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Checkouts Quote by Dana Gould

“Our grocery store now has self-checkout, for your convenience. It's like getting punched in the throat, for your comfort.” quote by Dana Gould — Download Open image

“Our grocery store now has self-checkout, for your convenience. It's like getting punched in the throat, for your comfort.”

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I remember being a kid and seeing the 'National Inquirer' at the grocery store checkout line. When somebody actually picked up a copy, it…

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As part of our ongoing series of reports on the environment, 'America Goes Green,' we take on the question that can make otherwise competent adults quake with fear. We've all been there. You come to the end of the checkout line and then comes that question: 'Paper or plastic?' For that one brief moment, we grocery buyers are made to…

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Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin does not amaze me. I am amazed when I drop a glove in the street and a teenager runs two blocks to return it. I am amazed when a checkout girl flashes me a wide smile with my…

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