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Old Apr 19th, 2008, 6:00 PM   #4
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Re: VB Project (Grocery Store)

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Originally Posted by Ancient Dragon
Not in self-checkout lanes.
Ugh, sorry for the OT here, but I have to rant. I hate those self-checkout lanes with a passion. Half the time, the things don't scan properly, and most of the time when they do, they start beeping at you for not putting it in the scale fast enough, or putting it in too soon, or whatever.

Of course, what pisses me off most is the stores seem to think that it's okay to make the customers do, for free, the same job they pay their employees to do.

Okay, I'm done. I feel much better now.
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