Derry Vox Pop: Do you prefer checkout or self-service?
Conor McClean took to the streets to ask local people about their views on staffed check outs and automated self-service devices in shops.
By Conor McClean
Published 9th Nov 2021, 16:51 GMT
1. DER - VOX POP 2ND NOV
Martin McGeehan: "I like to go to the till. I like to keep someone in a job and a bit of personal contact. I think there are too many, we’re losing the human touch. It’s like the phone calls you get now from your GP. Instead of a human being helping you, it’s a machine." DER2144GS – 021
Kirsten McCloskey said: Kirsten McCloskey said: "I don’t mind the self service to be honest with you. They are much speedier. But if I see anyone who is elderly in the queue, then I would go to the self service and let them go to the till. Some self service checkouts threw me, I suppose they are just new in some shops; so I had to get someone to tell me what to do really. I was looking for a till, but couldn’t get one." DER2144GS – 024
Ciaran McLaughlin works in the Blackbird. He said: "I prefer to use self service because it is much faster. I don’t have any problems using them. I would always have used self checkouts, it’s just handier isn’t it? If people are losing their jobs, then that’s a different story, we are becoming robots." DER2144GS – 025