Dear Mel,
I swear this JUST HAPPENED to me!!
So I go to Kroger (which I like to call Kay-Rogay) to get supplies that cannot wait until tomorrow. Namely, Little Debbies and Diet Coke. Anyway, I got to the U-Scan to ring up my purchases, which I know I am not supposed to do because those 4 machines are taking the place of 4 workers, but the only lanes open were manned by Kroger employees who I have already creeped out recently and I was just trying to avoid an awkward moment.
Anyway, the machine I was at had this really weird echo when it said, "Please scan your first item." I looked at the U-Scan supervisor, who is in fact a real person, who helps when you screw up weighing your own bananas. I said to her, "I think my machine is broken." She said,"Why?" I said, "It has an echo, like Obi Wan Kenobi is trapped inside." She said, in a very unamused voice, "Thats just the way it sounds." I shrugged and said, "OK, but someone is in real trouble when he decides to use the force to get out of there."
So, anyways, I ring my stuff up and scanned my ever useful debit card, and when it asked me if I wanted any cash back, I replied,"Well, as a matter of fact I do please." I may have to make purchases tomorrow that I do not want traced back to me. So I enter in that I would like to receive $40 back. Nothing happens. I wait. Nothing happens. I said to the lady, again, "Mine is broken." She said, " It has to tell me to give you change before I can give it to you." So I stand there, wondering exactly who was the boss of this little relationship and wait. After a couple seconds, I look at the machine and I said, in my best Yoda voice, "Me, forty dollars give." At that exact second, the machine starts spitting 8 nice, crisp $5 bills at me! As I was leaving, I said to the very startled lady, "May the force be with you."
So in other words, I may have to find a new place to shop.
Love, Amy
