self-service

Example Sentences

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Customer-service operations still rely heavily on underpaid and poorly trained humans, leading to general dissatisfaction across all service metrics, including wait times and repeat calls, with consumers increasingly resorting to equally unsatisfactory self-service alternatives.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Proton’s customer support prioritizes self-service, which may not satisfy users who want immediate, hands-on assistance from actual humans.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

These are the offices of Evoke Creative, which makes self-service terminals, the sort of things you see popping up everywhere from McDonald's to your local library.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

He cut costs elsewhere, replacing front-desk attendants with self-service check-in on iPads, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Carl’s first self-service restaurant was a success, and he soon opened others near California’s new freeway off-ramps.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser