tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post6631434301877262650..comments2023-06-11T13:12:20.435+01:00Comments on The Anger of a Quiet Man: ♪ I am a one in ten ♫Quiet_Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575652127079681825noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-89046748656922734902014-07-02T06:29:42.797+01:002014-07-02T06:29:42.797+01:00How do self-service checkouts wash with the desire...How do self-service checkouts wash with the desire to stop giving away plastic bags...?Barmanhttp://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-68347705837120110212014-07-01T23:02:30.539+01:002014-07-01T23:02:30.539+01:00I don't like using the things and as they have...I don't like using the things and as they have reduced staff count (sometimes one "colleague" to four or six auto checkouts) where's my discount?FrankChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349761659165064987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-44205848552115011092014-07-01T10:15:52.544+01:002014-07-01T10:15:52.544+01:00I'm not a left-winger defending jobs at all co...I'm not a left-winger defending jobs at all costs, but on the occasions that I have used these machines, I have always felt that I'm doing someone out of a job.<br />The country needs jobs at all levels, if we don't have sufficient jobs at lower skills levels, all we do is end up with mass unemployment which might reduce and individual business's costs, but not help the country overall.<br />The most I will use these machines for is when I only have two or three items, and then I often require assistance as one of them is likely to be a four pack!English Pensionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271488641341955140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3875365454966245098.post-44335892599109077102014-07-01T07:08:31.611+01:002014-07-01T07:08:31.611+01:00I just don't like them, no special reason I ju...I just don't like them, no special reason I just don't.<br />In most of the supermarkets I have used the have these things and that's 99% of them now, usually they have ripped out 2 or more normal checkouts to put these ruddy things in.<br />I am old and I like the personal touch, my concern is automated checkouts are cheap don't need wages don't take time off for holidays, school plays or sickness and don't need uniforms. I know there are already some Tescos with all automated tills, how long before all supermarkets have all automated tills to save the overheads of staff. Plus there are many elderly people and others in society who never see a living soul to talk to unless it's in the supermarket and the checkout operator maybe the only person they see that day. Not much conversation to be had with a machine.<br />Once they bring in retina scanners and face recognition technology you wont need to worry about the beer as we will all be on a big central computer and the machine wont need an assistant to verify your age. Kath Lissendenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040464740166167943noreply@blogger.com