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I really don't care either way but when I have a full cart I prefer to go to a "human" checkout.. That is, if any are open at all in the store. I like the self-checkout for when I have ~1-5 items and im just trying to get out quick. Too bad that is usually impossible because of the 12 fuck-wits that have an entire cart worth of grocery's and are taking half an hour to go through the self-checkout because they are anti-social retards (or just retards in general).

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From the post: "When it comes to grocery shopping, there seem to be two kinds of people in this world: those who prefer self-checkout, and those who prefer interaction with a human. Booths, a small chain that has sold groceries in northern England since 1847, has decided its customers belong to the latter category and announced this week that it will be getting rid of the self-checkouts in all but two of its 28 stores. They’re bucking a trend that has remade retail shopping around the world over the last 20 years."

I really don't care either way but when I have a full cart I prefer to go to a "human" checkout.. That is, if any are open at all in the store. I like the self-checkout for when I have ~1-5 items and im just trying to get out quick. Too bad that is usually impossible because of the 12 fuck-wits that have an entire cart worth of grocery's and are taking half an hour to go through the self-checkout because they are anti-social retards (or just retards in general). Archive: https://archive.today/GVPEa From the post: "When it comes to grocery shopping, there seem to be two kinds of people in this world: those who prefer self-checkout, and those who prefer interaction with a human. Booths, a small chain that has sold groceries in northern England since 1847, has decided its customers belong to the latter category and announced this week that it will be getting rid of the self-checkouts in all but two of its 28 stores. They’re bucking a trend that has remade retail shopping around the world over the last 20 years."

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[–] 2 pts 1y

Human, but mostly because the store that's most convenient for me to shop at has too much diversity accommodation built into the system.

Higher price item like nice piece of meat or something? Wait - needs attendant approval that weight and quantity match what's in your cart. Trying to reallign your stuff in the bagging area so it's organized? Wait for attendant - machine will lock the system thinking you're adding things without scanning. Etc and so forth.

I get it, our "strength" have enriched us so much the system is programed to assume anything that could be a theft situation has to be approved by a human. But then just put people there to begin with rather than having me wait for one several times during every checkout session.