A Rant

To all those people out there who get in the self-checkout line at the grocery store or Home Depot simply because it's the shortest:

• If you do not know how to work the self-checkout machine, please do not get in that line. There are lines managed by real people who are more than delighted to charge you for your items in much less time than it will take you to figure the machine out.
• If you are going to spend ten minutes transfering items back and forth from the "bagging area" to your cart because you have confused the machine, please first be sure that you do not have anyone waiting in line behind you.
• If you are going to get angry at the machine and pound on it because you have confused it, please do not yell at me and ask me to help you. I can fully understand your frustration, but I am not wearing an orange apron (or any other apron for that matter). I do not work there. I only want to use the machine that you are currently physically and verbally abusing.

Your kind attention to the foregoing is greatly appreciated.