12-11-2007, 10:26 PM
[quote $tevie]I am boycotting self check-outs. I refuse to assist in automating more Americans out of their jobs.
Hear, hear!
[quote RonT]
It's exactly because people will put up with this kind of "Customer Service" that stores continue to push the envelope. First it's self checkouts - next they'll be expecting their customers to open the cartons in order to remove the item they want to purchase.
No cashiers today, no shelf stockers tomorrow - just train the sheep and watch the profit increase.
Their long-term plan is to convince people that they can walk up to the self-checkout stand with no merchandise, pay with their debit cards, and leave happy, empty-handed.
Hear, hear!
[quote RonT]
It's exactly because people will put up with this kind of "Customer Service" that stores continue to push the envelope. First it's self checkouts - next they'll be expecting their customers to open the cartons in order to remove the item they want to purchase.
No cashiers today, no shelf stockers tomorrow - just train the sheep and watch the profit increase.
Their long-term plan is to convince people that they can walk up to the self-checkout stand with no merchandise, pay with their debit cards, and leave happy, empty-handed.