XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/12/2025 05:00, Char Jackson wrote:   
   > On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:32:08 +1100, Daniel70   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 10/12/2025 2:26 pm, c186282 wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> And if you really want to get arrested, use "automated self-checkout"   
   >>> :-)   
   >>   
   >> Hate them!! Hate them! Hate them. I'll stand in line at a staffed   
   >> Check-Out (if there is one) rather than use those Auto-mated Check-Outs.   
   >>   
   >> The way I figure it, the Supermarket has already added the 'Staffing   
   >> Costs' into the price of the things I buy, so I might as well make use   
   >> of the Staff that I'm paying for.   
   >   
   > I use the self-checkout 100% of the time. Love it.   
   >   
   I am about 50 50.   
      
   The problem is certain items are 'adult only' and require staff   
   intervention. Aspirin, paracetamol, alcohol and FFS even *matches*   
   cannot be sold to kids.   
      
   And sometimes the machines throw a wobbly and need resetting   
      
   BUT there is generally a shorter queue.   
      
   And checkout is not the major labour cost - shelf restocking is.   
      
      
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   urge to rule it.”   
   – H. L. Mencken   
      
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