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Originally Posted by Two Bills
Many stores in the UK invested heavily in self-checkout, but lack of use, has meant that many now are closing them.
We have always bagged our own purchases, so that is not a factor, majority just refuse to use them.
Some with one or two items use self check-out, but they are the exceptions.
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I always enjoy hearing the sociological similarities and differences btw. our Countries!
I must admit, I miss those days!
This self-serve stuff began in an effort to "train us" to work for businesses, without pay, while paying them, full price.
From self-serve car washes to filling your own coffee/soda to uploading/downloading your own banking/investing options.
We handled the entire Closing on our home, including the wire transfer of big buck funds to our builder with no help from anyone. However, The Villages house, we used an agent.
It was ACTUALLY a lot easier to do EVERYTHING ourselves rather than sitting across the table from "slow" and inefficient real estate personnel. Ug.