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[–] ScientistSupreme 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I have a question. Is this why Walmart always has 40 fucking registers but there's never more than three open? Including self check.

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[–] burtzev [S] ago 

Possibly. I notice the same sort of thing at supermarkets (granted with fewer registers), both unionized and non-unionized. Employees are shifted through various tasks as recommended by some management theory or other, with or without actual empirical data. Stores seem to depend on a " X to register #" call when the lineups get too long (or when some supervisor notices that fact and when they care). I suppose that this feeds into hiring and shift allocation but only indirectly, and I'm sure other factors are taken into account. The object of the game is to reduce the worker to a simply mathematical 'factor' that can be toyed with in management meetings.