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Do you want them to go all Skynet? Because this is how you get them to go all Skynet.
Please place the item in the bagging area
Real talk I love chatting with the cashier and getting my groceries bagged. I make small talk and ask them how they're doing. It's a small opportunity to practice social skills and be friendly. On the other hand automated checkouts replace that familiar face with a sinister machine that makes you do the job of the cashier for zero pay and yells at you when you take too long or do something wrong or put 0.000001 pounds on the checkout scale. Steal from automated checkouts whenever you think you can get away with it.
Unexpected item in the bagging area.
I've literally punched those machines before, they deserve it
your call is important to us
As the guillotine gets raised we'll offer the billionaires an option for a 45-minute call to tech support while the blade inches closer and closer to drop height
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Butlerian jihad now to stop them before it gets to that point