Chookbot on Nostr: Local Coles has moved on from self checkouts as an option, to bullying people into ...
Local Coles has moved on from self checkouts as an option, to bullying people into using them.
They now have only one human operated checkout, and there's always a queue of people willing to wait longer for the sake of the principle that people are more important than corporate profit. So Coles has appointed a staffer to harrass people in that queue.
Perhaps Coles has finally figured that we're not actually computer shy, that our choice is political. (Most times I don't even go to Coles but they do have my favourite coffee.)
Anyway, they've given a staffer the job of gracelessly ordering people to leave the human checkout and follow her to the other.
"No" I said emphatically, I'm going through here", pointing to the checkout in front of me. As she turned away I called, "I don't work for Coles."
Not only am I not going to do the work of a staffer without pay, I'm not going to be rudely bossed around as if I was a staffer, for the sake of Coles' profit.
#ToxicCapitalism
They now have only one human operated checkout, and there's always a queue of people willing to wait longer for the sake of the principle that people are more important than corporate profit. So Coles has appointed a staffer to harrass people in that queue.
Perhaps Coles has finally figured that we're not actually computer shy, that our choice is political. (Most times I don't even go to Coles but they do have my favourite coffee.)
Anyway, they've given a staffer the job of gracelessly ordering people to leave the human checkout and follow her to the other.
"No" I said emphatically, I'm going through here", pointing to the checkout in front of me. As she turned away I called, "I don't work for Coles."
Not only am I not going to do the work of a staffer without pay, I'm not going to be rudely bossed around as if I was a staffer, for the sake of Coles' profit.
#ToxicCapitalism