XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 11/12/2025 10:14, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 11/12/2025 8:27 pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   > .... which the Check-out staff can also do when things are quite at the   
   > Check-outs!   
      
   Which they do, at my supermarket. I think they have a manager and a few   
   supervisors, but everybody else takes turns to do all the other   
   jobs..apart from the odd specialist one like the meat and fish counter.   
      
   --   
   “Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of   
   a car with the cramped public exposure of 
an airplane.”   
      
   Dennis Miller   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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