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"This isn't exactly the labor-minimizing tech retailers were promised." (hexbear.net)

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https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-costco-kroger-facing-self-checkout-reckoning-2023-10

Some are finding they still need employees to combat theft, assist with purchases, review IDs, and check receipts.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago

One of the major chain grocery stores in my area introduced new self checkout stations that are just full on check lanes without a cashier. So you have to scan your item, place it on the conveyer belt, watch it travel down and just dumped in a little pile at the end, then walk down to the end of it and bag your own items. It's even more of a pain in the ass and I'm sure it's only because there's even more surveillance equipment to ensure items are what they're scanned as. Just fucking pay people. Death to America