Why does checking out at the supermarket now make taking a standardized test seem easy in comparison? This bullshit actually happens at clothing stores too. S.A.T should never stand for “Shirt and Test”. As if I needed another fucking thing to think about during the course of my normal day. ” Hey Pal, I see your taking a piss, can you solve this rubics cube for me while your at it?”…. You know what I am talking about: You go into the store to buy some suspenders or some chipotle hummus and go up to the counter assuming you will swipe and hit the “okay” button exiting while dancing on que like in the visa commercials. Instead you swipe and the console screen begins to ask you for all sorts of information that is irrelevant to hummus and/or suspenders;
- Would you like cash back ?
- How much cash back would you like $5 $10 $20 ?
- What is your zip code?
-Please confirm if amount $— is okay?
- Do you have restless leg syndrome?
WHAT THE FUCK!!! I just want to take my purchased goods and leave without having to fill out a 1040 (not)-EZ to do it. Bag my shit up and let me out. Technology should make things easier and eliminate having to use certain parts of your brain not the opposite. My damn fingers start to lose feeling from punching that damn screen so many times. NO! I don’t want to use that weird stupid electronic pen attached to it, because then i am opening myself to actually having to WRITE!!!! This is just a money for goods transaction (ex. $20 to lick a strippers pumps), not Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader. Why do they need all that information on me anyways? Compliance with the patriot act? Are you going to send me a sing-o-gram in the mail? Well, no thank you. Just allow me to buy my raisins and stare at the saggy tits on the bagger lady in peace before I leave.
One of the many reasons I loathe the grocery store. Don’t forget when it asks you to wait for the cashier to press some button and they look at you with a blank stare like you did something wrong and YOU have to tell them THEY need to press a button. And your signature means nothing I always just scribble two lines that look nothing like my name and it is always accepted. Isn’t it supposed to be a security measure? Or does it serve another purpose?