Late Stage Capitalism

As an autistic person, I certainly prefer self-checkout. I would much rather have to deal with an annoying error than have to interact with a cashier, or worse, having that cashier ask about my day or something. Besides, most of the error messages have to do with self-checkout being implemented badly, and are not inherently an issue with self-checkout.

Ideally, self-checkout would work well, and in the ideally rare case where it doesn't work, a person would be called automatically to deal with the issue and provided with a descriptive error which they know how to deal with. In this case, I believe the cashier job could be replaced with self-checkout.

I noticed some people do like it, or more rather accept it, but it's nearly always because the same reason - because there is never enough cashiers. So it's just the usual, capitalism causing problem and then trying to fix it in the worst and most convoluted way possible.

I prefer self check out but the amount of cashier's they now have is beyond minimal. You should be able to have both options.

I like it because poor folks have an easier time getting free food.

I actually prefer self-checkout; it's usually faster and I don't have to talk to anyone. In a socialist country, it could replace cashiers without a problem (as long as there's someone to help you if an error occurs)

Hear me out...when I'm walking through a foodmax, somewhat inebriated, I don't wanna disturb the cashier. So there is that convenience in self checkout.

That being said, it would be nice to see something as menial as cashiering be phased out of society (speaking in a future image). I think it's quite sad to see labor be tied up serving profits.

I'm sure there are people who genuinely do enjoy doing it, but I think having more free time would be a plus for workers! What do you think?

My only issue with self-checkouts is how awkward and a pain in the ass it is when you got a lot of stuff in your cart.

It's cheaper. That's why.

Something something capital reproducing a reserve army of labour.

Comerades, do you guys know of any tricks which disgusting thieves use to shoplift free food from grocery stores?
As a Landlord who owns 18 Grocery stores and 3 malls, I am very frustrated at the loss of profits and utter disrespect with which low-income African Americans and Mexicans treat me and my family. So, I'm asking you all to provide me some techniques with which thieves steal MY precious profits, and tell me what methods me and my employees have to catch them and resist shoplifting, and tell me if there are any loopholes, for example, tricks which these dirty poor homeless thieves use to get past surveillance and security. Any help is much appreciated.

I used to prefer self checkout but then idk, I started buying fresh vegetables and alcohol and at that point it's just easier to wait in line and go to a cashier. Now I fucking hate self checkout. Why should I subject myself to that torture when I can just have a trained cashier ring it up. Also I don't want to give the store free labor. They are already not paying their actual labor force enough.