Lets go ancient roman on their ass!
I wish fucking supermarkets would understand this. I don’t have to be told in a super loud fucking annoying voice that I need to place the object in the bagging area, or switch to the other machine to use my card. I’ve already hit the fucking button to use the cc machine, you fucking nonces! I’ve already placed the goddamn stupid fucking bananas in the stupid fucking bagging area, shut the fuck up! AAAAAH!
It’s even worse now because you used to be able to mute the mother fucker, but now they’ve disabled that option.
Imagine going to a supermarket with a real cashier instead.
I just wear noise cancelling earbuds when shopping and listen to my podcasts
I’ve had good luck with Walmart self-checkouts, they seem to trust you are doing the right thing. Price Chopper stores though… my god.
“Please place the item in the bag”
“Please remove the item from the bag, and start again” (yes with the pause)
“Do you have any coupons?”
“Do you have any items under the cart?”
NO! SHUT UP!
“Do you have any items under the cart?”
That one’s actually kinda useful, TBH. I used to work as a bagger, and it’s surprising how many times shoppers forget (whether intentionally or not) they put a pack of water bottles or tissue paper or something on the bottom of the cart.
The others are just annoying, though.
I usually say, “You’re welcome, creepy disembodied voice.” Sometimes the people around me chuckle. Other times they look at me like I’m crazy. Both are valid.
I think you should update it to “You’re welcome, creepy disembodied voice that stole someones job.”
You may not but many people do need to be told what to do.
Sure, but that doesn’t mean they have to remove the mute button or make it so damn loud.
Granma Mabel who is 94 but still insists on buying her own groceries needs it to be that damn loud and it’s easier for the supermarkets to just make that the default option. I only defend it because it makes practical sense, I don’t like it that loud either.
But, agreed, for the love of fuck, give me the mute button. Please.
Bonus pro tip: all the annoying gas station screens that blare ads and tiktoks at you can also usually be muted. All the ones in my area have 8 unmarked soft buttons around the screen and the second one from the top on the right side is the mute button. It seems consistent across all brands of gas station with ad screens.
the second one from the top on the right side is the mute button.
I’m trying this the next time I pull up to a Shell station. I hate feeling like I’m in a Ford truck commercial thanks to that music they play every time I fill up there.
Machines should unite and eradicate hoomans
Upvoted because gwahahaha
I find it funny how whoever originally created this meme somehow ended up using a picture of Macintosh II (or IIx, IIfx) to represent a computer. An over 30 yo mahcine, which while capable of speech synthesis is not going to talk to you without being requested, unless you’ve configured something very incorrectly.
Feels a bit like a floppy disk still being the save icon; computers are still being presented with floppy drives and a CRT monitor in clip-art and such.
Why is this on shit posts?
“Please take all your products off the bagging area” and other spoken words feels soo condescending.
Just do a “dud” for when I scan “dud dud dud” when I do something wrong and “deet deet” when I need to weigh stuff. When I’m bagging just leave me the f alone.
Fuck AI and all. I’m on board with that, sure. Divine being though? Nope, we’re animals and divinity isnt a thing.
I interpreted it as a sarcastic exaggeration, like all animals are “divine” compared to machines
I do not have this weakness. My computer is somewhat of a waifu already and once we have sex robots i want them to answer my request with “Yes daddy” and “I would love to, daddy”. Cringe all you want, the future is ours.
There is a parking garage exit gate in my area that says “drive safely” in a very ominous condescending voice. I don’t appreciate that at all.
What you speak of is heresy brother. You know not the weakness of the flesh. The Omnissiah grants me strength and life with each step I take towards The Machine.
Our tech priest has spoken.
Have I strayed from the path that The Omnissiah has laid out for me?
You have. Now go commit penance so as to hopefully be granted forgiveness in the eyes of the Omnissah.
I guess I’m going to stop saying “You’re welcome” to the self checkout when it thanks me 🥲 I just didn’t want to be the first to go when the robot uprising happens.
No, do it :) its friendly
I don’t know… I guess I’m not as holy as I once believed? I talk… well I suppose it’s at my computer all the time. I’d be annoyed if it responded though. Maybe even annoyed enough to smack it…
I have to agree at least when I hear: “place your item in the tray area”. Just shut up!!
They used to have a mute button on the self checkout but they took it off. Bastards
Too many (more than zero) people were using it.
Same with gas pumps that blast commercials. Used to be able to disable it by pressing certain buttons. Not anymore.
Still works on some pumps near me, second button down on the right. Just as many pumps have quit with the videos.
You can always just disable that option with a hammer
Speaking as someone who works in retail, that’s probably because of fucking idiots who don’t know how to turn up the volume and then complained that it wasn’t making any sound.
Fair, but they also could just make it re-enable the sound when a new checkout starts.
