I've taken to going thru the crewed register - regardless of how busy things are - out of spite.
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RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/116583524994091524
I've taken to going thru the crewed register - regardless of how busy things are - out of spite.
I don't particularly want to interact with a human, no.
But I want to interact with a badly fucking tuned - seriously, I outrun the damn thing's refresh rate by miles - surveilled automated system that, frankly, is making -me- do labor for the -store-, even less.
RETVRN to the days of the oldschool general store when you could hand your list to a clerk and they would fetch your stuff and ring you up right there.
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RE: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/116583524994091524
I've taken to going thru the crewed register - regardless of how busy things are - out of spite.
I don't particularly want to interact with a human, no.
But I want to interact with a badly fucking tuned - seriously, I outrun the damn thing's refresh rate by miles - surveilled automated system that, frankly, is making -me- do labor for the -store-, even less.
RETVRN to the days of the oldschool general store when you could hand your list to a clerk and they would fetch your stuff and ring you up right there.
like, in all seriousness, the way that consumer-facing tech -prevents expertise- drives me up the fucking wall.
Because it's all tuned to the lowest common denominator inexpert user, there's no way to go any faster than the developer's idea of what an absolute beginner's speed will be.
When I worked a register back around the turn of the century, I was able to gain -significant- skill and speed at ringing up purchases; if the store would let me use the trad checkstand I'd prolly still be at least 75% as fast as their employees.
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like, in all seriousness, the way that consumer-facing tech -prevents expertise- drives me up the fucking wall.
Because it's all tuned to the lowest common denominator inexpert user, there's no way to go any faster than the developer's idea of what an absolute beginner's speed will be.
When I worked a register back around the turn of the century, I was able to gain -significant- skill and speed at ringing up purchases; if the store would let me use the trad checkstand I'd prolly still be at least 75% as fast as their employees.
@munin@infosec.exchange the rare self-checkout that has a performant scanner (bonus if handheld) and <.5s read/ready time is a treat among a sea of frustration. I've yet to see one with a 10key, sadly.
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like, in all seriousness, the way that consumer-facing tech -prevents expertise- drives me up the fucking wall.
Because it's all tuned to the lowest common denominator inexpert user, there's no way to go any faster than the developer's idea of what an absolute beginner's speed will be.
When I worked a register back around the turn of the century, I was able to gain -significant- skill and speed at ringing up purchases; if the store would let me use the trad checkstand I'd prolly still be at least 75% as fast as their employees.
This applies heavily to tech interfaces generally - looking at you, iOS and android, where not only do they hide significant parts of the machine's function from the user (kids these days don't know what a filesystem is because of this!) but the developers keep changing the interface and the workflows to access functions of the device.
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