XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-12-11 02:51, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:32:08 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > The markets have reduced the number of manned lanes and have done away   
   > with the 'express' lanes. I'm not keen on standing in line behind someone   
   > who was shopping for a family of nine to get my six items rung up. Even   
   > worse is discovering you're behind someone with a EBT card that finds   
   > their credit card declined for the stuff the EBT didn't cover.   
   >   
      
   I use one supermarket where the main lanes are manned, but the express   
   lanes (for few items) are automated.   
      
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