“Self-checkout is just making customers do unpaid labor for corporations”
Agree
- Companies save money by eliminating cashier jobs
- Customers troubleshoot machines for free
- Slower and more frustrating than real checkout
- Enables wage theft from workers
Disagree
- Faster when you have few items
- Avoids awkward small talk with cashiers
- Technology progress always changes jobs
- Prices should decrease with lower costs
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