Tom Del Rosso wrote:
"Anthony Fremont" wrote in message

2) Self check out at the grocery store (some things just aren't
designed to be automated that way)

"Thank you for purchacing the 16 ounce Goulden's spicy brown mustard. You
saved 48 cents."

...by which time I have scanned the next 3 items, and the scanner subsystem
acknowledged every one with a beep.

"You didn't wait for me to finish talking. My scanner has a lower priority
than my speech system. I don't know what to do now. Please wait for
assistance from one of the human workers I was meant to replace."

Which is precisely why I refuse to use the automated scanners. I also
refuse to use ATM's.

-Chuck