Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On 13 Jun 2005 18:08:06 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
> > wrote:
>
>
>>Not for me. I can scan more quickly than many of the register clerks and the
>>lines are invariably shorter. I was delighted to depersonalize yet another
>>bottleneck. Electronic banking of all sorts was the first breakthru for me.
>>Even the very first ATM machines back in the early 1970s were a godsend.
>
>
> Yahbut, it is very rare hereabouts to use a scanner that doesn't
> misread something or other. Or maybe it's just the local Albertson's
> scanners that are dyslexic. The last time I used one, I had scanned
> all my items, then "the voice" said "remove the unscanned item from
> the bagging area and scan." I *had* freakin' scanned it and could see
> it on the screen, so I just held it in my hand while I finished the
> transaction. Or God forbid you're buying a bottle of wine and the
> scanner clerk isn't there!
>

You should see what happens if you try to buy a box of ammunition...

Best regards,
Bob