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Scolded by a Machine at the Supermarket Self-Checkout

May 5, 2025 1 min read

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In the sterile glow of the supermarket self-checkout, a machine scolded me today. As I shuffled a misbehaving item, it barked a mechanical rebuke, treating my slight adjustment as high treason. There, under the cold, flickering lights, I was a suspect in silicon eyes.

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