Control your own Destiny

How often do you rush through the grocery store filling up your buggy, only to see it come to a sudden stop at the checkout counter? I know the long lines at a grocery store or even a convenience store makes none of us happy. No matter what day of the week it is, we will always feel like we are in a hurry. If we are not in a hurry, we certainly don’t want to stay in line and wait to be rung out. Some of the big chain stores has went to a self-checkout process; where customers can ring up their own items and pay a machine for their total. This is a great modern invention, but elderly people can’t use this technology or would have a very hard time understanding it. I think most of them have just caught on to barcode scanners and how they work. I really hope these grocery stores will look after the older people in our society and they don’t push away their long-time customers in many cases. Technology is a great thing and its here to make our lives easier. It doesn’t make things easier on our elderly community and they deserve more personal attention; when they arrive at our checkout lines. Please don’t force them to ring up their carts and give them a real cashier, so they won’t have any stress about shopping for the weekly groceries.