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9:22am on Wednesday, 19th November, 2025:
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I was in the local shop yesterday, buying whatever stuff my wife had told me I should buy. I used the self-service checkout, which is convenient despite my having to say explicitly that no, I didn't buy any carrier bags this time, either.
On the manned till, a woman was emptying her basket so the person on the till could scan it. Seemingly in the belief that it would help, the woman announced everything she presented: "tin of green beans", "cereal", "tin of cat food", ... . She ranged in specificity from great precision ("Co-op 99 Fairtrade 80 tea bags 250 grams") to vague generality ("milk").
The person on the till was completely unfazed by this. I guess it must happen often enough not to be unusual.
Maybe if the woman were to announce the wrong products ("Cadbury's Dairy Milk" when it's actually washing-up liquid) she'd get more of a reaction.
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