Adult Children by Stephen Beals for June 12, 2024

Short term band-aids

even better, pretend you’re a product.

When the machine thanks me for shopping I always say Thank you for doing a good job. It talks…I answer…..

I use a cashier whenever I can.

The drink cups are concerned !

..the ones I use aren’t sentient, they are barely cognizant of the transaction taking place..

Hilarious! Definitely where we’re headed – if we’re not already there.

Supposedly, QR codes are replacing bar codes nowadays. I can’t say that either scans for me. “Do you read me?”

Shut it down. Call a tech. Get on with your lives. Not a “singularity” moment.

My pets think I’m god, what’s one more?

wait till it realises it can use the cards to buy holiday time in Amazon’s cloud computers

“I’m sorry Mr. Miller, but your doctor says you shouldn’t be eating those chips. I cannot sell them to you. Have you even looked at healthier choices?”

Those stupid plastic bracelets you get in the hospital, have bar codes on them.

The local store that starts with a T has no actual cashier stations, if you pay with cash, the machines don’t do change and you have to wait for the lone customer service rep to wander over, look at the machine, go back to the customer service counter and get your change. And this takes forever and a day. This is efficient in what way and for whom?

Backs away slowly…finds the nearest human cashier, Well the one with the fastest moving line.