The reading passage asserts that there are three advantages of self-checkout program. Howere, the speaker totally refutes the reading passage, by stating that these advantage of self-checkout program are eclipsed by corresponding disadvantages. To begin with, the lecture says that customer who use self –checkout program may need much time for buy goods because they should measure produce weight they want to buy.This position is the opposite of the reading passage that by exploting self-checkout system, waiting time at the line of customer disapper. Second, in the lecture, she argues that it is not beneficial for customer to gain information the computer provides. This is because customer can purchase goods that they did not plan to buy through harmful information the computer offers. This completely contradicts one if the points in the reading passage that customer can acquire good information by using the computer. Last, the speaker does not agree with the reading passage that retailer reduce labor expense through self-checkout system. He states that retailer need many cashier because customers ignore payment of goods they buy after they fail to scan the idems. Therefore, the retailer employee more many staff for preventing this accident than before using self-checkout system. |