I have a lot of gripes with this article...

Shoplifting is up? Compared to when? Surely there are factors other than the existence of self checkout?

The self checkout lines have bacteria? Do the regular checkout lines not? Seems like cleaning them regularly is an easy solution...

I like the self checkout mostly because it does seem faster to me. And I prefer to bag my own groceries.

During the pandemic, wegmans introduced a phone app that let you scan as you shop. That meant I could put things directly in my bag as I shopped. And at the end I just scanned the app at a self checkout register. That was the best shopping experience I've ever had.

Sadly wegmans did away with it also claiming too much loss from the app :(