Comment by xenocratus
1 day ago
> plus, if you see somebody stealing food, no, you didn't
Don't tell me, in your view the cost of shoplifting is begrudgingly covered by those evil rich people who own everything, right? It's not passed down to customers, and therefore affects those who obey rules, and especially those who are in a precarious financial situation to begin with, right?
I don't understand why we'd defend a megacorporation. Both the corporation and the shoplifter can be wrong.
The business is not wrong for choosing to use automation. Everyone does it every day, and it is not considered "wrong".
"Everyone does it every day"
That makes it okay?
"It is not considered wrong"
By WHOM? I go out of my way to avoid self-checkout when I can, because I consider it 'wrong.'
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Self-checkouts aren’t automation. They just change who does the work (to someone not being paid for it).
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The delusional thing is they think the cost is distributed to the owners.
They just cut worker hours and raise prices. The owners don't see a difference.
The richest person they're hurting is the store manager earning $200k missing some of their bonus.
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Don't tell me, you think the store actually expects to sell all that milk before it goes bad?