The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agoMachines don't know their placelemmy.worldimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1846arrow-down134
arrow-up1812arrow-down1imageMachines don't know their placelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareThe Assmanlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·7 months agoThey used to have a mute button on the self checkout but they took it off. Bastards
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoSame with gas pumps that blast commercials. Used to be able to disable it by pressing certain buttons. Not anymore.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoYou can always just disable that option with a hammer
minus-squaredan1101@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoStill works on some pumps near me, second button down on the right. Just as many pumps have quit with the videos.
minus-squareEveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoSpeaking as someone who works in retail, that’s probably because of fucking idiots who don’t know how to turn up the volume and then complained that it wasn’t making any sound.
minus-squareThe Assmanlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·7 months agoFair, but they also could just make it re-enable the sound when a new checkout starts.
minus-squareEveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThat would cost the company money. We wouldn’t want the executives to make LESS than $20m this year, would we? The horror! The HORROR!!
minus-squareCaptKoala@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoToo many (more than zero) people were using it.
They used to have a mute button on the self checkout but they took it off. Bastards
Same with gas pumps that blast commercials. Used to be able to disable it by pressing certain buttons. Not anymore.
You can always just disable that option with a hammer
Still works on some pumps near me, second button down on the right. Just as many pumps have quit with the videos.
Speaking as someone who works in retail, that’s probably because of fucking idiots who don’t know how to turn up the volume and then complained that it wasn’t making any sound.
Fair, but they also could just make it re-enable the sound when a new checkout starts.
That would cost the company money. We wouldn’t want the executives to make LESS than $20m this year, would we? The horror! The HORROR!!
Too many (more than zero) people were using it.