Item is not in bagging area, stupid!

today i went to the Home Depot. man, what a store. did you know the owner of the Home Depot own's the NFL's Atlanta Falcons? just a little trivia for you. anyways, all i wanted to buy was a pair of gloves. just one little thing. as i prowled the cashier line of about 4000 registers, i noticed only about 4 of them were open - with about 15 people in each line. i mean, why put so many registers out there if you never have any intention of opening them all at once? you know, Wal-Mart and Target also share in this little anomaly. "lets see how many registers we can fit in here". can you imagine what it would be like if Wal Mart had every register open? what kind of madness that would be....? so i decided i'd head for the self check out line. ok, this is something that astounds me. i think a lot of stores are switching to this but not one of them has perfected it yet. everytime i see one, i think "ok, i'm not THAT bad with technology. i can do this". and Home Depot has one that talks to you. "Please place item in bagging area...". so of course i fuck it up and i've got the computer voice e-screaming at me... "Item is not in bagging area, please remove it. please place item in bagging area. Please enter the number of items. Item is not in bagging area. Please place item in bagging area. Please scan item. Item is not in bagging area.." and finally the inevitable "Please wait for assistance..." It's like the computer is telling you you're too stupid. "Please place item in bagging area. Please? Come on, you fucking idiot! Place the fucking item in the fucking bagging area. What are you, retarded or something... UGGHHH... Ok, hold on, you dumbass. let me call someone over here". and the best thing is, as i'm being berated by my personal station at the self check out, i can hear scores of others being insulted as well. over and over again "Item is not in bagging area". it's the section where masochists would shop. you can get the best of both worlds. you're shopping but you're being berated at the same time. so to make a long story short, i spent more time buying a pair of gloves at the self checkout then i would have spent standing in one of the long lines of manual registers. i think that as i breezed passed all the frustrated shopers standing in the long lines, they were all probably thinking "Oh, this should be great. He's making an attempt to use the self check out. this should be a good laugh. bastards.