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72 years after [Clarence Saunders] attempted to patent his idea, advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and other technologies are making the dream of a worker-free store a reality. And American cashiers may soon be checking out.
A recent analysis by Cornerstone Capital Group suggests that 7.5m retail jobs – the most common type of job in the country – are at "high risk of computerization", with the 3.5m cashiers likely to be particularly hard hit.
Another report, by McKinsey, suggests that a new generation of high-tech grocery stores that automatically charge customers for the goods they take – no check-out required – and use robots for inventory and stocking could reduce the number of labor hours needed by nearly two-thirds. It all translates into millions of Americans' jobs under threat.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 17 2017, @06:21PM (2 children)
Unless you're selfishly oblivious to the line forming behind you, you should feel like you're getting the bum's rush from everyone waiting impatiently to use the machine while it bleats at you, "please take your items, please take your items."
Yeah you're just a control freak. The cashier can't be trusted to do the job to your exacting standard. You don't want the cashier's low pay or poor job security, though, oh no. You just want to control the work.
(Score: 2) by WalksOnDirt on Friday August 18 2017, @02:41AM (1 child)
It only takes a few seconds. It's just that without a cashier to perform for it's easier to think.
(Score: 2) by t-3 on Friday August 18 2017, @05:27PM
I agree, I just wish the self-checkout registers weren't crippled. I've worked at a grocery store before, I know how to scan items faster than one every 10 seconds. If I was allowed to do so, it wouldn't be so fucking annoying using them. Also, the fucking thing has a scanner, I should be able to scan my id if I want to buy alcohol instead of waiting for the cashier.