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The useful idiots need to see what the $15 minimum wage looks like in the real world (media.patriots.win)          REEEEEEE!        
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– FusionRealm 110 points ago +110 / -0

In the short run these aren't cheap. But remove the annual salary, 401k plan, medical insurance, or union benefits, payroll taxes. Reduced managment time. Then compound that savings year over year, these machines more than pay for themselves.

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– the-new-style 62 points ago +62 / -0

They also increase store theft, and the retailers still come out ahead

Shoplifting accounts for nearly 4% of inventory for retailers with self-checkout, compared to just 1.5% for traditional checkout, according to a report. What’s more, in a recent review of shoplifting offenders, 72% said that self-checkout made theft easy to very easy. Only 8% answered it made shoplifting more difficult.

https://www.simplr.ai/retail-podcast/self-checkout-increases-theft-risk

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– MetallicOpeth 23 points ago +23 / -0

I fell like in this new police state we're soon to be living in there will just be employees walking up and down the aisles eye fucking you while you go about your business, making sure you don't steal

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– Bubbahax 24 points ago +25 / -1

Nobody that works for Kroger cares if you steal. Maybe management. Maybe.

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