Writing checks at the grocery store ...

[sulong]

Quote from fxtrading:

scan item put on scanned side of items

"theres an illegal item on scale please place back in cart"

FUCK
scan item, again, put on scanned side of items

"theres an illegal item on scale please place back in cart"

FUCK this machine
scan item, again, put on scanned side of items

start debating on stealing item

"theres an illegal item on scale please place back in cart"

FUCK

put item on floor and goto next item

I've seen a lot of people do this, which makes them want to "never" use the G@# D#%$ thing again.

Those of us that know we are not smarter than the machines, don't fight it, and just follow the directions.

 

[I Missed Boat]

Quote from LongShot:

Yeah rite I hear ya..

Your buying two pack smokes...

But YOUR stoopid plastic card doesnt process so you swipe again..

Again.and AGAIN!!.

DENIED! DENIED! DENIED!

No one has a clue what the prob is... WHO CARES!!

I just lost TEN MINUTES of my life cause you morons wont use..

CASH!

Finally I'm next I pull out twenty CASH and POOF.. I'm done in 15 secs...NEXT?

The scene I often see like this one is at the ATM, where someone will keep putting their card back in and trying to get money they apparently don't have in their accounts. I've been in a hurry and seen someone doing this many times. When I'm in a hurry, I usually snap! Wish I lived around one of those bank ATM rooms (where there are several ATMs in one room). But I have to agree too, that things can't be too bad if this is what we have to complain about here.

 

[I Missed Boat]

Quote from ElCubano:

Aphie....One day you will look forward to standing behind someone like this at the grocery store....the fact that they will slow down ur life by 5 minutes to reflect upon other things will be greatly appreciated....peace

true!

 

[rgelite]

Quote from sulong:

This is all I use now, sooo convenient, don't have to chat with any body, and only people who 'don't like to screw around use them ( mostly ).

Oddly enough I used one of these for the first time last night at a new grocery store in my neighborhood that I'd decided to visit to see if I'd like shopping there. I scrupulously followed the prompts and, other than the first few scan attempts to learn how to orient the items correctly, everything went smoothly. It was a positive experience and I'll do it again whenever the staffed lines are long.

I just hope my new-found optimism about it doesn't turn out to be akin to 1999-2000 when, before I knew what I was doing, I actually believed I was a trader. I guess I shouldn't be too hard on myself. To paraphrase Valeria Golino (Ramada) to Charlie Sheen (Topper Harley) in THE "Hot Shots" bedroom scene, I was indeed a trader.

"I just wasn't very good at it."