Comments on: The Luddites were right

By: David

David — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:32:05 +0000

“Then there’s Tesco, which has recently been invaded by the self-service machine. What an incredibly aggravating device this is. Instead of handing your sandwich over to a till person, you now swipe it yourself and bag it yourself, an action which is promptly followed by it telling you it doesn’t recognise what you’ve swiped and doesn’t believe it’s in the bag.”

They run Windows XP, you know: I’ve seen them crash. Indeed, in my local Tesco at least one of them (I think there are six or eight in total) seems to be in a non-usable state at any one time.

By: Jobby

Jobby — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:03:22 +0000

How about sliding your credit card into the gap between your front door and its frame. If you wiggle it right it opens the door. I saw it in a film once so it must be true! )

By: Stuart Turton

Stuart Turton — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:34:55 +0000

And here I will stay until somebody works out how to get me back into my house.

By: Matthew Sparkes

Matthew Sparkes — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:31:08 +0000

All messages to Stuart can now be passed through me. He is now living as a caveman under his desk.

By: Paul Ockenden

Paul Ockenden — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:21:11 +0000

Stuart,

Whatever you do, don’t go and get a job writing for a technology magazine…

By: c6ten

c6ten — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:39:13 +0000

So let’s see, you are going to be deaf before you are 65, possibly homeless, chronically undernourished, and starved because tesco’s don’t have shop assistants anymore. Add to that your reduced productivity due to underperforming computer and possessed telephone. It’s not a pretty picture. The question is, do you want to do anything about it? Personally I would dump the swipe card, as that seems to be the source of all your problems…