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I'm not a fan of self-serve checkouts, which seems to be a growing trend in stores like Home Depot and Walmart. When a retailer prices an item the cost of doing business, which includes paying the wages of checkout clerks, is built into that price. Following this logic there should be a discount applied when using a self-serve checkout, and that ain't gonna happen. Instead the self-serve checkout is marketed to us as a "convenience" – just like ATM fees! How it's convenient when I'm doing someone else's job is lost on me. Self-serve checkouts are also the initial step in downsizing staff – if everyone's using them, checkout staff become obsolete. I don't wish to contribute to someone else's mis-fortune. Not gonna use the self-serve checkouts, f**k 'em.