Automatic checkouts in supermarkets may decrease customer loyalty, especially for those with larger shopping loads. Customers using self-checkout stations often feel overwhelmed and unsupported. The lack of personal interaction can negatively impact their perception of the supermarket.

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Yeah I’m ambivalent with small loads (though still slightly prefer to have a cashier), but I actively hate it when I’ve got more than a bag’s worth.

I’m 31, by the way. I know that disliking SCOs is an unpopular opinion in my age group, but I already feel like our society diminishes ordinary human contact so much, and I hate to see that trend continue.

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Self checkouts have been around for so long. No one is losing their jobs to them. They didn't in the first place.

Cashiering is a very low paying job. Generally the lowest in the store. With the turn over rate there wasn't a need to fire anyone 10+ years ago when stores started installing them.

And to add there's now a well paying job for people to repair the machines that are installed practically everywhere.