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WanderingEng  ·  3572 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The future isn't robots replacing waiters, it's me replacing waiters

I imagine my gripe being when I'm stuck behind someone who can't work the machine. I use the self checkouts at the grocery store, and the game I play is to complete my purchases before the others already there. Sometimes I lose badly when there's someone under thirty with only two items, but so often there are people who constantly struggle with "scan, bag, repeat." This may change as I gradually become the old person unable to fathom new technology, but right now basic self checkouts can be a struggle for many.