Even babysitting 2 checkouts is still better than employing 2 cashiers. And that is assuming you can even find cashiers. Way back when I was a child the supermarket cashiers were women in their 40s who got divorced and needed a low skilled job. But thanks to equal education opportunities for men and women that group is gone.
We are going to have to come to terms with the reality that for the first time since the plague employable humans are scarce. Now do you want them to work at Ikea or work in a hospital or school?
> Even babysitting 2 checkouts is still better than employing 2 cashiers.
This assumes self-checkout is as efficient as a cashier? I'd say a good cashier is at least 5 times faster than I am, some discount store cashiers maybe even 10 times faster.
We are going to have to come to terms with the reality that for the first time since the plague employable humans are scarce. Now do you want them to work at Ikea or work in a hospital or school?