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In reply to the discussion: Stopped in a local McDonalds today for coffee, an employee was miffed I didn't use their new kiosk [View all]Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Just curious. i wouldn't have thought the backend system would change based on self check out vs cashier except maybe to record which was used. Is that wrong?
ATMs seem more convenient to me. The POS systems annoy me by making me slow down to their pace. I can't scan as fast as I can grab. The theft prevention stuff is very finicky on how you bag. Having to retry makes me walk away rather than risk being charged twice. Buying liquor I have to wait for a human to approve it. And none of the sw let's me type in my phone # to get the discount. I refuse to carry the stupid cards
Since I'm already in the store I'd rather go to a person. As i said above if there is a line at the cashier and the machine is free I sometimes use them. The line with a cashier moves faster than the line for the machine because individuals take more time to figure things out like paying for fruits and the machines slow you down any way.
I have no good ideas about the larger question about automation eliminating jobs and where that will take to us. New jobs will happen in ways we can't think of but I do fear that AI and robotics are going to cause fundamental changes. Ubi is a tool but what happens when large numbers of people are idle? Are they free or controlled? Productive or indolent?