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Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them (www.cnn.com)

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[–] ares35@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

i used to carry a backpack all the time when i lived in the city and rode the bus or train everywhere, including to grocery stores, target, walmart and the like. never once had a problem from workers in a store. this was the 80s-90s, times were 'different' then, as people would say. of course, looking 'mostly' caucasian probably helped somewhat. today, though, i would probably get hassled at most stores in those same cities, if i carried a backpack while i shopped.