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On Wed, 10 Dec 2025 22:32:08 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:

> Hate them!! Hate them! Hate them. I'll stand in line at a staffed
> Check-Out (if there is one) rather than use those Auto-mated Check-Outs.
> 
> The way I figure it, the Supermarket has already added the 'Staffing
> Costs' into the price of the things I buy, so I might as well make use
> of the Staff that I'm paying for.

The markets have reduced the number of manned lanes and have done away 
with the 'express' lanes. I'm not keen on standing in line behind someone 
who was shopping for a family of nine to get my six items rung up. Even 
worse is discovering you're behind someone with a EBT card that finds 
their credit card declined for the stuff the EBT didn't cover.