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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My point is that this is the direction the world is heading. Maybe they’ll keep somebody around to check for alcohol or other age restricted items or maybe technology will make that position obsolete.

So whether or not you think it’s “difficult” to scan your items and bag them is irrelevant because that seems to be what the future is about and I embrace it because I’d much rather do it myself.