• Noxy@pawb.social
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    10 hours ago

    Wow, I remember when they had a single Go store at Amazon HQ in Seattle, and it was employee only. It sure was neat as a novelty, but it doesn’t surprise me that they could never figure out the tech.

    Good riddance. These days, I more and more cherish the brief but real interactions I have with real grocery store cashiers.

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      8 hours ago

      For me, it isn’t the interactions, it’s the inconvenience of having to wait in line and either wait for a checker to scan my items or scan them myself at self checkout. I don’t mind small talk with the checker, but faster grocery trips would be awesome.

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        4 hours ago

        You need to ask yourself, why the rush? For me it was/is social anxiety. Hated the store. Hated shopping. Rush rush in out go go go.

        Once I worked on that, I found ways to make it much more tolerable. Now the five minutes in line are just five minutes I can play on my phone.

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          2 hours ago

          Because I’d rather be doing anything else at home that I can’t do while in line at the grocery store.

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        6 hours ago

        Stores I go to have lines for both. For me, it’s about how I didn’t want to go to the shop in the first place and I want to do as little as possible there while I listen to music on my earbuds. I also prefer to pack my stuff without someone right there… the pressure!