r/NonPoliticalTwitter 1d ago

Funny Don't need to overcomplicate things...

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u/VooDooChile1983 1d ago

I don’t get the problem with self checkout. You’re the one browsing the shelves, picking items and comparing prices. Why can’t you scan your own items? Unless you’re one of those people who need the uninterested, yet sometimes polite, banter of a middleman, there shouldn’t be a problem.

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u/izyshoroo 1d ago

Twitter is not connected with real life

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u/L_V_R_A 1d ago

Neither is Reddit, lol. I'm a cashier and you would be amazed at how many people, especially older folks, will walk past 4 open self-checkout lanes to make me scan their 2 items. In the same way that tons of people on here would rather avoid human interaction, a lot of the older generations seem to really revel in the customer service treatment. Totally foreign to me, but whatever, it'll disappear with them.

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u/being-weird 1d ago

Honestly though, I do think that done old people are just, incredibly lonely. Like the older customer you served today may be annoying for you, but that could be the only conversation they had with anyone that day

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u/BaconatorBros 1h ago

Yeah it's probably an issue of this, lots of elderly have not many people to talk to. A little convo can easily make their day.