I worked for NCR in Rhode Island in the late '70s and "helped" (I had just joined the company) install one of the first self checkouts in a grocery store. At the time people said the same thing about taking jobs away. My response then (as is now) it frees up people to do other jobs that require a store person to do, like full the shelves, clean the isles, get shopping carts out of the parking lot, etc.
So, as already pointed out, you pump your own gas, go to the AMT for cash, shop online, etc.
I was a cashier "back in the day" and had rather do [I]anything[I] than that, including sorting bottles out back.
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