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Originally Posted by DAEpperson
So our local Albertsons grocery store has about 8 regular checkout registers usually staffed by one or two checkers. It also has 6 self check-out counters staffed by one person. I only use self-checkout - because it is so fast. They are eliminating the self-checkout. Care to guess why?
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Because you're stuck behind some idiot taking 10 minutes trying to figure out how to pay for his malt liquor and frozen turkey pot pie with food stamps.
Because of that, according to the quote below, some stores are putting them only in more upscale suburban areas where people can figure the machines out. But we don't talk about it because, obviously, that's racist.
"But there is a re-evaluation to fine-tune self-service only where it makes sense," said Greg Buzek, president of IHL, the Franklin, Tenn., research firm that tracks what retailers spend on information technology. Increasingly, for self-service checkout that's high-volume stores in suburban areas with populations where shoppers are more likely to be tech savvy and most value their time. "