Labour Party News. Sigh

[Spicerack]

A bit of light hearted news for you.
https://theworldnews.net/gb-news/labour-is-calling-for-a-tax-on-self-service-checkouts-for-robbing-till-workers-of-their-jobs
(or does anyone agree with them?)

[Spicerack]

What other Labour saving devices should we tax? lol.

[-Talbot-]

When Isaw the OP header, I thought it was going to be the light-hearted 'Kier Hardy' thread.

[fiction-factory]

Maybe we should go back to reading out a list and someone gets it off the shelf for us

[Jackdaw33]

I'm afraid the phrase 'you couldn't make it up' is becoming redundant. Labour seem to be able to do it in spades.

[Mamyalynne]

Nice one ;-)

[Jackdaw33]

I remember those days well. FF. As a small boy I was sent to the store as my mother couldn't be arissed to queue for half an hour or more. The weight of the shopping was such that as a 7 year old I had to drag the bag behind me rather than carry it.

[THECORBYLOON]

The Labour Party's not calling for the tax, it's a suggestion only from St. Ives' members of the party.

[Old_Geezer]

Sounds a plan. Better still would be compulsory 10% off the bill to pay for the scanning/till work the customer presently does for free.

[Spicerack]

Still Labour Party News, Corby. Lol, don't be embarrassed.

[Jackdaw33]

All they need now is to get Abbott to do the sums.

[Spicerack]

Imagine being stuck on Abbot's till after they do away with bar-codes.

[Jackdaw33]

The mind boggles.

[Blubster]

"Maybe we should go back to reading out a list and someone gets it off the shelf for us "

I worked in a shop in Anfield where they did exactly that FF. Customers had to queue in a heavy perspex corridor and place their orders at a protected counter.

[Spicerack]

Actually, you'd still be waiting for the shop to be built. Presuming they do away with diggers n cranes n whatnot.

[Spicerack]

Was that an off-licence, Blubster?

[vulcan42]

It'l be the ATM's next.

[-Talbot-]

https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article12157545.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/DX2Kf0WWsAAuPA6.jpg

[Jackdaw33]

Actually I have a friend who will not use ATMs but goes into the bank to withdraw money. When asked by the teller why he simply didn't use the ATM he replied, "Because I don't want to do you out of a job". I think he had a point.

[atalanta]

The shops which use these automated checkouts are probably having a rethink anyway, considering the fact that they are losing a lot of money through dishonest use of the tills. Especially by people who switch expensive barcodes for cheap ones before scanning the goods.