I just ignore the kiosks just as I ignore self-checkout in grocery stores. I figure for 12k on fares a year they can have a human print my boarding pass and answer my questions about the load and upgrade list. I’ve found at least at LAA stations there is always someone there at the counter that remembers what it was like to be a full-service airline—and seems genuinely happy to have a customer compliment them for still trying in spite of the mess that USAir dba AA has become.