• save_vs_death [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    first they replaced workers with automated checkouts depriving themselves of the other 20 jobs a “mere” checkout operator had to do; what’ll happen next is now they’ll pair every self-checkout with a checkout operator anyway so you’ll just have someone who’s job is to breathe down your neck to make sure you’re not walking out with one of those 5 in 1, 1 gallon shampoo bottles

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      11 months ago

      “Hi, I’ll be your self-checkout specialist today. Can I interest you in a premium reusable tote? It’s only $0.75 more and hides 30% more items from the Loss Prevention Officer.”

    • Gerudo@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      They are literally already doing this. A couple weeks back at Costco, the self checkout lanes had an employee at every one of them checking your ID against your member card. They then would scan your stuff. They still had someone at the exit checking your receipt.

      The labor spend on preventing you from sharing your member card and then STILL verifying your receipt against their own employees seems like a massive waste.

      • invo_rt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        11 months ago

        Not to mention the untold amount of money wasted on extra camera surveillance and all kinds of algorithmic gait analysis and tracking shit.