@Olderguy plenty of places where I live , pleased to offer good service .

@devonman give it time.

@Olderguy Walmart has ruined many a good cashier from ever wanting to shop there again after they got up and quit. They have ruined their own reputation for the way they treat their employees. The corporation is soulless.

@Bri89 I think there has been a prototype done of a store maybe another company that has done this, no employees present. Also a gas station has been done this way. Pretty sure someone has to come inside and clean it at night including the restrooms.

@Pretzel I kind of like the self checkouts😌you no longer have to talk to anyone.

@Lostpoet I don't mind talking to people, I just don't want to wait in line behind someone who has the entire cart literally stuffed with items. But, I do wish there were more floor employees around because there are times I'm looking for something specific and would like to be able to ask an employee where it might be.

@twiigss True

@TexChik I'm not proud of it but I took stuff because it wasn't ringing up. I didn't intentionally try to steal stuff but with the frustration I wasn't going to wait around so imagine what people who are trying to steal can get away with.

@Lostpoet How do you know that hasn’t been happening already?

@cherokeepatti I know it has been done to other animals, but i didn't know they were doing it on people. I actually do think that's where science is leading to because women usually don't like being pregnant for nine months.

@Lostpoet by the time they tell about what they are doing to animals “for the first time” it’s been done for decades with humans. And some women who don’t want to get pregnant and give birth will pay someone else to carry their baby. Paris Hilton did that recently.

@NCCindy Thinking McDonalds will get automated in many of their restaurants as well.

@FreestyleArt I have read by someone who was in the know that after the Federal Reserve System is finished and the tax fraud corrupt stops the plan is that people will be free to work fewer hours due to automation. But it won’t be the end of jobs, there will be organizational type jobs, overseeing or white collar type that are necessary to keep the businesses functioning but fewer hours and much less stress. 20-hour workweeks on average but no goofing off. It would be excellent to have most of the week to spend with family or personal business or whatever and energy leftover after the end of the workweek. And most likely the end of Chinese goods as jobs will be relocated here and south of the border for the people who need them there.

@cherokeepatti With the work I do at my job, there is no way we could even incorporate automation. It HAS to be done by hand. And I've seen several youtube videos of the same type of work I do, and it's all being done by hand.

@Heartlander Depending on what you buy Amazon might be a lot less expensive. I have comparison shopped and found that to be the case for many items, or buy them at other websites.

@cherokeepatti thee is no automation at Amazon at all, is there?

@Olderguy There is, the good kind :) We order on line and the box arrives at our doorstep.

@Barny52 I’ve been using them a lot less this past year. Have found 2 discount stores that I find incredible bargains on some of the things that I was buying at WM. Also order from a health food site called Swansons, shop at Winco, Big Lots, Aldi, and other stores.

@cherokeepatti totally agree with not using them, the jobs they cut is disgusting and tax lost must be ££££££s

@Barny52 I look for alternative ways of purchasing things that I need and will continue to do so.

@Thevy29 a lot of theft going on with them. Especially things like produce, they will change the codes from something that is expensive they are buying and try to pay a low price like bananas. Also they saw a guy one night when I was working taking a razor blade and cutting bar codes off of cheap items and taping them to high-priced items. He had done a lot.

@Longpatrol I would go somewhere else. There are always other options and some of those options I’ve found are less expensive for some of the products that I buy. Walmart is not as cheap as they try to make people believe they are.

@Longpatrol here in England. I drive out of my way to use a store that offers a manned check out .

I only use it at dollar stores because at least I'm scanning the stuff and not getting ripped off by fast swiping cashiers.@uncalled4

@therighttothink50 a problem