While I wasn't disputing your word I guess it looked that way. I write from my experiences here and assume they're the same all over. I've been to the store many times in the early hours (4-5am) and had to wait at the only register that had a light on and wait for a cashier to show up. All the WM's I shop at are open 24/7, only closing on Christmas morning for a few hours but some do close at 11 or 12pm mostly in cities that have a few that run 24 hours. Things may have changed recently but when I shopped very early the self checks were not open due to needing a human to oversee them. These 24hr stores traditionally operate with a skeleton crew during off peak hours. My most recent findings are they have started doing that during the busy hours as well, even at Christmas. I've been advised by some employees that the plans are for all the stores to go to self check system with only one or two manned registers like I mentioned with my first comment. The trend here is that the smaller chain grocery stores are coming back to life.
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