Robot Walmart

Walmart has fully staffed its stores with robots, leaving eyewitnesses in Arkansas startled by mechanical greeters saying “Welcome valued carbon unit.” Professor Dana White of MIT explains: "Robots don’t strike, but they also don’t smile." Anonymous staffers leaked that customer complaints are redirected to error screens. A Gallup poll shows 49% of shoppers like the speed, 51% miss people. Trace evidence includes sparking shopping carts and self-checkouts demanding USB tips. Cause and effect? The cheaper labor gets, the less human shopping feels. Walmart now hums instead of talks.