Cashiers have come to rely on electronic cash registers to tell them how much change to return to a customer. Sociologists refer to this as

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Deskilling refers to the process in which skilled labor is replaced by machines or automation, leading to a decrease in the need for human skill and knowledge in the workplace. Electronic cash registers have made it unnecessary for cashiers to perform manual calculations and thus reduced the need for their math skills.

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