• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I mean, walmart could easily fix that by having fucking cashiers.

    At the walmart I go to they put in like 60 self checkouts and have, maybe, one cashier running at a time.

    I don’t mind self checkout as a concept. Its fine if you are just buying a couple things, or something you might be personally embarassing for you… but they are not a replacement for cashiers.

    Cashiers and belts are needed to handle bigger purchases like monthly groceries and shit.

    Unless you are gonna take 25% off my bill for labor savings, I am not going to take my monthly shopping through a self checkout. I had to once when I had no choice, and I’ll never do it again.

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      2 months ago

      I’m 100% against self checkout.

      They’ve put the burden of sale on you instead of themselves. If you fail to check something out accidentally, you are liable for theft.

      If they don’t have a cashier, I go to customer service and tell them to ring me up even if it’s one item.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Which is why I’m against making people do big orders through self checkout, cause thats when an accident can happen.

        Not when you’re getting your genital itch cream.

      • histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        Not even cause the checker should have seen it but also what store prosecutes someone over 1 item

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        2 months ago

        NAL, but i believe that they have to show intent in order to prosecute. As long as the legal system works properly, they would have to prove that you’re lying when you say “I forgot that was down there”

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        2 months ago

        I can’t imagine a judge taking a case where someone unwittingly stole something

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          2 months ago

          Don’t need to get to a judge. They can just tresspass you and then you have to drive 30 miles to another supermarket cause you cant ever set foot in that one again.

          Thats enough to fuck shit up for a lot of people.

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        2 months ago

        If you have more stuff than will fit in the weighing platform it’s a logistical disaster. Hence why the belts and bagger system were invented in the first place.

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          2 months ago

          I’m just basing it off of being married to a Walmart manager for 10 years but hey, maybe outsiders’ anecdotal feelings on the topic are more accurate than observed first hand experience.

          Walmart is ALWAYS hiring cashiers.

          • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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            2 months ago

            Yeah, and you know where they are? stocking shelves and picking for the online pickup orders. Not running checkout lines.