Greenies urge everybody to haul reusable bags to grocery stores, in lieu of paper or plastic. Fine; I've done that for a dozen years, worn out two or three bags.
However, combined with a computer innovation, cloth bags are now a pain in the neck.
The Raley's supermarket where I regularly graze recently installed self-checkout registers, which I tested a couple times, unimpressed.
Last Friday, however ... I had 6 items. After warming up the touch-screen and scanning the first item, I put it in my cloth bag and set it on the check-out shelf. The computer freaked: Unexpected weight, it said. The frellin' machine objected to the weight of the cloth bag.
I punched more buttons; a clerk swiped a card to clear the "wait for assistance" message. The computer didn't like it when I put the cloth bag on its shelf; it didn't like it when there was no bag on the shelf.
It took 7 minutes to check out 6 items.
I shall stand in the human-run checkout line, next time and forever.
ooo ooo ooo
I'm a Mac head. My experience with PCs & Windows ranges from annoyed at best to Hulk freak-out at worst.
But ... why can I not hear the audio for Mac adverts on Web sites? I click where it says to click: no sound. I turn my Mac sound up ... silence.
Mac, easier than Windows.
Mac adverts, sabotaged by PCs, I'll bet.
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