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HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.ml · 3 years ago

Nobody likes self-checkout. Here's why it's everywhere

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Nobody likes self-checkout. Here's why it's everywhere

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HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmygrad.ml · 3 years ago
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Nobody likes self-checkout. Here's why it's everywhere | CNN Business
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Why has this problematic, unloved technology taken over retail?
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    “Please place the item in the bagging area”

    sobs in a heap on the floor

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      “Unexpected item in bagging area! Please remove item!”

      “Item unexpectedly removed from bagging area! Please wait for an attendant to assist you!”

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        It’s that second line where it means I now need to talk to someone else 😭 just kill me now

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      I have ptsd from that phrase

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        I’ve literally nearly had a breakdown over it. 5 items in a row and it didn’t clock the weight 😭

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          “I BEGETH OF YOU, RETURNETH THINE OWN BAG”

          quothe the checkout: “Unexpected item in bagging area! Please remove item!”

          FUCKETH THOU

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            I’d break it if I could afford to replace it (or run away and get away with it)

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              arson is a thought

              make it your theory

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                Bagging areas

                The highest form of Imperialism

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                  Even Lenin couldn’t anticipate

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                    He was only one champion 😔

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      Find that mute button, fam

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        !

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