Today I went shopping first thing in the morning.
I went to the only cashier checkout with one item.
There were about eight people in line ahead of me with a ton of items in their carts. So I decided to go to the self checkout. An unfortunate phrase considering I haven’t decided to do so.
I’ve resisted going to the self checkout for a variety of reasons. I don’t recall the store hiring me to become a grocery bagging person. How much vacation time do I get?
A nice person walked me through the procedure.
I posited that the reason there was only one cashier at ‘number one’ was because the store didn’t want to pay for cashiers.
The nice person posited “there’s always applications at the service counter for getting hired. Nobody is willing to put up with customer abuse for any wage.” I hadn’t thought of that.
The employee also added that self checkouts reduce ‘store loss’ a.k.a. people taking things that don’t belong to them.
I said “the store doesn’t ‘lose’ anything. They didn’t misplace the T-bone steaks and tins of crab meat.”
I’m starting work soon as a ‘loss prevention officer’. I’ll be wearing the ZZ Top t-shirt.
John Waldin,
Duncan