Subj : Re: Internet
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Gamgee
Date : Mon Dec 18 2023 10:34:00

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Phigan <=-

 Ph> Personally, I don't use self-checkout because I'm not a fan of machines
 Ph> replacing our workforce... or having ME replace the workforce! I'll let
 Ph> another person check me out. That's one more job for them and possibly
 Ph> one more available job elsewhere for someone like me.

 pF>  I was in Italy this summer. At the little corner stores, they'd
 pF> scan your items, but then leave them at the bottom of the conveyor
 pF> and look at you strangely when you asked for a bag. They'd sort of pull
 pF> off one of those thin plastic bags that most US states have banned, and
 pF> have you bag away.

I was in Italy a couple of months ago, and had the same experience.  I 
guess they expect you to just gather all the items up and carry them 
loosely, which doesn't work if it's 8-10 items.  Eventually I got them 
to understand that I wanted a bag, and they were happy to *sell* me a 
couple of plastic bags.  The bags were quite sturdy and cheap, but kind 
of a strange process.  A reminder that there are other ways than what we 
know and are used to.


.... I was on a roll till I slipped on the butter.
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