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Today's picture is from the 1920's and shows what looks like a Meat
Market in the District Grocery Store. I will have to say that this
does not look much different than the grocery stores I remember
growing up in the 60's. Note the simple signage and functional
layout. This is another one of my gripes about modern grocery
stores. Did you notice a couple of years ago how the "self" checkouts
started popping up. At first it was just one or two, for the people
that wanted to do the cashiers job for them. Now, I notice that more
and more of the checkout lanes are self checkout. I notice that fewer
and fewer have a traditional cashier, and the lines are getting
longer in the cashier checkout lanes, while the self checkout lanes
sit idle. You see, they are trying to "train" us. Each year, it will
take longer and longer, and be more and more painful to continue to
use the lane with the live person. Finally, we will give up waiting
in the one lane with a live cashier and will cave in, and start
checking ourselves out. Then, their training program of us will be
complete. Again, I hate the blatant manipulation. Perhaps we should
resist with passive aggressivebehaviors. How about this . . . use the
self checkout lane, but don't be real easy on the equipment . . . put
that big jar of pickles down on that little glass scanner window like
you mean it. [2]
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[1] https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBnvf8a26mPLGgewBsK3u7jZT4np5PbKc54pI8IbWf-v6Rec0vhHpzs-IG_NgLYLYgZs2ApIXOcazhFlg1M4EuemzimIZSDWRqzdZCKQ1VCo-AbecrEu5iLB-SeW3gEqFZZM9B7Tddkie/s1600/meat-market.jpg
[2] http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LmoyDNidA5Y_J-aGym97UNMC7yo/0/da
[3] http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LmoyDNidA5Y_J-aGym97UNMC7yo/1/da

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