Grocery shopping has become a dive into demoralization. “Should we try self-checkout?” I asked my husband, in that hopeful way people of a certain age try to be. He quickly grabbed my arm, “No. We can’t. We have fruit.” I immediately pivoted for the long line with a real cashier. Fruit. Vegetables. Coupons. Liquor. All of them are sure to trigger that smug annoying voice that alerts the world you have user issues. A brush with self-checkout is a brush with humiliation.
Vickroy: Supermarkets have made ‘shop till you drop’ a real thing and I resent it
