Recently a supermarket chain in my area has introduced self-serve checkout counters. Basically there are 4 self-serve machines and an island for one cashier. He/she is there to punch in the produce price and check ID's for alcohol or handle any problems a customer may have using the machine. I like the self-serve machines. They seem to be less time consuming and make the checkout process faster.
Now the supermarket has effectively outsourced three cashier positions to the machines.
Do you two think this practice should be abolished?