Applebees and Chili's replacing waiters with Tablet PCs

[sbr]

I've never been a big fan of the self-check aisles (they took our jerbs), and I still remember the last time I used one.  It was many years ago and I was buying just one thing, a greeting card, maybe for Mother's Day.  I went through the self-check because I was in a hurry and there was no line there.  After scanning the barcode you had to put the item in the bag, there was a scale that could tell when you did so.  The card weighed so little that it didn't register no matter how many times or how hard I threw the stupid card at the scale.  I was so pissed I eventually just walked out without the card.  I have never used the self-check since. 

I will occasionally go through it now but I make the attendant there ring my stuff up and put my money in the machine.  I don't touch anything but my cart.

[garbon]

I've never been a big fan of the self-check aisles (they took our jerbs), and I still remember the last time I used one.  It was many years ago and I was buying just one thing, a greeting card, maybe for Mother's Day.  I went through the self-check because I was in a hurry and there was no line there.  After scanning the barcode you had to put the item in the bag, there was a scale that could tell when you did so.  The card weighed so little that it didn't register no matter how many times or how hard I threw the stupid card at the scale.  I was so pissed I eventually just walked out without the card.  I have never used the self-check since. 

The last time I used one, there was now an option to tell it you wanted to skip bagging.

[sbr]

I've never been a big fan of the self-check aisles (they took our jerbs), and I still remember the last time I used one.  It was many years ago and I was buying just one thing, a greeting card, maybe for Mother's Day.  I went through the self-check because I was in a hurry and there was no line there.  After scanning the barcode you had to put the item in the bag, there was a scale that could tell when you did so.  The card weighed so little that it didn't register no matter how many times or how hard I threw the stupid card at the scale.  I was so pissed I eventually just walked out without the card.  I have never used the self-check since. 

The last time I used one, there was now an option to tell it you wanted to skip bagging.

I figured they had worked that bug out but I still don't bother.  Automating service jobs may not reduce the total number of jobs out there but it is a line I have personally drawn in the sand, and I am willing to deal with the extra time and irritation that usually adds to my grocery shopping trips.

[The Brain]

The last couple of times I've been to the supermarket the cashier has been a cute female teenager (different ones).

[Eddie Teach]

Did you get her digits?

[Darth Wagtaros]

Did you get her digits?

Or did she get a few of yours?

[The Brain]

Did you get her digits?

No.