Complaints about grocery self-checkouts are almost as ubiquitous as self-checkouts themselves, and one complaint in particular may be the most common among those who don’t like having to be their own cashier: “If the store isn’t paying me, why should I be forced to work there?”

Well now, one grocery store actually is paying customers who are willing to do the work that a cashier might otherwise do. And if customers embrace the idea, other stores just might want to consider doing the same. Here’s the Coupons in the News article.

McDonald’s currently has more than 1,470 restaurants scattered throughout Germany, but for 10 days in June, customers at its location inside the Mall of Berlin had a completely different experience when they ordered a Hamburger Royal Käse or a Schokolinsen-Saurer Apfel McFlurry.  Here’s the interesting article from Food & Wine.