[ExI] the fun they had

[Mike Dougherty]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:03 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
> It's too bad they have those computer cash registers today.  Now that we are
> old, we can't play those kinds of gags on the next generation.  So how do we
> pay it forward?

Swipe your damn card and get out of my way old man.

Actually, I prefer to block the transaction process of the cashier
while I place the ugly old paper money back into my wallet before
picking my items up from the counter.  I had to wait for all their
button pushing and barcode scanning, they can accomodate me for the 8
seconds it takes to return a few lousy singles to a billfold.  We
might even be able to parallelize the task if they didn't insist on
holding my change until the recipt finished printing then handing over
a pile of receipt, paper money and coins balanced on top - all dumped
into your hand with a flourish of "done, move!" and a grab for the
next customer's item-to-be-scanned.

What makes us old?  Having gone through this kind of experience enough
times to be annoyed by it enough to rant about it to others. :)

Thanks Spike...