Two for one

It's a rare two blog posts for the price of one today. This one doesn't have anything to do with sports, but I feel it requires mention, regardless of the forum.

People, I beseech you, when you go grocery shopping, if you don't know how to use the self checkout, for the love of crumb cake, please DO NOT USE THE SELF CHECKOUT. Especially if the store is relatively busy.

It's probably pretty obvious that I was moved to make such a plea after a particularly irritating experience this afternoon. Four self-checkout lanes occupied by one family of three with a cart full of groceries, and three people who, apparently, had no clue what they were doing. At first, I avoided the family, thinking it would take them forever to scan all those products. But I eventually moved to that line after the people in the other lines either, A. Had trouble scanning one or more of their five items; B. Were unsure how to go about paying for their purchase; or C. Experienced technical difficulties.

Meanwhile, the family of three checked out with assembly line efficiency. Dad scanned, mom and child bagged, dad paid and they were gone.

Self checkout is supposed to be that easy. I'm fairly certain my German Shepherd could figure it out if she had fingers. But if you're one of those individuals who can't seem to get the hang of it, please trust the professionals at the registers.