• Joelk111@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    For me, it isn’t the interactions, it’s the inconvenience of having to wait in line and either wait for a checker to scan my items or scan them myself at self checkout. I don’t mind small talk with the checker, but faster grocery trips would be awesome.

    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      You need to ask yourself, why the rush? For me it was/is social anxiety. Hated the store. Hated shopping. Rush rush in out go go go.

      Once I worked on that, I found ways to make it much more tolerable. Now the five minutes in line are just five minutes I can play on my phone.

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        13 hours ago

        That’s sort of a weird projection. It’s a chore. Obviously people would prefer to minimize time spent doing chores and maximize time spent doing fun things. It’s really not that complicated for most people. Not saying you can’t enjoy going to the store, but ultimately what you’re doing is still finding a way to make it less of a chore. Spoonful of sugar, and all that, ya know?

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        18 hours ago

        Because I’d rather be doing anything else at home that I can’t do while in line at the grocery store.

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      21 hours ago

      Stores I go to have lines for both. For me, it’s about how I didn’t want to go to the shop in the first place and I want to do as little as possible there while I listen to music on my earbuds. I also prefer to pack my stuff without someone right there… the pressure!