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Tesco trials giant trolley scales in Gateshead (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Same here, why would I do it myself when they have staff to do it for me? Should I cook my own steak at the restaurant as well?

Also, it would decrease staff and still won’t lower the prices so fuck em

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Since when did Tesco's - or any supermarket for that matter - bring stuff out to your car?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Err they do if you order online for collection - their staff pick your order and bring it out to you. You just park in a bay, check in and someone brings your shit.

Granted they, generally, don't carry your shit from the checkout to your car if you do the shopping...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Way back when full serve gasoline was a thing, and I can currently go to at least one of the big hardware shops here and get a hand loading if it's a lot of stuff or particularly large items. Airlines used to serve steak and flying was treated as a more formal affair.

The overarching point is that as thing go on shops and services have continued this trend of getting more transactional in their handling. There's much more of a 'give me your money and GTFO' than it was. This come a lot from the dominance of places like Walmart killing off competition so you're left with a 'where else can you go' situation.