I feel seen!

Automated teller machine machine

To be fair, that's a fairly universal problem. In the UK it's a basket Vs trolley split. They do have trolley self checkouts, but it's separate, and mainly intended for scan as you shop.

On a side note, what's with American supermarkets not having baskets at all. Did I just have really weird luck?

Might've just been bad timing where baskets were piled up at the end of the checkout counters and the staff hadn't had the chance to bring them back near the entrances.

OK Boomer.

Yeah, even in South Central area of LA where I am, the system is quite responsive at the Food 4 Less.

there's a five finger discount

idk why people say it's bad! even at fucking Walmart i don't have issues

if you wanna know my actual beliefs on the matter, people shouldn't have to do meaningless labor to live

maybe I'm just lucky, but I've never had that particular issue. the only time it's been slightly annoying is if I'm buying alcohol and the people watching self checkout are busy, and other than that, they're easy to use. I don't buy huge chunks of groceries at a time, though, ad I imagine large shops would be annoying

Kroger

I mean the level of pressure is lower elsewhere than in Germany, of course it's still easy to feel anxious anywhere

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Yeah, better pay cash n wear a mask tho. They are starting to bust people for that.

How self-checkout machines can tell if you're stealing

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Lemmy doesn't exactly reflect the general population.

Because I worked as a package clerk as a kid, some 30 years ago. They spent a week training us to be cashiers and how to pack groceries as optimally and quickly as possible. And most places around here, the timing of the cashier is not good, especially since we usually have to pack our own groceries anyway.

"If" in one hand, shit in the other. Which fills up first?

You say it's not a thing anywhere else, but you also say it's easy to feel that way anywhere. Those two statements aren't congruent

[…] Me: "I don't work here"

This gives me big "ok boomer" vibes. Instead of this, imo, snarky response, could you not simply politely say that you prefer a human cashier?

Remember the human.

Self check out is faster especially since I can scan the items when I’m picking them off the shelves. The faster I can be outside and spend less time in those kind of commercial spaces the better. And no I don’t have agoraphobia. I just fucking hate the vibes of most stores.