So this week I came across an article that explained how Amazon is opening up cashier free stores. A store they just opened up is located in Chicago. This store is smaller than regular grocery stores and mainly just sells ready-made lunches, basic groceries, drinks and snacks. If you were to compare these stores to anything, it would be similar to a 7-eleven. These stores have absolutely no cashiers and do not deal with cash. You simply walk into the store, pick out the things you would like to get and just walk out. As soon as you step out of the store it automatically charges you on your Amazon account. Many other companies, worldwide, are trying to do the same thing but they don’t have the best technology like Amazon does.
Although these stores seem like a great thing, I personally do not think they are the best for society itself. Yes there are no checkout lines, and yes you can get basic grocery items faster, but what other benefits come from this? All this is doing is secluding people from society and people will start having no interaction with anyone in their community. I strongly believe that people need to live a life interacting with others in the world, because it will help them tremendously in the work environment and just their life in general. Whether the interaction with others is good or bad, it helps teach you things that will benefit you when you have a job or when you run into situations with others that need to be fixed.
To me it just seems like all people want nowadays are things that will just benefit them and nobody else. The world has always been full of greed and wants but it just seems to be getting worse and worse. Pretty soon we won’t have to deal with people at all in the groceries stores or won’t have to deal with waiting in any lines; but how else will we learn about patience and how else will we be able to practice it.Not only does this affect people’s social skills, but it also takes away job opportunities.
People love using Amazon, and probably always will, but at what cost?
Life of Bryce 