[pchelpers] Re: Today's rant

        WHAT? AND take all the fun out of Scott's ranting and raving?

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From: "tactilelady" <supergrams@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 23:13 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Today's rant


Hmm then there is going to another store?

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> Hi folks,
>
> Programs do exactly what you tell them to.  Chances are, if you have
> no intelligence or common sense, the programs that you write won't
> either.
>
> I was at H.E.B. (a supermarket chain based in Kerrville, TX, USA)
> buying some stuff. This is a brand-new big store, and it has 4
> self-checkout stations. A couple was leaving one station as I walked
> up to it. I ran the items over the scanner, and, when I got to the
> last item, I ran it over the scanner also. Just as it had every other
> time, the voice said "Please place the item in the bag".
> Unfortunately, the item in question was a 32 pound (about 14.5 kg for
> those of you living in countries where the government got a clue and
> had the metric system taught first in primary school) bag of cat food.
> I poked the "call cashier" button a few times, and a few moments
> later, the nagging voice went away.
>
> Next, the machine wanted to be fed. I pulled out a new multi-colored
> $20 bill, which is becoming increasingly common (most of my $20s were
> the new ones), and fed it to the machine. The machine spat it back
> out, which surprised me not at all. The idea seems to be that the
> store opened AFTER the new bills came out, therefore they don't accept
> the new bills.
>
> I think next time I buy cat food, I'll simply do as the voice (in my
> head?) tells me to and plop the bag on top of the carousel. Maybe the
> carousel will break and they'll get a clue. Maybe the bag will break
> and I'll insist on an unbroken bag. If the people working there have a
> problem with that, then maybe they should fix the problem.
>
> I also think I'll make it a point to remove my credit cards, debit
> cards, and all bills other than new $20s from my wallet before I go
> in. Maybe one of these days they'll actually figure out that there's a
> problem, and that problems which relate to customers should always be
> fixed, ASAP, instead of ignored.
>
> --Scott.
>

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