[Bon of Babble]

That said, at the supermarket, I do automatically steer myself into a check-out lane manned by a woman cashier.

I avoid both. Tired of the incompetent, rude and arrogant AA cashiers hired in the supermarkets these days.

All of the supermarkets around here, save one, have self-check out lines and I head straight for those - I can check myself out faster, more competently and bag better than they can.

I noticed a lot of people using this option, more than ever before - and I'm guessing for the same reasons I use self-checkout.

[SamAdams76]

I agree with that. I'll also use the self check-outs when I can. Only thing is when I have beer in my order, all kinds of alarms go off and somebody ends up coming over to check my ID.

Too bad they don't do that at our polling places.