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Jocephus wrote:i have to admit i do use them but i sorta hate using them too. im not getting paid to scan and bag my stuff...and they in essence prevent the hiring of additional workers (at my grocery store - 1 attendant, 4 self check out spots).

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:i have to admit i do use them but i sorta hate using them too. im not getting paid to scan and bag my stuff...and they in essence prevent the hiring of additional workers (at my grocery store - 1 attendant, 4 self check out spots).

1 person monitoring 4 self check out registers instead of 4 workers each working a check out lane.

Molly wrote:

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:i have to admit i do use them but i sorta hate using them too. im not getting paid to scan and bag my stuff...and they in essence prevent the hiring of additional workers (at my grocery store - 1 attendant, 4 self check out spots).

1 person monitoring 4 self check out registers instead of 4 workers each working a check out lane.

and me, the consumer/payer, doing the work

My problem with them is I go to the store only when I need the staples - bread, milk, beer, and whiskey. The latter two require "Age Verification", which takes an hour because the one person assigned to the dozen automatic gizmos is 18.

Lol - Walmart and self check out.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/ ... ckout_tech

Meanwhile -Costco decides to eliminate them.
http://www.businessinsider.com/costco-i ... out-2013-6

I could write a book about the stupidity of people in the self-checkout lines.

Yesterday, I was behind some stupid lady who was teaching her 8-year old how to do it. So for every single item, she'd grab it, hand it to the kid, and the kid would spin it around above the thing until it registered. And the kid clearly didn't know where the bar code was.

The whole ordeal took appx. 3 times longer than it should have and I wanted to scoop out the lady's eyes with a plastic spork.

Jocephus wrote:

Molly wrote:

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:i have to admit i do use them but i sorta hate using them too. im not getting paid to scan and bag my stuff...and they in essence prevent the hiring of additional workers (at my grocery store - 1 attendant, 4 self check out spots).

1 person monitoring 4 self check out registers instead of 4 workers each working a check out lane.

and me, the consumer/payer, doing the work

my confusion wasn't with your wording, but that somehow, increasing productivity and labor efficiency is like, bad for workers or the economy or whatever kind of political statement you were trying to make.

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:

Molly wrote:

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:i have to admit i do use them but i sorta hate using them too. im not getting paid to scan and bag my stuff...and they in essence prevent the hiring of additional workers (at my grocery store - 1 attendant, 4 self check out spots).

1 person monitoring 4 self check out registers instead of 4 workers each working a check out lane.

and me, the consumer/payer, doing the work

my confusion wasn't with your wording, but that somehow, increasing productivity and labor efficiency is like, bad for workers or the economy or whatever kind of political statement you were trying to make.

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:

Molly wrote:

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:i have to admit i do use them but i sorta hate using them too. im not getting paid to scan and bag my stuff...and they in essence prevent the hiring of additional workers (at my grocery store - 1 attendant, 4 self check out spots).

1 person monitoring 4 self check out registers instead of 4 workers each working a check out lane.

and me, the consumer/payer, doing the work

my confusion wasn't with your wording, but that somehow, increasing productivity and labor efficiency is like, bad for workers or the economy or whatever kind of political statement you were trying to make.

i wasn't making a political statement but for some reason you've chosen to think that. i dont know what to tell yah...my degrees are in sociology and in particular sociology of work and not that i'm an expert on the matter nor claim any sort of superiority but it's a trend i don't care for.

if you've read the links freed posted you'd gain more clarity.

for [expletive] sake.

Jocephus wrote:

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:

Molly wrote:

RxOfCowbell wrote:

Jocephus wrote:i have to admit i do use them but i sorta hate using them too. im not getting paid to scan and bag my stuff...and they in essence prevent the hiring of additional workers (at my grocery store - 1 attendant, 4 self check out spots).

1 person monitoring 4 self check out registers instead of 4 workers each working a check out lane.

and me, the consumer/payer, doing the work

my confusion wasn't with your wording, but that somehow, increasing productivity and labor efficiency is like, bad for workers or the economy or whatever kind of political statement you were trying to make.

i wasn't making a political statement but for some reason you've chosen to think that. i dont know what to tell yah...my degrees are in sociology and in particular sociology of work and not that i'm an expert on the matter nor claim any sort of superiority but it's a trend i don't care for.

if you've read the links freed posted you'd gain more clarity.

for [expletive] sake.

yeah, I did just read them, and I'm glad that they gave it more thought than "this is 'taking jobs away' so it's bad" which a lot of people are wont to do.

There are a lot more factors involved.

But anyways, pay me no mind, i really didn't want to derail the thread and I'd go back and keep my mouth shut if I could.