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https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-costco-kroger-facing-self-checkout-reckoning-2023-10
Some are finding they still need employees to combat theft, assist with purchases, review IDs, and check receipts.
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What if we just replaced all cashiers with cops?
this is my local target. no checkers, no employees on the floor, only self-check out, but there are 3 dudes in black/OD plate carriers standing by the door
Real life cyberpunk dystopia
There's at least a few bazingas that see the tacticools when they're shopping and get excited because it looks like the cyberpunkerinos, I bet.
It's not far off at all from the known and established fondness for Star Wars stormtroopers as an aesthetic.