Amazon Go- technology world taken to a new level?

It all sounds great, but it always comes at a cost to peoples jobs. And those that work for the likes of Amazon seem to be running around like headless chickens on a minimum wage or just above it..... with little or no quality of life... If people want this type of lifestyle, great but it's not for me and I'm damned if I'll be forced into a world where there is even less human interaction to save a couple of quid.... This is why I avoid using the self checkouts at supermarkets, they've all come at the cost of jobs, half don't work properly or make you wait for someone to clear the problem, so saving you little or no time at all.... In my opinion there is nothing wrong with talking to the old girl on the checkout, you maybe the only person she talks to all day long which helps to keep her sanity... The other option is to sack her, keep her behind the 4 walls of her home and just deliver food parcels to her when she needs feeding...

I think Stratford is a bit of a technology blackspot, after all we're still waiting for 2G let alone Amazon drones and supermarket automation.

Most mornings I end up buying a sandwich from Morrisons, and they just don't scan. After umpteen attempts, I don't bother now and go to the girl on the till and have a bit of banter about how useless the labels are.

If you buy alcohol, you have to wait at the self service till while they check to see if you are old enough. Normally I can convince them.

If like me, you use a few a few of their 5p bags and open them up ready, it normally sends the machine into a panic asking you if you have brought your own bags, which I say no, and the red light comes on

But the one thing that bugs me, and I'm half deaf, is the full tinny volume the machine bellows at you "thank you for shopping at Morrisons".

The missus swears by click and collect, so no longer has to step foot in the supermarket, as opposed to paying a fiver to have it dropped off at the door. I'll pay a fiver if they unpack it and put all the stuff in the cuboards and fridge. Hmmm, business model???