Source: u/Portarossa on Reddit, April 7, 2020.
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‘Unexpected item in bagging area.’
It’s not unexpected, you digital fuck. You literally just told me what it is. It’s right there on the screen. I did the wavy-wave, you did the bleepy-bleep; up until the point where you decided to have an electronic stroke, things were going exactly according to plan. What you mean is that you haven’t been programmed right. Don’t go putting this on me, like I’ve somehow gone out of my way to surprise you. I’ve got places to be, man. I can’t be playing hide-the-actual-salami with the Terminator’s younger, shittier cousin.
Oh, and now you’ve sent for backup. Well done. Now I have to deal with a human person who thinks I’m either an imbecile or a thief for not being able to work what’s effectively a bathroom scale with delusions of grandeur for the fourth time.
Am i the only peraon that doesnt have trouble with these self checkout machines. You need to go a little slower so you dont jump the gun. The machine wants you to scan an item and then put it in the bagging area. If you go too fast it doesnt update to the “put it in the baggong area” bit and thinks you put something there before scanning it. Just take a breath, slow down and remember that the computer powering it is likely crap and the software is bollocks.
My wife gets frustrated with tech and she hates these machines. I dont get frustrated with most tech and i find them extremely convenient.
I don’t have trouble with them, granted I won’t use them if given the choice. I’ve even walked out of stores because I just don’t care to use em.
I do however bring electrical tape with me for times I HAVE to use it just to cover the camera in my face. Nothing worse then seeing my own face on the screen when I’m trying to do their job for them