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Inside: Understaffing as a form of enshittification; and more!
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Zanne@pluralistic omg.. I went to CVS this past weekend and the cashier was running two screens where the customer had to look up their account to get their medicine. The touch screen was horrible so it took a lot of effort to use. The cashier was taking over half the time. It was completely inefficient and made us all cranky. This was in my local target which has become completely useless. Who is running these companies? #enshittification 10000%
BandersnatchI refuse to use self-checkout for any reason & have literally left a full cart at the front of the store when no other options are available.
Waste my time & I will waste even more of your money.
Negahyphen@Bandersnatch @zannesan @pluralistic even Whole Foods /Amazon are phasing out those experiments as they have shown to cause a dramatic increase in shrinkage. Mm.
There are more people who admit to taking an item from a store with self checkout than support war with Iran (even without ground troops).
There are more people who admit to taking an item from a store with self checkout than support war with Iran (even without ground troops).