GenXCub
GenXCub t1_j6p6ufp wrote
Reply to comment by Little_Noodles in ELI5: Does going through self-checkout in a store take away someone’s job? by [deleted]
And on the other side of that, how many grocery stores have offered free pickup since the pandemic. That's how I do all of my shopping now. So there is a person who is putting stuff in a box for me that wouldn't have been doing that before.
GenXCub t1_j6ow1wm wrote
The job was removed before you used it. The company took away the job. The question is what happened to that worker.
I work at a gas utility. When gas meters became wireless, we no longer needed the fleet of meter readers we had. Nor the auto department to keep that many trucks maintained. My company, seeing that coming, made it known to the meter readers so they could be placed in other jobs within the company. It that doesn’t cover everyone. They may not want to do customer service, for example.
At the self checkout, how many people are replaced? 10? (Across all shifts) do they have an opportunity to be the ones who maintain the self checkout? Some stay in the area to help people using them. It is going to depend on the store.
I remember seeing a tweet from a Texas politician talking about McDonalds becoming fully automated and saying “this is what happens with a $15 minimum wage”
Except they never raised their minimum wage. The change happened anyway. The point I’m making is that the car took away the jobs of horse ranchers, farriers, etc. it was a societal change. That could also apply to your question.
Trader Joe’s (owned by Aldi these days) doesn’t use self checkout. If you move all your shopping there, even if won’t change the rest of the industry, it may make you feel better about your shopping.
GenXCub t1_j6ooqv3 wrote
Reply to comment by The_Dotted_Leg in ELI5: Why are people so obsessed with uncovering whats in area 51? by NdavG100
This is why the Internet Historian video on Area 51 is so great.
It's half informative, half meme-tastic. https://youtu.be/IZ7F6ELO-hQ
The best headcanon is that the Wii Sports theme is playing when you're running through the secret building there.
GenXCub t1_j6fxij3 wrote
Reply to comment by xCreamPye69 in ELI5: Why does the IRS want your illegal income declared on tax returns? by xCreamPye69
That’s what money laundering is for. You claim to make money legally through a cash business, but it’s really your drug money. The IRS gets their taxes that way and you didn’t admit wrongdoing.
GenXCub t1_j02yjq5 wrote
Reply to TIL that roosters don’t have a penis. They pump their sperm into females using a 'cloacal kiss' by [deleted]
A Baja Blast if you will...
GenXCub t1_iyczpea wrote
Reply to TIL not everyone has 206 bones. More than a third of people have extra “accessory bones” by gedaliyah
If someone wants to show you their accessory bone, don’t do it. After the third time, I started getting suspicious.
GenXCub t1_jaas4dy wrote
Reply to comment by a4mula in Eli5: why do we need to take vitamins when we’re sick if we can get them from food? by No-Struggle5102
The Flintstones sold Winston brand cigarettes to us, the vitamins are just their "my bad."