Oddbean

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

@0177da18 I object to being treated as a thief at the self-service checkouts! The cameras focused on the person & record them! Why not focus on the items & alert if I happen to say I am weighing apples instead of garlic etc... But no, they follow my every move. It really shows the whole mindset!

@0177da18 I find it *hilarious* that this is what people think engaging in "anti-capitalism" is. No actually, all you are doing is making that one worker on a checkout work harder. Coles and woolworths have not reduced their overall employment as a result of introducing self-checkout. Once upon a time people wouldn't go to an ATM for the same reason, they'd go to the bank teller. This is not a political act, it's a personal preference and so the act is personal grandstanding. If you want to participate in anti-capitalism, go to a fucking picket-line... Join your Union... Start a cooperative.. Changing which isle you spend your money in the same corporate behemoths store isn't going to even be noticed.