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In reply to the discussion: Amazon on Monday unveiled the latest plan to automate American workers out of existence [View all]The Genealogist
(4,726 posts)45. Definitely depends on the store
I can cite two examples. I live near a grocery store. The staff is so morose there that I expect them to break out any time into "Skid Row" from "Little Shop of Horrors." Coupled with expired food on the shelves and a dingy interior, it makes me not want to shop there. Ever. The store I do my regular shopping at has very friendly staff; even the stockers will greet you and ask if you are finding everything. The store is clean and well lit. I am guessing management makes the difference.
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Amazon on Monday unveiled the latest plan to automate American workers out of existence [View all]
Kilgore
Dec 2016
OP
While I am sure people will do this, a lot of people won't. There are enough people who
still_one
Dec 2016
#1
Unless I don't understand it, looking at a live cam virtually is not the same thing as
still_one
Dec 2016
#5
No, I went to the NYPost link in the OP which described it as a virtual experience. Obviously, I
still_one
Dec 2016
#21
The bright side is that there will be a bunch of higher skilled workers necessary to
Hoyt
Dec 2016
#4
People will flock to it. You'll be surrounded by people who look just like the ones in the video.
NBachers
Dec 2016
#6
Thank you. I hate shopping. I hate having to identify all of my vegetable selections
Maru Kitteh
Dec 2016
#20
It's available in every Apple Store for off the shelf items (software, keyboards, sound systems, etc
brooklynite
Dec 2016
#66
I DEMAND THE RIGHT TO WAIT IN LINE FOR AN HOUR BEHIND ELDERLY COUPON ARGUMENT LADY!
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2016
#10
I think not wanting wait in interminably long lines cuts across all demographic categories
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2016
#61
I can't wait . Service were I live is terrible and often quite discriminatory . If I can leave them
lunasun
Dec 2016
#38
And this "innovation" is not going to happen in east middle-of-nowhere Wisconsin
alarimer
Dec 2016
#44
They can't even answer the glaring problem of how a debt-strapped millennial buys things.
HughBeaumont
Dec 2016
#47
But how will the robot know the piece of salmon you're returning is really rotten?
Vinca
Dec 2016
#30
The don't require it; but they recognize the brick and mortar is still a "thing"
brooklynite
Dec 2016
#40