If you have the option, do you use the cashier or the self checkout line at the grocery store? What about other types if store like hardware stores?
If you have the option, do you use the cashier or the self checkout line at the grocery store? What about other types if store like hardware stores?
Yes. Fuck ringing up my own groceries. I am not an employee and I do not labor for the grocery store. If I am forced to ring out my own groceries and do that labor, I will be getting paid via shoplifting an item as I check out.
They’ve been experimenting with self-service checkouts for decades. I remember being a young teen in the 70s, and going to a store with my grandma, who was a vocal union supporter.
We were waiting in line, and a girl kept trying to get people to come over and try their new self-serve line. She asked my grandma a few times, before my grandmother, who worked in the fur department of a major department store, said sharply “Listen, young lady, I’m trying to save your JOB! I don’t work for this store, I want an EMPLOYEE to ring me up.”
That statement has been a huge influence on my life, and how I view the world.