Capitalism is hell so thought it be best we all have a space to both rant a bit and also give each other some insight on how we best get by. Remember that you don't wanna put anything too incriminating or personal since wreckers are always looking for dirt but maybe you can tell us about your "friend".
Mind you this isn't a neoliberal "pull yourself from your bootstraps" comm poverty will not be eliminated by simply making "better" individual choices instead think of this comm as a safe place to vent about surviving under capitalism and a place to share whatever hard earned knowledge you wished you knew of earlier.
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Oh yeah, no I totally hear you. The nerve-wracking part for my friend, so she said, is definitely at the checkout, not during the shopping when she "accidentally" puts whatever in the bag. Because up until checkout, nothing untowards has taken place. And I certainly have taken a gander at all the little black bubbles in the ceiling and walls nearby the self-checkout area.
An unexpected item in the bagging area probably would give me a heart attack if I were her, but my friend said that's just never happened to her... so far anyway. BUT, as she explained it to me, that only happens when something is set on the side of the scanner where there's a weigh scale. The crumpled grocery bag brought from home never even has to touch it. Like you said, business is actually done in areas without all the bubbles in the ceiling.
Right! I know you didn't do that. Me either. My friend makes it sound tempting, but I don't plan on doing it myself any time soon. But it makes for fascinating discussion at the very least. :owl-wink: