Labour Party News. Sigh

[Spicerack]

A bit of light hearted news for you.
https://theworldnews.net/gb-news/labour-is-calling-for-a-tax-on-self-service-checkouts-for-robbing-till-workers-of-their-jobs
(or does anyone agree with them?)

[Guilbert53]

>>>they are losing a lot of money through dishonest use of the tills.

I think all supermarkets (in fact all shops) accept a certain amount of thieving of one sort of another.

But I bet the money they lose on thieving is far less than the money they save by not paying the staff on a checkout till.

p.s. Maybe we should tax garages as they no longer supply anyone to fill your car with petrol.

And what about the poor gas lamp lighters who were put out of a job when all the street lights went electric.

You could go on and on.

For every job lost other jobs replace them.

[Jackdaw33]

...and don't forget the poor knock-up men who used a long pole to rattle on your bedroom window so that you were up in time for your shift down the pit.

[Garaman]

I hate them and wouldn't mind if they were taxed out of all feasibility. Do you get through any quicker, or is it just a wait-warping illusion?

[Old_Geezer]

The trouble is, jd, that the bank jobs are being done away with anyway as "service" and "customer" become dirty words, and the bank queues stretch out to the street, everyone waiting for a turn with the one teller left.

[Jackdaw33]

They are not quicker. If you are buying alcohol you have to wait until some lazy heifer gets off her backside and comes to input a code into the till.

[Old_Geezer]

But the supermarket jobs aren't lost, the customer does it for free. It's the wage that's lost.

[Garaman]

^^^ Exactly.

[Spicerack]

I like them. Anybody used the gun thingy? You scan goods before putting them in your trolley and presumably should be able to leave without emptying it out again.
Not sure it works very well.They always seem to be emptying/checking people's shopping when I walk past. (Asda)

[Garaman]

They'll probably let you stack the shelves as well if you ask, Spice; you might like it!

[jourdain2]

I won't use 'self-service' tills unless a member of staff does it for me - they do, if there are checkout queues - it keeps someone in a job. I'm sure I read that Morrison's are doing away with their self-scan because people don't like them - of course, they may be losing too much money and stock-control could be snarled up. :)
JD - When I was tiny (c.5) I had a red tricycle with a compartment at the back. I pedalled madly after Mum (pushing a pushchair & baby) for a good 2 miles to market; then she put the spuds in my trike carrier for me to pedal back (there was a handle she could use to help me up the hill).

[ToraToraTora]

completely radio like most of agent Cob's ideas.

[gulliver1]

And this post is sent to you , Courtesy of the Deputy leader of the answer bank branch of the Tory mud slinging propaganda machine.

[Gromit]

Where the heck did you find ‘The World News’?

Current news content...

// Car smashes into garden wall in Burnley //

// West Ham steward appears to fall asleep //

// Michael Ballack was so tough to mark… because ex-Chelsea midfielder had bad body odour //

Priceless.

[Spicerack]

Fake news, is it, Gromit?

[naomi24]

One would think that this initiative arises from concern for the people losing their jobs, but imposing a tax to replace lost National Insurance contributions and tax revenue won’t help them – unless the cost is so extortionate that it deters the customer from using self-service checkouts altogether - in which case more staff to replace self-service checkouts means higher prices for the consumer anyway.

[Jackdaw33]

To be fair, this notion comes from the Labour Party in St Ives, whose membership can probably counted on the fingers of one hand. They will, however, need to rely on Mizz Abbott to do the maths,