Re: Mad Max Scenario - 2008.

On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:15:32 +0000, a9x5l blathered on in :

> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:15:30 +0000, Toby Ponsenby wrote:
> 
> <snip>
>>  
>> In other news - RFID will ensure that you're charged as you place items
>> in your supermarket trolley. Right then and there. NOT at the checkout
>> - there will be no checkout once the turds can get things to the point
>> that no-one is shopping with real money. Debit Visa/mastercard, for the
>> recalcitrants anyone - oh goodie - they can pay 'as if' they had cash.
>> For a fee, of course:-)
> 
> Bring it on I say!
> 
> Grocery shopping would have to be *the* biggest pain in the arse chore
> ever invented. There's a BiLo near me that has a "do it yourself"
> scanning system, but you still need to take each item from the trolley
> and then put it back again *and* the system ****s up regularly making it
> kind of pointless as you end up having to get assistance. The sooner we
> can fill the trolley and simply walk straight out the door when finished
> the better IMHO, as long as the system works properly of course :)

Of course. And the prices will be reduced because of the removal of those 
ever so irksome labour costs.
Of course.



-- 
Toby