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        93 hours ago

        asking for a cashier?

        That would be normal

        “I don’t work here”

        Is a rude response to the question whether they would like to use the self-checkout.

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          3 hours ago

          service is not something the client has to ask for but something the vendor provides. Just like you hold a door open for someone entering behind you, you provide that service, unasked. Having to ask for service is a failure in itself, it’s just “no service”.

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        33 hours ago

        You mean demanding special attention rather than using the self-checkout like everyone else? Not sure I understand.

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          12 hours ago

          I expect that the management is responsible for adequate staffing. Self-checkout typically doesn’t even work. Not a boomer, not USian, YMMV.

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              12 hours ago

              Typically they need attendant attention, to be reset to be usable. Which makes it rather pointless. My expectation that checkout lines are to be adequately staffed with cashiers. This is, however, increasingly not a safe assumption, in Germany. I expect the situation to further deteriorate. As does everything else.

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                240 minutes ago

                Here there are like 10 self-checkouts per 1 employee and they’re just there if the machine gets confused about a weight. It’s much better, and faster than waiting in the queue for a manned checkout. I can’t imagine wanting to go backward, where’s the benefit?

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          23 hours ago

          “service” is no “special attention” but I get to the conclusion our misunderstanding might be a socio-cultural thing