Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by s1artibartfast 2251 days ago
It seems like you are assuming supermarkets can support the same number of customers if the reallocated their staff to pickup/delivery.

As a shopper who knows what I want and where to get it, I might spend 15 minutes shopping at a minute at the register, and that doesn't count my drive to and from the store.

With respect to unemployment, nobody is interestested in working at a super-market, especially when unemployment is pays 50% more [1]. Workers would quit if it did not disqualify them from unemployment

[1] the average cashier salary is 30k/year (575/week) and the current unemployment benefit for the same salary is 875/ week when you include the additional $600

https://www.salary.com/research/salary/benchmark/cashier-gro...

https://www.edd.ca.gov/unemployment/ui-calculator.htm