Why do they say self check out is a scam?

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voldothegr8 posted...
But I do it faster than them and to me that's worth it. I don't feel like I'm being taken advantage of, I feel like I'm being catered to.
100% This.

My Stop & Shop has an app for my phone. It acts as the scanner. I scan everything as I'm shopping, put it in the bags, and then just scan a barcode at the end.

Once every 10 or so times I'll get flagged and customer service comes over and scans 3 random items to make sure I scanned them and aren't stealing them.

Quite frankly, it's a godsend. The time saved loading my cart, unloading it onto the belt, and then loading the cart again, is worth whatever "I'm doing their job" BS people are complaining about.

It takes zero effort to be a good person.