I went to my local (western NY) Home depot over the weekend. A few weeks ago, it had 6 checkout lanes - not all staffed all the time of course, now it has all self-checkout lanes. No cashiers at all. one employee up front to help customers as needed.
I hate self-checkout with a passion. It’s ok for a couple of items, but for any order over a half-dozen items, it usually screws up. Very frustrating.
Why did they do that since minimum wage is presently $7.25/hr and hasn’t changes since 2009?