Crying about “free labour” seems pretty silly in this case. You’re already going around the store picking your own shit, usually bagging it yourself, bringing it home yourself etc.
Yeah, before supermarkets that’s how things worked. I don’t think it was better. The gross profiteering is its own issue. I’d much rather see a crackdown on shopping apps that come with small “discounts” for invasive tracking.
Yep. We already had this discourse a little over a generation ago. It used to be you would roll up to a grocery store, hand your shopping list to the clerk, and then wait while they went and grabbed everything for you. Modern grocery stores where you go around and pick out your own items were rejected by consumers at first because they were perceived to have poorer customer service; but ultimately, it was faster and cheaper, so it became the new normal.
Crying about “free labour” seems pretty silly in this case. You’re already going around the store picking your own shit, usually bagging it yourself, bringing it home yourself etc.
Most people can do a pickup order now anyway. So of you truly want the most value for the least labor, you should only do pickup orders
Or just get it delivered and save even that “free labour”. I’m just gonna shop normally but use the self-checkout because it’s much much quicker
yeah but checkout supposedly requires responsibility (you’re handling money after all) while carrying bags … less so?
Yeah, before supermarkets that’s how things worked. I don’t think it was better. The gross profiteering is its own issue. I’d much rather see a crackdown on shopping apps that come with small “discounts” for invasive tracking.
Yep. We already had this discourse a little over a generation ago. It used to be you would roll up to a grocery store, hand your shopping list to the clerk, and then wait while they went and grabbed everything for you. Modern grocery stores where you go around and pick out your own items were rejected by consumers at first because they were perceived to have poorer customer service; but ultimately, it was faster and cheaper, so it became the new normal.