Is it me??
Anybody else feel like an idiot using the "self service" till in Tesco Express? So you pop in for your usual "loaf of bread, pint of milk, box of Coco Pops and bottle of Jack Daniels". There is not a soul in sight on the "proper" checkout. So, with your own bag in tow (because you're looking after the planet and don't use their plastic carrier bags) you head for that condescending machine that shouts at you. It screams at you to scan your first item; you do so as instructed. It then screams at you to put your item in the "bagging area". Okay, got my bag, opened it up, stuck the bottle of JD in my bag in the bagging area. But no, it screams at you to remove it. By now everyone is looking at that "mad woman" who is obviously so ancient and un-computer literate that she can't even use the self service till. And then condescending "12" year old arrives and says "can I help you madam?" Oh what a pleasurable experience.
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I hate those things,i buy gas for my car in the human being lane,,i shop at a super with 20 checkout counters each of them with a nice clean human being..When i call the bank it gives me a list of numbers to call ,,,,OR WAIT,,,i wait,,i'm patient,and dogged...
hiya Cryptic, I have had this experience too, just wanted to check it out...in the end, machines are just dumb arent they? You would still need an assistant I find, as the buttons dont work when you press what it asks you to press etc. Thats Tesco for you....every little helps as the slogan goes.. or doesnt, as the case may be!!
I know exactly what you mean,with these machines you almost need a university degree in math or computerscience or something.
cryptic clue DONT DRINK THE FRIGGEN BOTTLE OF JACK DANIELS before you get to the check out 
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I used to eat a lot of natural foods until.....
I learned that most people die of natural causes.
cryptic clue DONT DRINK THE FRIGGEN BOTTLE OF JACK DANIELS before you get to the check out
Now you tell me ....... 
But even I can't drink JD without pepsi!
But I see it's not just me ..... I'm in good company 
With the Tesco Express thing, not drinking JD neat.
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those self service checkouts are in a lot of stores now. I prefer not to use them, because it is annoying if you have a problem, but I used to work at walmart and was in charge of the self checkouts on occassion, so I do know how to use them. The problem is that the stores don't always have their workers manning the machines the way they should.
i actually love them , like when you get an american computer voice telling you what to do so i just stand there and give it the finger
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I used to eat a lot of natural foods until.....
I learned that most people die of natural causes.
i actually love them , like when you get an american computer voice telling you what to do so i just stand there and give it the finger
You like them?? Surely you jest?? Well what can I say ...... you are Australian ......
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A strong man stands up for himself; a stronger man stands up for others.
i actually love them , like when you get an american computer voice telling you what to do so i just stand there and give it the finger
You like them?? Surely you jest?? Well what can I say ...... you are Australian ......
you see its like this , way back in the 1800's a whole lot of smart cookies whent out and knocked off a loaf of bread knowing forwell that, that would get them a free ticket to the greatest land on earth and all the slow's stayed behind and that is why we here in australia have the intelligence to be able to operate these computers
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I used to eat a lot of natural foods until.....
I learned that most people die of natural causes.
I like it. It is easy and fast. Scan the goods ourselves, sweep the card, sign (on the sreen) and things done... but then the machine I used did not speak I just pushed the trolley to the stand, and finished everything by myself.
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Your self service check-out talks to you? My self check-outs display the instructions on a computer screen. I don't think I would like the talking machine either. In fact I hate all of those self check-out things. I pretty much refuse to use them unless I have one item only.
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