If it saves the life of one child ...

Oregon raised its minimum wage, now unions are pressing for a ban on self-service kiosks at grocery stores.

Not because they’re losing jobs, mind you, but because waiting in the express line for the person ahead of you with 36 items to be rung up is good for “the community”.

The draft initiative claims “grocery stores provide many people with their primary place of social connection and sense of community,” but self-service checkouts add “to social isolation and related negative health consequences” for shoppers. It claims the kiosks “contribute to retail workers feeling devalued” and heighten the risk of everything from shoplifting to underage drinking. Oh, and self-checkout stations also intensify “efficiency pressures on workers.”