More self checkouts being allocated

Well I don’t think we can stop progress

Yes we can. I can think of a few things that got halted[or somewhat].

As shops and supermarket are being squeezed at both ends by at one end business rates/NI/increases in minimum wage/ higher world food prices and at the other by us wanting cheap food at all costs/competition/demand for variety, something has to give and unfortunately it is staffing.
I have used scan and shop for years and would hate to go back to queuing at a till, emptying my trolley onto the belt, taking it off again then packing it (with a queue usually building up behind me) into my bags, heaving them back into the trolley to go back to the car - what a palaver it was.
Now, my bags sit in the trolley, I scan and pack as I go round, I have a running total on the «gun» too, so no nasty surprises at the check out! No queues , no hassle it’s quick and straightforward.
Of course I have every sympathy for anybody losing their job in the cutbacks but when times are tight, twas ever thus.

Well I don’t think we can stop progress and I like using the self service which I have done ever since it started with my weekly trolly load . the staff who were on the tills seem to all be employed watching the machines that are often far from perfect. we can’t just stay with one method There are now three methods in most supermarkets, the add it up as you go round on the trolly machine, the old style till, and the self service tills. Everyone seemingly catered for.

When we do the main grocery shopping we always use ‘scan and shop’…..no queues at checkout and no rush to pack groceries either.
If we pop in for a ‘forgotten’ item then we’d probably use the self checkout tills although I do find them tedious as our store has had new ones installed and they’ve had teething problems.
It’s a sad state of affairs when ‘progress’ means people are losing their jobs though.