I would hate those checkouts on principle (on the grounds that they are designed to put checkers out of work) even if they weren't so often moronic: "Please put the item in the bag" it told me time and time again
-- when the item I had just scanned was a 10-ft piece of lumber!
Yesterday at my local HD I was headed toward the human-operated checkout terminal when the checker accosted me just as I reached one of the DIY scanners. I told her that I was ready to check out but that I hated "those things." She said, "Never mind: I'll do it for you." "Isn't the terminal working?" I asked. "Yes," she replied, "but they don't want us to use them." "But I hate the DIY scanners, and I know that a lot of other people do too." "Yes, I know" she replied, "that is why we'll scan the items for you."
Perce