The only app you need at a restaurant should be an *appetizer*

I read my favourite books over and over again and I like the idea of them growing old and wrinkly with me

Yeah we also dont want her listening in on us!

I love board games

The way it's looking, everything's gonna be subscription-based soon. At the supermarket: Just £99.99 a month for our Poverty Package or you could upgrade to our Hint of Meat Package for £149.99 which includes a generous 5 grams of processed meat each week! This is the future.

Soon the brake pedal will be subscription-based.

So much nicer to sit with someone looking through a physical album rather than a phone screen

I have an older car that still has a cd player so i buy cd's from thriftshops and fleamarkets and my SO and I go driving and listen to the albums, it's so great! I just bought 10 albums for €10,-! And good stuff too, I got SOAD, Jamiroqai, Tracy Chapman, Janis Joplin etc. It took me forever to find one of those multi cd sleeve thingeys though, those seem to have dissapeared completely :p

Yeah, but I’d rather drop a phone on my face while scrolling in bed…imagine a laptop

The notebook is not just a type of computer. Pocket-size, letter/A4, etc are all great with a nice, smooth pen.

Digital watches are cool too

Agreed! You can see at a glance how soon you need to start faking illness so you don't have to go.

Every time I've tried an automated check out, something has gone wrong. Either an item needs a member of staff for age validation, or something doesn't scan, or it doesn't like the way I've put the basket on one side, or the way I've put the carrier bag on the other side. So every time the alarm goes off and a member of staff has to come over and fiddle with something. It's slower, more frustrating and the waiting time for a free machine is just the same as a manned checkout desk, so I've given up.

I actually really like self checkouts, I don’t need check out clerks judging the amount of snacks I’m buying

I very seldom use self-checkouts. I want cashiers to keep their jobs. Also, the money they save does not get passed down to consumers.

I avoid the self service check outs like the plague. I hate them.

My bet is that self checkout doesn't make the groceries even one cent cheaper... If we are paying for service, give it to us. And don't forget to bag the stuff as well....

I hate all those self-checkouts and vending machines and the like ... I mean, somebody makes a living in doing what these do. This should not be taken away, instead, the wages should be high enough to provide a decent life on this. We will eventually understand that in extincting those jobs, we don't do anyone a favor but some greedy rich dudes who have enough already and shouldn't be what we're worried about. They're fine anyway.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the 'go do it yourself' approach to checking out. I should get a percentage off my purchase if I'm doing your work for you. Plus it's a hassle. I'd take a check out person when possible every time.

I maintain, I do not want to use self check outs. I don’t work there. If you’re gonna put me to work, drop your prices because obviously you don’t want to pay cashiers anymore.

So not only do we have to check ourselves out they have also increased the cost of mostly everything in stores. So they have figured out a way to screw us over twice for each visit.

They pay me, I do the job. They don't, I don't.

I'm sorry but, when I have 10 items or less, self checkout is WAY faster. I hardly ever have issues, and the chance for that is about as much as at a regular cashier. Not to mention, I can bag the stuff with fewer bags (when I forget my own) and how I want. Also, the attendants are always near by if you need them, and the only time there is ever a line, is at peak times when lines are inevitable. It's just more convenient period

I actually disagree with this one only because of my intense social anxiety, it's far easier to check out on my own and deal with an occasional finicky machine than talk to a stranger.

I wouldn't mind it as much if you were able to receive a discount for doing it. You technically are doing the work for them.

My local supermarket trialled a facial recognition programme for age restricted items on the self service checkouts. They scraped the idea after some local teenage girls realised they could just hold their hair in front of their face and it would register as a beard.

I should get an employee discount for doing their job.

Self Checkouts are like Cilantro. You either love it, or you stand in line for the in-person cashier to and watch the scanner/screen like a hawk to ensure you are in fact buying Curly Parsley and not Cilantro.

Then they program them funny When they first came to Wal Mart someone programmed it so that raw bacon was considered fragile and had to be removed from the bagging area before continuing.

Job killer. I refuse to use them just for that one reason.

Not a fan of self checkout, but given a choice of getting out the door or waiting behind six people, I'll just do it myself.

If there's a bagger, then yes, an in person check out is better. But if I have to bag my own stuff, then nah.

Self checkout, unless you know you’re still going to have to ask for help (e.g. alcohol, medicines, produce)