Supermarket Squeaks

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Fri, 2003-12-05 14:24

Supermarket Squeaks

Has anyone else got a supermarket with self-service checkouts near them? You scan your own stuff and the machine talks to you "Please scan your item....bip....carrots....please place the item in the bag...please scan the next item...etc." It tells you off as well - "Please leave the bag ON the weighing machine"

I was doing it last night and it was really quite sinister. Imagine if the machine got a brain of its own and start voicing its opinions...

"Please scan the item...extra large tights...someone ate all the pies didn't they madam" or "Mitchum extra dry... problem 'pits Sir".

And then what if it got a memory courtesy of a store card. "Family pack of Wagon wheels ... Another one Madam?". or "second box of condoms in a week? She bangs doesn't she Sir".

Any thoughts?

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Fri, 2003-12-05 14:29

jab16

Ha! We have those...makes you want to be a computer wizard so you could replace the memory card (or whatever it is) with some choice phrases. The only drawback to these things: They move you through too quickly, making it impossible to read the People magazine that you would otherwise never buy. I've learned a lot about Hollywood in long checkout lines...

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:05

Hox

"someone ate all the pies didn't they madam" aha! [%sig%]

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:06

Rachel

Was thinking of you Hox. Dognut?

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:16

Hox

With different punctuation that post could be quite insulting :-)) Thanks, I will. Tea? [%sig%]

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:24

Rachel

Oh. Or could we squeeze in a G&T - it is Friday?

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:43

Flash

Dognut?

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:49

Rachel

You started it Flashaloid.

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:56

Flash

But the correct spelling is doenut isn't it? Why does Hox want to eat a dognut... he seems to be a very strange fellow.

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:57

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Flash

Flashaloid?

Fri, 2003-12-05 15:59

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Rachel

I was trying to be hard in a "Red Dwarf" kind of way. Didn't work, did it? Where's my tea and my dognut?

Fri, 2003-12-05 17:20

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Tony Cook

You bought a case of that cheap wine only yesterday... are you sure you want another? Ha Ha - another fool buying organic!

Fri, 2003-12-05 23:13

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Jay

Rachel take no notice I could really see the funny side of making that machine talk, imagine the kids in the supermarket if they got hold of that>>>>>>>>>>well maybe not...

Fri, 2003-12-05 23:26

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mississippi

I wonder what the result would be if this self-service reaches the nations brothels!

Fri, 2003-12-05 23:50

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Tollam

Increased sales of vaseline and DIY manuels. [%sig%]

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