Self Checkout

Ugh. When the self checkout first came out, I thought it would be awesome. But I forgot that that would mean people would actually have to scan a few bar codes and hit a few buttons. Clearly we are not ready for that yet. Thank God they have an employee there to help people out or these lanes would be absolutely useless. I think maybe you should have to take a test in order to be able to use these lanes.

My best self checkout story actually just happened to me today at lunch. I'm at walmart, getting ready to checkout, and there's only one lady in line, so I decide to chance it. It's one of those lanes that have a small conveyor belt that you can load your items on. Well the lady who was checking out when I walked up looked like she was almost done. She had like 2 things left in her cart, neither of which were on the belt. I had about 15 things in my cart, so I decided to be pro-active and load my stuff onto the belt so can I start right away after she's done. (You know what's coming, don't you?)

She FREAKED....

I put two boxes on the belt, and the belt starts going. She gets this scared look on her face, starts shaking her head, and throws her arm in front of my boxes so they can only go halfway down the belt. She kept saying "no, no, nope, no, no". What the what? I still don't know why she did this. So, I picked up my boxes, put them back in my cart, and wait for her scan her last item. She scans it, and says "ok, now you can put your stuff on there." SERIOUSLY? Did she think if my boxes were on the belt that she would have to pay for them? She does know that you have to physically scan each item and put it in your bag, right? If my stuff is sitting at the end of the belt, I'm pretty sure she's not on the hook for them. I wonder if she flips when she's in a regular line, and her stuff is on the belt, and someone comes up behind her, puts one of those plastic dividers on the belt, and starts loading her stuff?

Why does crap like this always happen at walmart? I think their slogan should be "Walmart: Always an Adventure"

Expialidocious

Careful. If you watch this, you'll have it in your head all day...

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