See here for
essential background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2024/03/tesco-butlerian-jihad-continues.html.
The Tesco Butlerian Jihad has reached a crucial turning point and I'm pleased to say humanity has won a significant triumph over the machines. I went to the same branch of Tesco and this time the four human tills were all unmanned. People were sadly trooping obediently into the auto-checkouts so I decided to set a good example. I parked my trolley in front of the human tills and waited. Good job I never chose a basket. After a while a few people joined me and a queue of about five shoppers began to form. I eventually managed to wave to one of the assistants in the auto area. I didn't make a big deal and I never put on an irritated tone. It would be tempting to Karen out at that point, but I kept my cool. I just asked her politely: "Could somebody come and open one of these tills please." She acknowledged me and walked off. I wondered if she had understood me, unlike two of her colleagues in the past, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/04/whose-street-my-street.html. No, this time somebody appeared within two minutes, a cheerful old lady. She took her place behind the cash register and invited us to come and pay. She was very nice and friendly. "You want to pay with cash, do you?" she asked rhetorically. I asked: "Where are Beverley and Lemoncini?" These are the two staff members who most often man the cash tills. She told me they were away that day. I asked this question primarily because I wanted to make the point that because I am a cashie who refuses to use the computer checkouts I actually talk to the people who serve me, and I've have even learned their names and have conversations with them. Just for five minutes or so every visit, but it's still enough to develop a basic relationship. This is what the auto-till sheeple are missing out on. They're turning their back on human interaction to save a few minutes before they rush back to their pod or work cublicle. I thanked the old lady who served me and told her that I would always refuse to use the AI card machines. I hope the message is passed along that Tesco should always keep somebody on one of the manned checkouts. So I went in, bought my groceries and left without once dealing with anybody other than a human being. So the machines lose! I don't care how many seconds you give me to comply.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/12/auto-checkouts-are-off.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/01/tales-from-cashless-island.html.
The Tesco Butlerian Jihad has reached a crucial turning point and I'm pleased to say humanity has won a significant triumph over the machines. I went to the same branch of Tesco and this time the four human tills were all unmanned. People were sadly trooping obediently into the auto-checkouts so I decided to set a good example. I parked my trolley in front of the human tills and waited. Good job I never chose a basket. After a while a few people joined me and a queue of about five shoppers began to form. I eventually managed to wave to one of the assistants in the auto area. I didn't make a big deal and I never put on an irritated tone. It would be tempting to Karen out at that point, but I kept my cool. I just asked her politely: "Could somebody come and open one of these tills please." She acknowledged me and walked off. I wondered if she had understood me, unlike two of her colleagues in the past, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/04/whose-street-my-street.html. No, this time somebody appeared within two minutes, a cheerful old lady. She took her place behind the cash register and invited us to come and pay. She was very nice and friendly. "You want to pay with cash, do you?" she asked rhetorically. I asked: "Where are Beverley and Lemoncini?" These are the two staff members who most often man the cash tills. She told me they were away that day. I asked this question primarily because I wanted to make the point that because I am a cashie who refuses to use the computer checkouts I actually talk to the people who serve me, and I've have even learned their names and have conversations with them. Just for five minutes or so every visit, but it's still enough to develop a basic relationship. This is what the auto-till sheeple are missing out on. They're turning their back on human interaction to save a few minutes before they rush back to their pod or work cublicle. I thanked the old lady who served me and told her that I would always refuse to use the AI card machines. I hope the message is passed along that Tesco should always keep somebody on one of the manned checkouts. So I went in, bought my groceries and left without once dealing with anybody other than a human being. So the machines lose! I don't care how many seconds you give me to comply.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2023/12/auto-checkouts-are-off.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2025/01/tales-from-cashless-island.html.
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