• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    Some of these people are fucking weird. Like the person you’re replying to? Yeah, I would not want to know someone that antisocial IRL.

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      11 days ago

      Maybe you’re weird for making such a statement. Have you ever heard of social anxiety? It can be crippling.

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        11 days ago

        You don’t even have to speak to the checkout person. Yet lemmy treats anxiety as normal, memes abound! Yeah, that’s fucking weird and anyone that crippled is, well, crippled, needs serious help.

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        11 days ago

        I have crippling anxiety - and i overwhelmingly prefer a manned checkout.

        Manned checkout:

        Hi, here are my bags, paying by card, thanks.
        

        Robot:

        Unexpected item in bagging area
        Try and flag a worker down
        they are busy solving the above issue for 4 other people
        wait patiently for a minute or two
        the worker doesn't realise i need their help
        have to go ask them for help
        continue scanning my items
        above happens 2-5 more times
        

        The robot tends to have significantly more human interaction, it’s slower than having a professional do it, and the human interaction is SO much worse.

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          11 days ago

          Different strokes for different folks, for sure. I don’t particularly care either way but there are days that I only have a couple of items and zipping through self checkout is preferred.