Amazon wants you to Just Walk Out of Whole Foods now

[@Lyssa0095]

Slowly killing off the needs for human workers.

[@vvvnokk8309]

Unfortunately

[@leemcmullan]

people are too comfortable .. time to shake things up

[@wardrobelion]

You mean quickly…😔

[@Lyssa0095]

@@wardrobelion true 😪

[@theresak.7475]

And killing off the experiences of meaningful interactions with fellow human beings - friendly, neighborly chit-chat, meeting new people, sharing a good word, etc. It’s about de-humanizing and devaluing the human experience, down to people being treated like “herd” animals channeled through gates, etc. No thanks. A bizillion glitches will happen with such checking-out - just as they so constantly happen with even the self-checkouts that are popular today. A human being needs to walk around, to try to keep up with all of the problems. It will probably be the same with this.

[@talea5604]

Trader Joe’s vows to never automate their stores. They say they value their employees too much to do it. They also provide benefits to all employees, including part-time employees. They also contribute to employee’s IRA’s even if the employee doesn’t contribute. I think there are some criteria that needs to be met first though. I know which store I’d rather support.

[@theresak.7475]

I love Trader Joe’s! If they required their employees to get the vexings though (even due to the criminal “mandates”, for all companies with over 100 employees to require them - and if they did not make a way for the employees to recoup their jobs, IRAs, etc., after the “emergency” was over with), that would be bad, bad, bad of them.

[@jonmarcmondor]

Wow I'm definitely going to patronize my local trader joes more now

[@shitzgiggles6456]

lmfao.. they have had alot of legal issues with mistreating employees... WAKE UP no company gives 2 shits about employees or customers experiences its about $$$$.. its simple durrr..

[@harukrentz435]

i refuse doing my grocery without cashier or any store clerk in it unless the food is 50% cheaper otherwise what's the point? big stores just want to save the margin at the cost of human lives, yeah no thanks.

[@leemcmullan]

Wholefoods is RIDICULOUSLY Expensive already lol

[@taxthesocialist2602]

Companies are tired of hearing about minimum wage. A cashier SHOULDN'T be earning $25 an hour, regardless of cost of living and inflation. I had a cashier job as a teenager and all the way through college. I didn't stay a cashier and went on to better things. It was NEVER my career. People who advocate for higher wages for low skilled jobs caused this technology to be created.

[@3arthandsky]

@@leemcmullan not if you buy their 365 brand. I really like their pricing on that, specially when its organic. I do think they over price on branded products but I understand, most products found at a whole foods can't be found at a regular store.

[@harukrentz435]

@@taxthesocialist2602 not everyone is as privelege as you. I knew people who work 3 jobs just to sustain their family. Those companies are being tight about money for average people while giving millions dollar worth of bonuses to their execs and shareholders. Fk them.

[@myoldvhstapes]

@@leemcmullan: Depends what the customer buys. There are 25% off sales every four to six weeks. When I was eating junk food, they sold organic pop tarts for a cheaper price than the bulk discount store "Smart & Final." Their produce here in L.A. is amazing, being almost local since it's grown in the central valley.

[@paklifeineurope]

I like it. But I disapprove this technology because it's replacing the human employment and more people become unemployed ..

[@leemcmullan]

thats called life and progression. You think people want to bag groceries their whole lives?

[@paklifeineurope]

@@leemcmullan I'm not totally against it. No more cashier which means more people will become unemployed all over the world... More people will become homeless. Richer are getting richer and poor are getting poor which will automatically rise to criminal activities....

[@sfrealestatedealmaker6001]

@@paklifeineurope The poor will always be poor not due to jobs but due to poor education, poor environments and poor upbringing. A job paying minimum wage does not make someone middle class. 😂

[@3arthandsky]

Thats a false statement. I thought the same thing but if you watch thep entire video you can clearly see many employees. I'm sure the store needs a group of people to check on the robots, stock items and check on inventory. The robots are just doing the work no one wants to do. Like deal with karens. Plus don't worry they still need someone to clean the store. Technology is going to take centuries to completely replace humans.

[@kimdileo6064]

This shows just how much information can be retrieved from you phone. It’s actually scary

[@uptin]

and now car keys and wallet -- from your phone

[@harukrentz435]

@@uptin dont forget the juice machine 🤣

[@brunochambre]

I think it is just using a QR code and GPS tracking.

[@michaelhoffman5486]

u just figure that out boy youre smart good luck

[@cathyrobi3891]

exactly what I'm thinking and also what if someone doesn't subscribe to the expensive phones and services..

[@londressinvisalsv]

*The brain needs human interaction* for some people, specially senior citizens interacting with staff and cashiers is part *of a social experience. it can be* therapeutic in some cases, In a city like London where we rarely interact with each other, this technology just grows us apart even more. If this is the future of shopping, I am worried. Will Robots really rule everything around us?! Great content anyways. thank you!🇬🇧👍🏾

[@jayolovitt5969]

Yeah I think we underestimate how much those small social interactions matter. It’s like everyone saying they want to work from home. Sure it’s a nice break but realistically I think some people don’t recognise how lonely it will be, over the long term. Plus your life will be this hermetic echo chamber stripped of interaction with anyone different from yourself.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

True

[@wimbledon5353]

Agreed 100%. We all need our off time to recharge, but humans are inherently dependent on social interaction for the most part...

[@sarahgracetruth]

Yes- that’s the point- control control control and divide and conquer

[@FitPasson]

Any store with self checkout I had no cashier interaction so it’s not weird at all, it’s actually normal and Harris teeter has absolutely no scanners on your way out the door.

[@singaporenoodles7189]

The part where they throw away the food if it's over weight is just wasteful, I know this technology is still young and everything is not perfect but I have to say Amazon determination to make this system mainstream is mind-blowing

[@jeremys6631]

srsly I really just stopped watching after that. I don't support this system ... but, hey, nice try Amazon.

[@henrybarrera6156]

Screw Amazon just putting people out of work I'll never shop at whole foods

[@digitallocations1423]

@@henrybarrera6156 Putting people out of work while throwing away food.

[@i.m.7710]

@@digitallocations1423 it goes to the foodbank where all the people out of work are standing in line for two hours.

[@Bkrsdtr]

@@i.m.7710 no most stores throw it out. Don’t think so? Sign into a few dumpster divers and take a look at what is thrown out!

[@citticat2]

Scary - A number of people are going to get laid off, cameras everywhere, no human interaction, and you don't see your receipt until you get home - No Thanks.

[@Tamar-sz8ox]

I hear you loud n clear !

[@rubencohen2936]

The Deep State is watching all of our moves in their cashless society. George Orwell 1984 all over again. Doesn't it scare the s*** out of you ?

[@b4804514]

This is the future. Cashiers are not making enough to live in Sherman Oaks anyway. All these cashier jobs are a waste of a persons time on earth

[@Trentberkeley86]

I like it. People shouldn’t have to do that crap work anyway

[@citticat2]

@@Trentberkeley86 That "crap work" pays the bills and puts food on the table.

[@toastymcgee9788]

The loss of jobs is sad but also the further complete de-personalization of everything we do I think is damaging to society. You don’t have to interact with anyone. Sad.

[@chrispaul1141]

I originally thought this with the self-checkouts at walmart, but I remember the cashiers acting like they hated their jobs and didn't want to speak and didn't want to be there. Walmart also had terrible pay. But, now the self-checkouts make it all fast to get in and out. They also now pay $15 an hour starting and my partner works there and it has greatly improved as a company since the days when I worked there. When I worked for Walmart, I made $5.15 an hour. Partner works for Walmart, he makes $15 an hour. Less people, less conflicts with co-workers and trips to HR. More money. I don't think it's all a bad thing. We socialize with people who WANT to socialize. Slave jobs need to go by the way side. We can get to know each other some other way like in a meet up group or at a restaurant. The passive-aggressive slamming around of a cashier who never wanted to be in that job won't be missed!

[@robertmann446]

Ppl that don't interact with others are usually cowards, thieves, and killers.

[@pam5389]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that doesn't think it's a good idea. No I won't shop at a store that destroys jobs and still waste food. I know they say they donate some food but instead of throwing away what they don't donate, how about just selling it for a set discounted price?

[@Odell153]

You probably would have been the last one to give up your horse and buggy too 🤣, insisting that you would never drive the new ford model T car .

[@BuggiEU]

These are useless jobs that shouldn't exist.

[@jayolovitt5969]

Yeah, wouldn’t want to be confronted with a human being in my day to day life. I dunno, if I thought automation was going to free us up for more exciting and fulfilling lives without mindless work, and we’d somehow have money, I’d be behind it. But I just figure this will cost jobs and there won’t be any other options provided for the people who used to do this work. Plus, I don’t know if it’s great for society to be this empty void of robots and whatever remaining staff hidden from view.

[@Nohbdy_Ahtall]

Robots everywhere means 10, 30, hundreds of people logged into potentially a single body, and telerobotics of nearly anyone on Earth to any other location. You will be likely full-dive VR logged in and teleporting around the Earth with an innumerable variety and quantity of people and communities. Do work everywhere, safely with no fear of death, with multiple eyes on difficult problems when needed.

[@harukrentz435]

1. Youd be poor forever. 2. Billionaires will be even more powerful considering they need human power less and less.

[@meismax]

A certain group of people already do this daily in California, at any store they want, without any consequences.

[@pwp8737]

and certain groups, say near Wall Street loot the US treasury, daily without any consequences.

[@barudaksipil6640]

13 doing 52

[@Lyssa0095]

Umm who? And where?

[@Whatorwellsaid21]

Is this group race/gender diverse? If it isn’t diverse then we should complain.

[@taxthesocialist2602]

People wanted muh diversity in their blue cities. Enjoy the consequences!

[@Art_V101]

Theres probably a 20% chance you get overcharged and a 30% chance you get undercharged.People dont just grab items,they pick them up,put them back,this technology is going to have flaws.It will take 50 years for this to be done on a widespread basis.

[@LP-ej9ys]

True!

[@msjahun]

You think the developers and QA doesn’t know and haven’t tested against that?

[@micheleboyle3547]

I’m 63 and due to needing extra income with only getting social security, I am starting a job as a cashier at a local Walmart. I don’t see this type of shopping coming there anytime soon.

[@vincentortega4284]

It's coming to a store near you; it's the future.

[@sueu6263]

@@vincentortega4284 Japan has many food stores like this, open all night long.

[@vincentortega4284]

@@sueu6263 Hi Sue, I really believe it is the future whether we like it or not. There is a new Amazon warehouse newly built here in Oxnard, CA. a % of the facility is all robots. Just make sure whatever your doing is a skill highly desirable and adds value to the company.

[@3arthandsky]

@@hlw1306 walmarts checkout lanes are garbage, worse than the cashiers. I would get a place your item on the bagging area even when I had placed the item in the bagging area. I literally had to bang the thing. I also never got my change and I wasn't going to wait an eternity so I left after 10 minutes of waiting for an assistant who told me I had to wait more to get my change. I was in a hurry so I told her it was fine cause I really had to leave.

[@eesavesouthafrica1579]

The world is ready for the antichrist and the mark of the beast. And millions of people will be deceived.

[@khaynes4825]

Now rich people don’t even have to interact with the poor at grocery stores. INNOVATION!

[@sandilobianco6734]

K Haynes, True. It’s the clean vs unclean. Circumcised vs uncircumcised.

[@tonytonytone1731]

Do your fellow humans a service and don’t shop at stores like this.

[@rajreddy4109]

This method of shopping is not green at all.

[@RudieObias]

I'm not sure it's legal to deny someone service, if they don't have a smartphone or app - especially for a grocery store.

[@cloverlief]

For 1, a Store reserves the right to refuse service for any reason. So they can refuse service for someone without a phone. That being said at least at the just walk out locations near me, (Fresh grocery), they have cashiers and an entrance for those that want to shop the old fashioned way.

[@RudieObias]

@@cloverlief Way to side against poor people and the elderly, but OK

[@cloverlief]

@@RudieObias Not sure what my comment had to do with sides. Said you were not sure it is legal. I was stating a fact. Voting in the local elections can have a chance to fix that if enough people do (as those are not decided by electorate). I also stated that they do have cashier's and no phone options. Nothing about sides, if it was better or worse, etc, just the facts on it

[@barbaraboethling596]

I'm a senior, and really only leave home for groceries and a few basics. I want to interact with a cashier. We need the human element. I don't want to feel like a character in a science fiction novel. Also, I can't afford Whole Foods prices. I'm vegan, and prepare all of my own foods with the cheaper basic ingredients. Sorry Amazon, I won't be a puppet dancing on your strings! Thanks for the video!

[@gottahaveawawa7494]

Barbra sweetie, your already a boomer. By the time this tech. Is perfect you will be long gone hunny. This is catered my my generation, the youth. Not you boomers. Stay shopping at your local grocery store

[@CuriosiPress]

@@gottahaveawawa7494 such stupid comment someday you will be old anyways

[@leemcmullan]

you probably can check out with a person.. but you dont have to

[@gottahaveawawa7494]

@@leemcmullan personally i think she should stay to her traditional ways and not interrupt the future. She’s old news

[@kadija6467]

@@gottahaveawawa7494 🤦‍♀️, u thought u ate with ts

[@chadnelson9424]

I won't shop at a store that uses this technology or similar. As it's a way for companies to remove employees the human element and replace humans with technology. I will continue to shop where I can interact with someone. I have only purchased 3 things from online in 6 years. Because I refuse to sacrifice someone's job /hours and pay in the name of technology ! There's something's that a machine will never be able to do as good as a human...

[@MrsPink-fz7xe]

Unfortunately there is no stopping this, it will be at every store and gas station

[@shaduck06]

talk about China surveillance police state

[@jeristrache6539]

That’s beyond creepy, a total invasion of privacy, and the lack of personal interaction is unnerving and dystopian. I will not shop at Starbucks or WholeFoods.

[@kalsangdrolkar]

Yep!!! As soon as Starbucks announced they would no longer accept cash - I refused to ever go there again! Now Whole Foods is done, too!!!

[@yolandahines1094]

I agree....

[@ayseg253]

Throwing out food because it’s “overweight” is unacceptable

[@gazizbekmursali6145]

They need to put prepared hot food in different places with different prices based on the category: salads, meat, side dish…something like that

[@uptin]

Oh yes good idea

[@gabi.a]

at first you idea sounded pretty good to me, but the price range can still vary a lot 🤔maybe the best would be to remove items that are very cheap or very expensive

[@BeltranMD]

perfect, destroying employment

[@BuggiEU]

Seriously, supermarket clerk is the employment anyone is going to miss?

[@ntatenarin]

I'm scared that I'll be so used to putting things in my pocket that I might accidentally do it in another store without that technology.

[@jasonreviews]

people want people to have jobs. I'll still shop at asian grocery stores they still haven't implemented that technology.

[@johnorem1915]

Grocery checkers out of work. People not learning healthy human interactions.

[@alialzaydi2715]

I wouldn’t use this technology. I’m getting old and resistant to change. And grumpy.

[@suemar63]

II'm old and grumpy........ I hate change. And the whole produce issue turns me off. I mostly buy produce there and the thought of things being thrown out makes me sick

[@rick_terscale1111]

In Australia we have Scan & Go at our Woolworths (aka Safeway) grocery stores. You scan each item with the app on your phone as you go and bag it as you go. Then when you get to the checkout you just scan the app, pay and go. Well thats how it is supposed to work....... So I gave it a go .... and what a horrible experience it was. When I got to the dedicated Scan & Go checkout terminal it required me to wait for a checkout operator to come and check my bags and randomly scan a few items. Whaaat!! Aaargh!! I was so annoyed. It was supposed to be a streamlined process yet I still had to wait for someone. I never went back. Will never go back.

[@cathyrobi3891]

and I don't feel like spending big bucks on an expensive cell phone or cell phone service ..these kids today think its essential and don't pay their bills/rent because cell phones are more important

[@theresak.7475]

If the changes are horrid, everyone should resist them and be grumpy about them, so you’re fine!

[@deborahsypolt5005]

So wrong in so many ways! What happens when you change your mind and put something back? People need people, they need to socialize, even if it’s with a cashier.

[@CruceEntertainment]

But that was what the Covid experiment was all about!! Social DISTANCING!!! People must not socialize with others!!! It is too dangerous for the wealthy ruling elite!!!

[@jvegas3209]

A service based economy with no service. This will go bad.

[@TorchyBurns1]

I was in the recently in the Sherman Oaks Whole Foods today on Coldwater Cyn. & Riverside Dr. She stopped me and asked if I was aware of the new technology, I asked "how's it work?? You use your card..."what card???" Your Amazon store card!" I replied..."who charges groceries on a credit card???" and stopped her in her tracks. She gave me this bewildered look as if I was crazy for not using it and I was also put off that she just assumed that I automatically had an Amazon card as if I wasn't human if I didnt. So I'm sure you can already tell I DEFINATELY WILL NOT "EVER" charge groceries by using Jeff's prying technology...BIG THUMBS DOWN FOR ME! Thanks but NO THANKS!

[@saracruze2212]

👍it's too much Jeff is getting richer with people losing jobs 🤔

[@greeneyedmimibostian3013]

I dont like it

[@karoberts2198]

They should staff their produce section. I am one person. I eat a lot of veggies. I may need half of a cabbage. Some stores will cut half produce in half for you. If you have a large family, you may want a large melon . People don't want one size because it does not serve all.

[@sab3295]

Throwing food away… shame!! It should be DONATED

[@tech4life884]

There are huge issues with this that will keep this kind of store away from becoming worldwide and a couple things are 1- customers have to do the work of cashiers by scanning their phone before leaving and there is less humans working at the stores. Humans out of employment means that community is going to suffer financial hardships and all because company owners/board members want to save money by going digital. This is horrible for humanity.

[@coshiro1]

I know no one asked but the "cameras" on the pricetags aren't actually cameras, but they're infrared receivers, they receive the signal to change what the price tag says through IR transmitters on the ceiling

[@smitabehera3007]

This is so useless technology

[@DaveTan65]

Imma headed to a dumpster for one of these joints.

[@kericaswell6084]

All towards the Mark of the beast

[@MillhouseSpeaks]

I think 2030s will be the time of walk in walk out shopping

[@vinay9053]

Home delivery is already the most advanced shopping experience.

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

@@vinay9053 i disagree , it takes a while to find what you want on home delivery and they don’t and can’t give the same discounts they give in store. For produce, you want to be able to see and touch it. There is a market for home delivery but it will only replace part of the shopping.

[@shortgirl..]

If we make it till then" you will have nothing and be happy" Klaus Schwab.

[@mariegarside8830]

I don't think I will be walking into a store without human contact. Throwing out perfectly good food HELL NO

[@sassy7257]

This is sad to throw away food that’s overweight instead of feeding the homeless or needy. I’ll never shop at this type of store that will take jobs from people due to this stupid technology

[@NicholsKT]

i don’t just grab parsley, because i need it. i inspect its quality; to do that, i have to pick it up, examine it, put it back down; repeat. same with bananas, apples, packs of meat, cartons of eggs etc. this is why i don’t use instacart. i’ve got a relative that works for them and he doesn’t care about checking the characteristics of the item on a client’s list; he just throws ish in the basket and keeps it moving; how would this thing account for people picking up several oranges to test for heft and juiciness, before finally keeping a couple of them? when i realize i don’t want or can’t afford something, i may sit it on a shelf that isn’t on the aisle i got it from; sorry, but walmart and target are too goddamn big for that; what does the AI do then?

[@NEVUoficial]

so much more plastic on everything....

[@georgiak4868]

Would not shop at a store using this technology it stinks

[@kevinbaker6168]

Frankly, if I am doing "self check" at a store I feel like all I am doing is giving the corporation a donation. The cashier is someone who needs a job and income. If I do self check then I am contributing to the corporation needing fewer employees, without my getting the benefit of a reduced price on my purchases.

[@carlozayne]

I just came from this store and the tech is amazing. You also no longer have to scan to enter the store. You now only have to scan once you're done shopping. The smoothest shopping experience I've ever had at any grocery store. No lines, go in, grab what you need, and leave.

[@harveyh3696]

05:45. Maybe she wanted to make sure she wasn't being ripped off.

[@kalsangdrolkar]

This is terrifying. I will never step into another Whole Foods again!!!

[@mrz6480]

This is sadly sick

[@arthurgarcialucero704]

This guy seems so happy not to have to deal with another human being!!

[@uptin]

OMG no I'm an extrovert! But I'm just excited about this intriguing technology

[@arthurgarcialucero704]

This technology is just another trap. Most of this stuff is. Be excited about a higher minimum wage for workers helping an old lady cross the street being kind to your wife and kids not this s***.

[@robertmann446]

That's how men that lay with men are. Don't worry they only have a short time and it's almost up.

[@juanitahuisentruit1989]

People were freaked out with bar codes when they first started scanning items. The world was going to end any day do to bar codes. The thing I missed the most was being able to search the top of cans to find one that was priced at the old price after a price increase. Lol

[@gemykat8120]

That's awful, killing job's! We had a store,when we lived in Fresno, not Whole Food,a nother, I won't shop there, or self checking! What a world!

[@Itsnotaboutbeingperfect]

Who’s gonna buy the food when nobody has a job to pay for it ?

[@MrFuggleGuggle]

I’ve been doing the same thing at Ralph’s for a year now. Just go at 5am, when they open.

[@sszhao11]

So Amazon bought whole food as a front for people to accept and help develop human tracking technology. The money will be Chinese style surveillance when implemented. And it will be developed by Amazon. Which is just a front for C_A

[@saracruze2212]

People not paying attention human tracking is already here....YOUR FHONE...now they want all your information on your fhone ,what you do, where you go and how you spend your money !!!! In do time they will be in control of what you can and cannot do on the fhone with all that personal INFORMATION.

[@PrashantTayshetye]

so amazon destroyed wholefoods

[@wtfutv5419]

Noooooooooo thank you. Pure surveillance, control and a road to social credit slavery.

[@ohiosbestpeach770]

I don’t like any of this and I’m not participating 🤬

[@cyn7869]

No. I will not shop at a store like that. What do you mean “so you don’t have to deal with a cashier.”? What is wrong with people?

[@michaeladams8303]

Don't be enamored with this "convenience bs." It's all about tracking and social control, especially for those who were born last night and can't name the three branches of government. They will be perfect for the "reset" ie more gadgets, gizmos, and "chips", not potato chips!

[@fallout560]

The hot food item is just begging to be exploited.

[@arjun.donthala]

Correction - You phone is not used in this identification process. You can throw your phone away or switch it off, it will still work.

[@lisaann6267]

I don't have a smart phone& don't want smart phone, so I guess I will starve eventually.

[@juliebutler8241]

This is too creepy 😳

[@deesmith733]

Hate this. They hire less people. No human contact makes people crazy. The people you don't hire will need assistance that you will pay for in the long run.

[@anshtokas]

What if you pick up an item but change your mind after 5 minutes and put it back on the scale?

[@uptin]

It would know and won’t charge you

[@cloverlief]

In my experience at least with the just walk out location near me (Fresh Grocery). It knows. I go in with 2 of my kids. They do pick up things, ask and put them back, others they add to my basket. It actually is impressively accurate. The 1st 2 times after it opened it did make a few mistakes in my favor. Since then even with the kids it has been spot on every time. Funny last week, I thought there was a mistake, and asked if we did actually get this. My younger daughter said yes and showed it to me. So it did catch the items my kids grabbed and kept as well.

[@mariadoeslife4093]

I don’t like it. I like to speak with a person. What if some is standing next to you and grabs a product and it ends up on my receipt?

[@loumoon7660]

As a cashier at Whole Foods, I guess is anyone hiring?

[@leemcmullan]

start your own business

[@LavenderDream102]

I’ve heard that Costco pays $18 an hr

[@ediddysmith2500]

I don't like it

[@Hobbis187]

the MOTB is getting close!

[@kristendaniels5656]

We all saw this coming so nobody should be shocked when employees get their walking papers. Technology isn't always a good thing.

[@shawnwillis6496]

This is just the beginning, will you the people support people losing their job to technology

[@stefanfrankel8157]

If this is anything like the god-forsaken answering machine menu where you can't figure out how to get to a real person, they can keep their overpriced garbage.

[@rc_23]

I tend to grab a product to check the ingredients and nutritional info and most times put it back. Did you try doing this to see if it doesn’t count as something you bought?

[@ndorobei4391]

People can buy online now. So, even don't need to go to supermarkets.

[@brunochambre]

My nearby Whole Foods in Burbank charges on average 20 percent more on most common items. They could afford any loses at the salad bar if they went to an automated system like the one 8 miles away in Sherman Oaks.

[@sarahb.6475]

There are people who have actual anxiety conditions. This sort of thing might actually trigger it for the reasons you state. But for them it may be a much bigger, multi day reaction. Plus not everyone HAS an Amazon account. There are still people who only have landlines and don't even have a smartphone. Not everyone is up to date with the tech.

[@888ssss]

i don tuse any of these cashless corporations and i boycotted them for life two years ago. they have not been missed.

[@andreabontempo643]

I can see the benefits but as a retired checker I see workers going by the wayside and everything going robotic.What an un human world is coming our way. I will never do this

[@myoldvhstapes]

There was a recent episode of Doctor Who based on this. A whole planet was an Amazon-like warehouse. 90% of the staff were robots but 10% were humans because saving "10% of jobs for people" was the law.

[@mattiascamacho3875]

We need cashiers still tho because it provides options. I don’t want to make an Amazon account, so I’d need a Cashier, for example.

[@myoldvhstapes]

They have one.

[@helenmak5663]

Don’t care about this

[@cathyrobi3891]

Yikes..I won't be shopping there- this sounds like it could go wrong on so many levels and what if you don't have that expensive cell phone and service?

[@myoldvhstapes]

They still have a checkout lane to do things the regular way. The reviews state that the selection is massively reduced. I shopped at this place several times in the past since my chiro is across the street, but I think I'll give it a miss from now on.

[@AZNPinoy30]

Wow no more humans working in Whole Foods and phone tracking like Geo tracking.

[@katy4523]

Whole Foods is pretty notorious for throwing out food honestly. People dumpster dive here all the time

[@fredflintstone2234]

And this is why Amazon shops have failed in nyc.

[@MisterEMystery]

Someone may have already brought this up, didn’t read all the comments: I’ve worked retail awhile and there are people who pick up an item, walk through the store and eventually decide they don’t want the item, placing it wherever (like milk in a freezer “someone will see this before it freezes” but no one does). Will they get charged for the item because they didn’t put it back where it belongs (they should!)? I can see a lot of chargebacks because people will complain about getting charged for something they didn’t leave the store with. To those complaining about getting rid of workers, apparently they didn’t hear about the increase in workers on the floor stocking, etc. they may be getting rid of cashiers but increased help in other areas! Duh! It’s like self checkouts, employee counts actually increase, not decrease. Cashiers decrease, but the machines require maintenance, people need help with self checkout, security increases. For every one cashier removed, two workers replace them. As a customer you just don’t physically see them.

[@repent.sinner]

Preparing for the mark whatever you do people don't get on board with this.

[@serenityssolace]

More tracking, less privacy, less jobs. Literally hell Edit: Also homeless people with no smartphones will be screwed and can't even buy stuff

[@myoldvhstapes]

Here in Cali, the homeless have free Obamaphones with internet. The store has a regular checkout lane where cash/cards can be used.

[@theresalogsdon765]

I try not to use Self checkout. The more we use self checkout the less Human Clerks are needed. They have been Grooming Us for This Future

[@francescotrillini5226]

Future is here, and it’s scary.

[@VegasFamilyHype]

They waste tons of food, don’t sell “local” organic goods anymore (instead they are importing like Walmart) and now are laying off cashiers? No longer shopping at Whole Foods. Period.

[@mizravenkustoms]

What if you don’t have or want a smartphone? I am all for technology, however I am completely against forcing it on people. My mom wanted to order the newspaper because she’s not into technology yet they said your required to have an email…… WHAT?!?!?!

[@julielevesque2668]

I don't own a smart phone either...47 years old...still have a heart beat and breathing just fine despite people thinking I can't survive the last 18 years with just flip phones. I have a laptop and a flip phone still calls and texts.

[@MrsPink-fz7xe]

At some point, it will be illegal for anyone to leave there house without a smart phone

[@michellecastaneda4104]

I would not go there

[@Tomtclai]

Even when the hot bar is priced by weight you still have problems with light weight stuff like bacon. They need enough customers not taking advantage to make a profit. Also they just don’t refill it when it’s gone sometimes

[@piknick111]

They easily can do analysis on how to change the price for that reason. They aren’t stupid

[@danielj4]

Ah We are doomed to the corporate control Enjoy the last bit of freedom

[@kevint4412]

Bad idea! People need jobs. Families need income to survive. My grandfather worked for a produce store. He worked at the store to earn extra income to feed his large family. At the end of a work day, the store had unwanted food. He was given the unwanted produce to feed his large family. Oh well Grandpa, no extra income or food for you! Bad idea!!!!

[@33Jenesis]

Not mature yet. Every time I used it, I got under or over charged. Amazon offers no correction for under charge but would refund for over charge. I think some ppl will take advantage of this checkout method. For now I prefer to go thru manned line when shopping at Amazon Fresh.

[@snailmail_art7836]

robots are taking over or job.