Comment: If a "no-employee" system

makes them lose money, you can bet they will go back to employing more humans. This is the free-market in action; a job lost here frees up labour for new enterprise elsewhere. It is a misconception that all of the non-jobs at JCP will generate an equal number of unemployed on welfare.

BTW, not all shoppers are the same. I do most of my research online and generally don't like to have in store salespeople give me their pitch. I'm one person who would be (and is) perfectly happy using the self-checkout lane in department and grocery stores.

If you don't like the lack of salespeople, then complain, or shop elsewhere. JCP will soon get the hint. They want to make money, not make their customers angry.