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Should get a discount or something (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Because I care about leaving, so I do everything I can to be faster. In economics, this is known as the principle-agent problem. At my local walmart, it is known as "I'm not a septuagenarian who's been hitting a vape pen for the last 5 hours."

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I have maybe once checked out at an in-person check-out where the person scanning was twice as slow as me on my own at a self-service checkout.

    Normally at an in-person checkout, I am in fact the bottleneck placing stuff in bags. I'm already motivated to do that as quickly as possible, and the person scanning is still faster than that. Are you like the other person and just standing around while the cashier bags your groceries? If you "really care about leaving" you could do something about that.

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