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What I'm hearing is NY Democrats are working to pass a bill that will increase prices at businesses using self-checkout by 10 percent. They aren't going to cut into their own profits.
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2026
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The fun part that I have heard from a few retail managers is that the software that the self checkout uses costs as much or more per month than the employee would have.
Right, because if I self checkout my $200 grocery bill, that worker definitely would have made $20 in that few minute interaction.
I like the idea, but that's a terrible implementation. The cost of the bill has no relation to the money saved by using the machine and firing a worker. A flat amount no more than a % of the bill is tiny would be better. Like $1-3 but no more than 5% of bill.
200 grocery bill, that worker definitely would have made $20 in that few minute interaction.
So the fact that the store would lose more money to the 10% discount is what incentivizes them to use cashiers.
All y'all tripping over making these 2 numbers equivalent are missing the point entirely.
I'm not missing the point, funny enough it seems to be you that has.
Something should be done, but this is NOT the way to do it. I'm sorry you can't understand that.
Of course not.
We shouldnt dare do it in a way that hurts the poor company.
Perhaps we should solve it by making customers pay a fee for using self checkout! You know, those poor, downtrodden businesses really do need all the help they can get.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why big business gets away with everything.
Cause theres juuust enough idiots out there to cry and scream about how its big mean and supes unfair to hold them accountable for anything, and that any punishments should totally be insigifnicant that doesnt impact them at all.
lol
It’s ultimately just a bill that would kill the self checkout which maybe that is their intention.
Self checkout isnt a bad thing in and of itself.
If you only get one or two items, or something that you find personally embarassing, self checkout is fine.
Thet problem is there are no more cashiers, and I'm expected to take my monthly groceries through self checkout, which is a fucking chore. and I totally deserve at least 10% for the chore of dealing with it, as well with the added stress that a harmless fuckup might result in me being fucking tackled to the asphalt in the parking lot by some overzealous loss prevention/cop, and see me arrested for theft.
so I dont want to see it go away, but there definitely needs to be regulation, like..1 self checkout for every 3 staffed cashier registers or something.
If it's written as that image describes, I don't even think they intend to pass it, they just wanted the headlines, but that would be the ultimate goal as written if so and it passed.
They should have to pay a tax equal to that of employing someone. They will get efficiency and more days activity without leave and overtime costs.
Something like this is more along the right way to address something like this, and it fits the more broader issue with automation across multiple areas.
"democrats" "fighting for worker rights", are we doing this in big 26? No wonder american left is dead.
Who do you propose to stand up? Orange lunatic team sure isn't, if you look long enough, they're helping bleed us dry.
It is a weird bill, maybe it's a scare tactic.
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