What’s the deal with self-checkout? I go to the store, I pick out my groceries, I wait in line, and then… I scan them? I bag them? And for what? So I can troubleshoot an ‘unexpected item in bagging area’ error for five minutes while the machine loudly berates me? I’m already paying for these items! Am I supposed to be grateful for the privilege of doing someone else’s job? It’s like an unpaid internship, but instead of college credit, I get a receipt that’s three feet long. And then they ask if I found everything I needed. Oh, I found it alright. I just had to scan it myself.
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