My day started badly when I called into a small Tesco near my home to buy a newspaper only to find the friendly girls had mostly been replaced by the 'FAST TRACK' payout machines. Anyone who has seen me using a computer will know that a flashing screen with an inanimate voice giving orders is never going to make me 'fast'. I collected the paper and prepared to take it to a real person for payment but was chased by a girl who said I should use the 'fast' payout machine as I only had one item. There was no one in the queue at all so I refused politely and went toward to cashiere whereupon she tried to force the issue and said she would teach me NOW. I turned around and put the newspaper back into the rack and prepared to leave but another young lady forstalled my action and kindly escorted me to the cashiere. I then left the store with the newspaper feeling foolish, depressed and bullied.
These machines will serve a good purpose in the end as eventually all we oldies will return to the corner shops.
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