It said stores are rethinking it and reverting to manual, employee based checkout. I don't like this. Having worked those jobs at busy supermarkets, they're miserable, at least for me. I'd rather do food service, because at least that feels like providing some customer value in handmade foods. Getting someone to scan your fucking groceries all the time is nuts, Victorian area reversion.
We should automate all we can, as much as we can. Then we'll have room for more fun things rather than scanning Janet's full shopping cart with three other customers in the line, one of which also has near a full cart. This includes many food service jobs btw! But I think there'll always be room for a nice, handmade meal.