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Well this change is only happening in areas where there is high crime:
So that means this area will have to pay more for staff and higher prices just to babysit them to make sure they don't steal, I'm sure they're thrilled at the value creation and jobs being created because their fellow citizens are scum
How is this comparable at all? Nobody pumps fuel for me today I do it myself, I can also clean my own windows and pump my own tires! and I don't want someone to hang around all day to do these things for me because as I mentioned it's a waste of a persons time, it's not a problem for me to do
I don't know what we're talking about then, I never said replace every single employee with a self service checkout, I said I prefer them over shop attendants because they are faster and I can it myself (even without stealing)
Good to know you think people taking food are scum, and not the businesses that are gatekeeping it behind profit motive. Your ire is targeted at the wrong people.
You don't pump fuel entirely yourself though.
Pay attention next time you fuel up and you'll notice there's a delay before the display zeroes out. That delay is because a human inside the kiosk watches either through the window or via camera to confirm you look old enough to fuel up and are acting responsibly enough to be allowed to spray flammable liquid out of a hose and approves the sale to begin.
You may think you're a lone wolf capable of being a big boy all by yourself but for better or worse we live in a society. Not lone individuals bravely traversing the wilds of modern human civilisation.
In response to a comment about replacing employees with self service, in a mocking derogatory manner.
Yes because if people steal food then everyone else has to pay higher prices because the cost of the food is borne by the business who simply adds it to a balance sheet and works out the minimum profit margin needed to stay in business
Yeah I do, I take the hose out and put it in the car myself, I don't need someone to do it for me, nor clean my car windshield or tires
I'm aware there is a human who approves to start the fuel pump, this is a separate job
lets go over this again:
replacing 3 members of staff does not imply replacing all members of staff
You're arguing against a strawman you have made