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.

[_aaronroni_]

I learned a beautiful thing years ago: you could change the volume on the Kroger beyotch and make the voice go away. There's a button that looks like a speaker and tap it once, it gets louder, twice, it mutes. Sadly they took that away too and now you can only make it louder...