Danny Lynch is a local musician and videographer. He said: "I prefer to go to the till most times, I don’t like the self service checkouts, the self service checkouts are probably taking people’s jobs. The way things are going with automation and things like that, I think we need to be creating jobs for people and not just saving money for corporations, especially ones who are massive and already have enough money. We’ve got loads of people unemployed and wages are stagnating. We need people in these positions, so put a human in there instead of a robot." DER2144GS – 022

placeholder image — Danny Lynch is a local musician and videographer. He said: "I prefer to go to the till most times, I don’t like the self service checkouts, the self service checkouts are probably taking people’s jobs. The way things are going with automation and things like that, I think we need to be creating jobs for people and not just saving money for corporations, especially ones who are massive and already have enough money. We’ve got loads of people unemployed and wages are stagnating. We need people in these positions, so put a human in there instead of a robot." DER2144GS – 022

Derry Vox Pop: Do you prefer checkout or self-service?

By Conor McClean

Published 9th Nov 2021, 16:51 BST

Conor McClean took to the streets to ask local people about their views on staffed check outs and automated self-service devices in shops.

Dylan Bradley is an 18 year old student from Derry. He said: "It depends on the shop. If it was something for myself then it would be the self service. But with something bigger it would have to be the till. With the self service I find trouble with the queues because it is being used so much." DER2144GS – 020

5. DER - VOX POP 2ND NOV

Dylan Bradley is an 18 year old student from Derry. He said: "It depends on the shop. If it was something for myself then it would be the self service. But with something bigger it would have to be the till. With the self service I find trouble with the queues because it is being used so much." DER2144GS – 020

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