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Originally Posted by jammies
Ding! Ding! Salivate! Ding! Ding! Salivate!
Buncha Pavlovian biatches! "Oh I'm gonna do all the work of the cashier and the bag-boy, and then I'm gonna congratulate myself on how much time I've saved!" WAKE UP! The stores have trained you to go into these abominations as if they're doing you a favour - but the truth is that it's all to save money and increase profits.
Hire more cashiers and the lines go away too - why aren't we demanding this? Instead you're willing to train yourself as a cashier (which is essentially what you're doing) and then thank MegaCorp for the privilege? Not this faceless consumer!
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They're not abominations, they are faster. Like pumping my own gas is faster. Like doing my own banking is faster (ATM, Inet, etc.). It's not like because it is a win for them it's a loss for me. And I
do want the companies I work with to be more efficient as it works to my benefit on three fronts:
1. if they're publicly traded I can share in the financial benefits of their profitability
2. I can save money on their cheaper products because of their efficiencies
3. I can get on with life faster because they saved me time, and I appreciate that.
Besides, if you still want to go in the slow lane, have at 'er. All the faster for me going through self check-out. Be sure to tell the cashier it's still cold out there when she asks!