Automated avoidance

[On the Inside]

Also, I've heard some of the beeping they make when assistance is required, and it's very off-putting.

Then when that happens, the beleaguered assistant has to come over and sort things out. They never seem friendly.

 

[albinoblanke]

In this advancing world I use any option I can to avoid people.
Cash points , McDonald's self serve panels ,self check out at the super markets.
On line banking , card payment at petrol pumps
If there is an option where I don't have to interact I'll take it .
Who else reacts this way

I was 16 when I decided I wanted to stop having friends. I figured I only needed one person, my girlfriend.

I was right, this year will be our 5th together.

 

[BraidedPony]

I don’t use the automated checkouts because the few times I did the employee to help watched me like a hawk. I guess I look like a shoplifter or they are picking up my anxiety vibes and assume it’s from wanting to steal.
I like to say Hi to the cashiers and if there is an opportunity I’ll say something nice to them. They always look so frazzled and tired.
I don’t go to stores very often, just a few times a year. I was diagnosed with agoraphobia back in 1979, so i have a lot of work arounds.
What was the question??