Hate those things. Every time I go up them it seems like a quarter of them are broken so there is still a line. Also the guy babysitting the machines doesn’t appreciate when I yelled at the machine “EXPECT THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA!”. Been tempted to start randomly leaving ice cream by the machines. Oh I am sorry did the scanner get sugary syrup on it?
And now of course it is am excuse to have even less normal lines open. So the choices are dealing with crap tech or stuck behind old people with coupons.
Now that AI is getting decent, it can be quite fun coming up with creative insults when its foisted where it shouldn’t be and creates significant extra friction for otherwise mundane daily tasks.
Hate those things. Every time I go up them it seems like a quarter of them are broken so there is still a line. Also the guy babysitting the machines doesn’t appreciate when I yelled at the machine “EXPECT THE ITEM IN THE BAGGING AREA!”. Been tempted to start randomly leaving ice cream by the machines. Oh I am sorry did the scanner get sugary syrup on it?
And now of course it is am excuse to have even less normal lines open. So the choices are dealing with crap tech or stuck behind old people with coupons.
The machines don’t like when you accidentally spill cooking oil on them
Now that AI is getting decent, it can be quite fun coming up with creative insults when its foisted where it shouldn’t be and creates significant extra friction for otherwise mundane daily tasks.