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The Self-Checkout Nightmare May Finally Be Ending (gizmodo.com)
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[โ€“] Heresy_generator@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Still, 60% of consumers said they prefer self-checkout as of 2021

And it's fucking weird how vocal and entitled some of the 35% are in wanting the majority's preference to go away because they don't like it.

[โ€“] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

AGREED. Why does the "unexpected item in the bagging area" joke still get a laugh? My 9-year-old doesn't remember a time when that was a legitimate problem.