Human contact is so important

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Today I was in town so I did a bit of shopping at the chemist. Unfortunately when I went to pay, the nice lady at the till upstairs said she had some problem and I would have to go to the downstairs tills instead, which are always much busier. But she did get me a basket and was very helpful. But when I got downstairs it was even worse because there was no assistant at the tills there either, and only a bank of the self-service tills which I hate with a passion! I did consider just putting my prospective purchases back, but I had spent ages there already choosing so I didn’t really want to do that and I was forced to go through with it. It’s not that I am a complete technophobe, otherwise obviously I wouldn’t be here using a computer! And I’m generally OK with self-service machines in banks etc. It’s the ones in shops I can’t stand, and I think it’s because they are so bossy! They are constantly telling you ‘Scan your purchases-insert your card-have you got a loyalty card-do you want a bag-take your receipt-take your purchases’ etc. etc. I just get so irritated and often find myself telling the machine ‘Oh just shut up!’ Even if I try to be rational about it, I still feel really miserable and irritated after using one of those, it just spoils my day! Am I the only person who feels this way? Thankfully on the way home, cycling in the pouring rain, I passed a couple of other people in the same conditions and we all smiled at the absurdity of our situation, which helped to make me feel a bit more cheerful! I didn't take a picture of the machine of course, so I'm cheering myself up with some flowers : ) All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.