On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:10:55 GMT, "Doug Kanter" wrote:
Those machines are candidates for bullets. When visiting a friend in another
part of NY state, I used to go with her to a Price Chopper supermarket. I
tend to NOT put every damned thing in a bag when I shop, but the machine was
programmed to look for a change in weight on the bag platform after each
item was scanned. This computerized voice would keep saying "Put item in
bag....put item in bag...." A gallon of milk in its own bag???

Yeah, I hate those damn things. The local Kroger has them. I like to
scan everything, pay, *then* bag directly into the cart, like in a real
checkout line. Walmart's machines let you do that. But the stupid
machines at Kroger won't.

I've found that if I act dumb, the supervising cashier will sometimes, in
exasperation, come over and scan and bag my purchase for me. If that
doesn't work, I've just walked out, leaving my half scanned load of groceries
for the clerk to put back on the shelves. After I did that a couple of times
at the Kroger, they now open up a real checkout line when they see me
coming. Heh, heh.

Gary