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Speedrun timers on self checkouts (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by flashgnash@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Am I the only one who gets to the self checkout and is compelled to finish as soon as humanly possible?

Imagine if there was a speedrun timer on them and a leaderboard

Would make boring everyday life a little more interesting

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[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I don't mind that, I really hate having to wait in queue for 25 minutes while someone checks out their family of 8's monthly shop in the only open lane when I've got a packet of biscuits and a couple tins of soup

Or wait for the cashier who's fed up with their job to scan things 3x slower than I would, ask me if I've got a loyalty card, ask me if I want a receipt etc

I am a rather impatient individual I realise but self checkouts solve those problem for me. I get why people like normal ones but self checkouts seem logical

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 7 points 7 months ago

I'm with you about the cashier. I don't see how having somebody working an extremely mechanical job is a good thing for them. It must be so depressing.

I understand that people need to earn a living, but using people to be robots is a waste of their potential. At least with self checkout it's a bit more dynamic for that one person monitoring several checkouts.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

All of these issues are trivially solved by the supermarket being less of a dick. Pay your employees better, hire more people to shoulder the load - self checkout only seems logical because stores make the regular checkout process as shitty as possible.

[–] flashgnash@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

They're always going to be able to have more self checkouts than manned checkouts, the more of them there are the more throughput so the faster you get in

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago

Only benefit of self-checkout is buying steaks at bulk onion prices.