Technology Makes My Neuroses Easier to Live With

September 26, 2007 4:36 AM

have absolutely no idea why, but I hate going to a store and knowing that the clerk knows exactly what's going on in my life or what I'm about to do based on what I'm buying. I hate going into a grocery store and buying just the ingredients for lasagna because the clerk knows that I'm going to make lasagna that night (and yes, I do know how to make lasagna). I hate going into a hardware store and buying just lightbulbs because the clerk knows that, somewhere in my apartment, a lightbulb is out.

I don't know why I'm crazy like that, but I'm thankful that technology has allowed me to avoid having to deal with this issue. See, my grocery store just put in self-checkout lanes. it's awesome! I can gather whatever purpose-betraying items I need without fearing that I will be revealing something about myself to a strange. And, almost as importantly, it saves me the trouble of having to deal with the fucking clerk people. Let's face it, those people are either so stupid or so zoned out that it's sometimes almost painful to deal with them. And I hate making small talk.

Now if only my local pornography dealer would install a similar device . . . .

2 Comments

tRJ said:

I actually feel this way, too. This is what prevents me from running in and buying only toilet paper.

September 26, 2007 8:42 PM

TheExpat said:

Okay whatever with the stupid self-checkout thing. I think they're even slower and inconvenient than the warm body option. Just remember to clip your toenails and avoid touching germ-infected surfaces during your descent into Howard Hughes-like madness.

September 27, 2007 3:33 AM

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