Source: u/Portarossa on Reddit, April 7, 2020.
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‘Unexpected item in bagging area.’
It’s not unexpected, you digital fuck. You literally just told me what it is. It’s right there on the screen. I did the wavy-wave, you did the bleepy-bleep; up until the point where you decided to have an electronic stroke, things were going exactly according to plan. What you mean is that you haven’t been programmed right. Don’t go putting this on me, like I’ve somehow gone out of my way to surprise you. I’ve got places to be, man. I can’t be playing hide-the-actual-salami with the Terminator’s younger, shittier cousin.
Oh, and now you’ve sent for backup. Well done. Now I have to deal with a human person who thinks I’m either an imbecile or a thief for not being able to work what’s effectively a bathroom scale with delusions of grandeur for the fourth time.
Lately I’ve been using the scan gun. Just blast everything in the cart, grab a handful of plastic bags, push it out to the car, and bag as I’m transferring to the trunk. Cuts checkout time in at least half.
…and freaks out the door guard person every time, lol. 100% looks like I’m just pushing a cart of unpaid groceries out the door.
I have reusable bags and place the items in them after I scan them. Saves a step.