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I have mixed opinions on self checkout… but the best is when I go to buy beer, and only beer. Someone that works there has to ID me and plug my birthday into the computer anyway so it’s like shrodingers self check out.
On a more serious note, I enjoy not having to make small talk with the cashier but also would rather not be watched like I’m a thief when I ring out my stuff.
Also, it’s kinda nice to eat all organic fruits and vegetables and only pay the prices for the GMO versions.
Surely you can find human connection than just at a checkout. We don’t have to inconvenience everyone and refit everything in our world just so someone can have a conversation with someone else. I mean we still have public areas other than a shopping place that’s meant to stand around and have convos that doesn’t plug up everyone else’s time.
They make you let them scan your ID half the time anyways, why not just let you scan your own ID?
In case it's someone who looks plausibly old enough but who "borrowed" Mom's ID. I doubt they have facial recognition to match ID to face on those cheap POSs.
Did shrodinger also buy beer at self checkout? Maybe all that drinking made him forget if the cat was dead or alive
Haha like the ONLY good thing about self checkout is the potential for stealing. As for the small talk thing: the most I've ever had to say to a cashier was "hello" and "thank you". I can handle that.