Walmart in Wichita, Kansas - Early Morning Scene from the "Twilight Zone"

Wichita, Kansas is one of those cities in the midwest which is growing. That means it is offering humans a reason to be there. 

That's what makes what's going on at the Walmart on Seneca so cringy. 

In the early morning this Wednesday there is little sign of human labor. 

A robo cleaner mops the floors. It whirls around so quickly I jumped. 

The two check-outs which should have people ringing up your groceries and packing them are not open. You have to go to the automated check-out. 

The one human I spot working is in the financial services center where you can get a money order and such. In the afternoon that human might run from the center to open a check-out for a bit and then back again to the financial center, operating both posts. I had remarked to her that seemed difficult to manage. No comment. Only a plastered smile.

Overall, from what I pick up in conversations, there is no outcry about a "lack of service." No protest about the obvious threat to human jobs. It's almost like an episode from the late 1950s, early 1960s broadcast hit "Twilight Zone." The typical plot line would be about members of the town who all eat a certain bread and all transform into totally obedient, accepting creatures. 

Don't the residents of this city realize the implications of a de-humaned supermarket for the local job market? Don't they recall the hit the economy took in 2012 when Boeing moved out. 

Overall, as The Wall Street Journal reports, large companies are slashing their work forces. The sub-headline reads:

"There’s a growing belief that having too many employees will slow a company down—and that anyone still on the payroll could be working harder."

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