Post by @CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world

2026-10-07 06:31 UTC

I’m an Anerican and I’ve not really had any of these issues. The bagging area one yes, but otherwise no real problems and I’ve never in my life had a cart lock up. I try to avoid self check out, it’s not my job so why am I doing it?

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@kossa@feddit.org 2026-10-07 07:07

it’s not my job so why am I doing it? I never get this take. Like, back in the day it also wasn’t my job to pack the groceries into a cart and haul them to the cashier. You entered a store, like a lot of pharmacies still work today, there was a clerk behind a desk and you told them “I’d like three ounces of flour, 4 eggs and a litre of milk”, they fetched it for you. So, where are the complaints that walking through a big store “is not my job”? Everybody is like "no, a store is juuutst right, when it works like in my childhood. Everything else is against the order of the world. I completely understand all the other, technical, cultural, issues one can have with a self-checkout, but this “not my job” attitude weirds me out, somehow.

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@ddplf@szmer.info 2026-10-07 07:11

it’s not my job so why am I doing it? Do you also need a separate clerk to pack your groceries right next to the one that scans them?

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