery store is that somebody who knows better can help me out? I always go in the cashier lane. Luckily, in my town, those lanes have actually been making a comeback over the past year or so.@acb @webhat
       
 (DIR) Post #B6MbwSPbXvAztvmk3U by EdCates@mastodon.social
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       @riverpunk @alice @acb @webhat it has to be very special circumstances for me to use the self checkout. I'll stand in a line for a pack of gum if I have to. I kinda treat it as a class solidarity issue.I don't work for that store. I refuse to perform free labor for them. I also don't want to give them yet another reason to undervalue and downsize their current work force.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6MbwSaat3y0S0vWBU by azonenberg@ioc.exchange
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       @EdCates @riverpunk @alice @acb @webhat The only time I will ever use a self checkout is if it's late night and the store literally has no human cashiers open, leaving me with no alternatives.