I worked as a cashier in a supermarket.

Some stores are very strict about coupons and do monitor what a cashier has in their drawer. I doubt most cashiers would even care if you stole from the store as long as it wasn't their problem.

These people are just trying to keep their jobs and the corporation that has its boot on their neck might be the only place that will hire them. Do you really expect them all to stop working and protest when they see their jobs being replaced? Come on, they have rent to pay and kids to feed. Have more empathy towards those suffering from capitalism.

Make the minimum wage something people can live on and then we can talk about them making poor decisions.

Why would anyone making that level of income put any effort or thought into the work? Their labor is almost always worth more than what they’re being paid in places that adhere to the US Federal Minimum Wage of $7.25. You know why the service is better at Disney than a local carnival? Cause they get paid a hell of a lot better to do the job.

I thought this way but have been told numerous times by retail workers that they like the machines, that they were overworked before they came in and now the workload is manageable.

Now as someone who has worked retail, usually (not always) it's because there is a line (some arbitrary number between 3-6) that is too many people in line. So we take you to the next one. But you only need one person to run so many self checkout machines. Typically 4-6. As for the coupon. That is probably the one time she's really allowed to tell a customer no, when typically she has to honor more or less whatever a customer tells her to do, no matter how stupid.

Comfortably-off customers casting aspersions on "minimum wage workers" are the absolute pits.

There is lots to say here but you are too clueless to say any of it. FFS

Aren't you just mad the lady at the Petrol station cancel your transaction? By the way, how does using a voucher work with this fine posting of you?

in that vein, I find it odd that some businesses that could really use self checkout aisles dont have them - like Target - they're always understaffed and there's always long lines. like, just install some self checkout machines already, jeez.

I pretty much just read:

“Tell me, I haven’t worked as a cashier without telling me it”