Boycott automated sumpermarket checkouts

Why? A couple of reasons

1. By putting those machines in, the supermarket owner can cut a few jobs. Perhaps a checkout teller isn't the nicest job, but people need to be able to put food on the table.

2. By using these machines, presumably I'd be saving the owner money on the worker he isn't hiring. So where's my cut? Who thought that I'd be willing to work for "the man," bagging my groceries, for no benefit?!? I ain't bagging my own groceries until I get paid!

 

That's a very interesting way of looking at things. I hadn't ever thought of it that way, but it is something to consider. Your second point was particularly interesting to me - if we're saving these stores money in workers' salaries, why aren't they saving us money? (Because, presumably, companies that use these machines haven't lowered their prices.)

And dude, those machines at CVS never fucking work. Ever.

(Btw, if you're a loyal Bushie, then you of course know that people don't need "to put food on the table" - they need "to put food on their family." haha.)

 

Do you have a source to support this? I personally could not find any information on the subject of selling information, and I find it hard to believe. These machines probably don't do anything that cashiers don't do, except make you scan and bag your own stuff.

 

the thing is though, the goal IS efficiency. When I go to the store, I want to get out of there. When someone runs a store, they want to be efficient. So can we really whine about something that does the job better, and cry that we should stop it so things can go slower? i don't think they're oppression machines; just convinences. I'm sure there's plenty of inventions that at one point needed people, but is no longer neccesary. Life adapts.

 

yes, thank you! self checkout is awesome.

 

OMG not fair its faster than me
WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

 

I have already boycotted self-check out lines,,

I tried to use a self-checkout once and the items wouldn't ring up or the machine got jammed,,,anyways i had to call a person over to help with the checkout and it messed up again soo when she came back i told her i didnt even want the rest of the items to just total what i had,,soo i could get out of there.

 

I love automated supermarket checkouts.. I think they are the best.. You can scan your own stuff, bag your own stuff.. put in your own money.. and bam your outta there in less than 10 minutes.. I love them.

So yeah they mess up sometimes.. so do the regular checkouts.... In the end it's all good in the hood.

But, fubar72, You made some TERRIFIC points!​

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yeah... I mean, so what if they're faster. that's the POINT. I'd rather get out fast with a computer than deal with a person who takes twice as long!!

 

yes, cashier jobs are being lost with the placement of these self checkouts. but, new jobs are being created- people have to build the machines. people have to deliver them to the stores. people have to service the machines. someone has to be there to help you if one messes up on you.


think about this-for every machine out there that does a job, there were once people that did what the machine now does. would you like to replace every machine with people? i mean, why use forklifts to raise something 40 feet off the ground in three minutes if people used to spend hours risking life and limb trying to do the same thing? we took away those people's jobs, after all. but we created jobs as far as assembly, maintenance and care, delivery, and operation go.

 

whenever i use those self-checkouts they always start getting loud at me.
"PLEASE PUT YOUR ITEMS IN THE BAG, NOW!" hahahahah

 

Oh, absolutely. The ones at Kroger never do either. I've got to where I'll call the manager and insist that he open up a regular register to check me out-they're starting to get the message and they're usually keeping a manned register open even late at night. Those automated registers are constantly getting hung up-they never work right, and it takes 3 times as long to check out through one of them as it does a regular register. I think the damned things ought to be outlawed.

 

HAHA that's hilarious! I've went through a few self-checkouts that are like that. That is so annoying, isn't it.. ​

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Yes, and jobs that require more education - which is good because it'll encourage people to get educations; cashiering and food service are both such brainless jobs... building machines on the other hand, THAT takes brains.

 

Yeah, support your local cashier, because there just aren't enough McDonalds around.

 

I live in a city with a labour crisis in the service industry, which I realize isn't all that common elsewhere, and the self-check outs are great.

I remember when people thought ATM's would be the end of the real person bank teller and that still hasn't happened yet.

 

this actually makes sense.
I like it.
let's do it (boycott i mean)...

 

Well, I dunno....where I live, people are lined up in their cars to get to the ATM machine, and if you walk inside the bank, the employees (what few there are) are usually sitting around with nothing to do. I think ATM machines and online banking have certainly affected tradtional banking.

 

yeah, ATMS are so much quicker though then filling out a deposit slip.

 

There are usually a lot more checkers than self-checkout machines, and they've been around for a while now. I don't think they'll get read of the cashiers completely, I really don't, and if they do, BloodyNailPolish is correct, life adapts. There have been many inventions that eliminated some jobs but brought new ones.

I for one, like the self-checkouts. They're quick and easy when I'm in a hurry. But I don't boycott the checkers. The supermarket we go to doesn't even have self-checkouts, but WalMart does. We rarely got to WM though.