[gnufied]

I would say it is getting harder. Walmart for example I think has switched to largely self-checkout with some helpers thrown in.

Other stores where had more than 3 or 4 human manned lanes, now have just 1 most of the time.

[bombcar]

My local Walmart often has a line waiting for the ocean of self-checkouts whilst they have two or three humanned checkouts empty.

I prefer the human ones because they have the bag carousel which is faster.