I like self scan
because I don't like human interaction.
(Vigilante Man weeps because you're stupid., Sun 18 Sep 2011, 22:01, 1 reply)

^ this
If people didn't want self-scan tills they wouldn't use them!

(I also don't like human interaction, to the point of crippling anxiety, sometimes).
(anonymousreality tickled your fancy on, Sun 18 Sep 2011, 23:43, closed)

I disagree
At the little tesco I sometimes use the staff are too busy chatting to serve
you so the only option is to use the self check out.
I don't steal 'owt tho.
(dyllon nice beaver., Mon 19 Sep 2011, 8:39, closed)

People use them because they put less staff on the tills.
So if you don't use self-scan it takes longer. In my (no ex-)local Tesco the staff were told to encourage the use of the self-scan also.
Which is my point -- they are replacing people with self-scan and trying to force customers to do the work of a checkout assistant. So they're both contributing to unemployment and having customers do unpaid work.
I'm not exactly Mr Sociable myself, but I'd much rather the men and women in the local Tesco store kept their jobs and be served by a person who can do things like serve alcohol and pick things up from behind the counter.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Mon 19 Sep 2011, 20:58, closed)