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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 134 points 2 months ago (27 children)

And, the cashiers can sit down. Which makes sense.

[–] fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 84 points 2 months ago (26 children)

cashiers aren't allowed to sit in usa?

[–] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Not at most places. At some point, someone told all the MBAs that it makes the customers mad if the employees look lazy or some shit.

[–] thesystemisdown@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

They also tend to make them stand at the beginning of their lane when they don't have customers. Apparently a light signaling that they are available just isn't enough.

Edit: My bad. I've never seen this at Aldi or Lidl. Just other US chains like Food Lion.

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Hereabouts*, the lanes each have a sign with their number. Glows red = closed, glows green = open. Super convenient, and I've seen it across multiple store chains, so it's not like it's only one store doing it.

*Southern Germany, observed across different cities, though I can't vouch that it is universal

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 months ago

I have never seen that. Where I am at they will pull every idle cashier to do work before the line becomes idle.

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