@hellomiakoda worse, it tricks you into paying to work but calls it working for pay. that's the wage system in a nutshell.

@hellomiakoda this thread is awesome and long enough that ive bookmarked it, and will try to boost a different post every day lol

@hellomiakoda Agreed until here, as somebody who works a cash register along with everything else in the store, customers who bypass self checkout to deliberately waste my time can fuck all the way off. The self checkout doesn't replace me, it strongly assists me and lets me take care of everything else
That self checkout isn't about to cook, clean toilets and stock shelves anytime soon

@hellomiakoda I’ve been thinking quite a lot lately about how much free overtime me and my colleagues used to do.
Hundreds of hours

@hellomiakoda I have never thought self check out was for my convenience! I've always avoided it whenever it's been an option.

@hellomiakoda I have come to the conclusion they eff with your mind.. make the weak minds think they owe the MAN.. therapy people.. not even work in your own self interest sadly..

@hellomiakoda I heard the line "Will my groceries be cheaper if I use self check out?" and it just seems brilliant. The answer is obviously "no".

@hellomiakoda ok but to be fair, it *is* more convenient for smaller purchases. And the throughput is much higher, so you won't get stuck at peak hours.

That's actually very important for me, because near our school there's a supermarket selling good Leberkäs in Kaiser rolls for cheap and a lot of peeps go get those for lunch. Some others get other stuff there too.

Getting close to 250 hungry IT students through within the same 10 minutes would be very hard without the self-checkout machines.