A lesson for all - computers hate you. (Click image for full size)

Technology does like to mess up on you at the worst possible time. The lesson here is: be ready to have to live without it at some point!

The Coles here actually was doing quite well with what looked like all actual registers manned by a employee. My wait time was totally non-existent despite it being peak hour. Very good job Coles!

I generally think these self serve machines are a good idea, apart from the fact it seems like everything in the store is still the same price. Why am I paying the same amount of money while having to serve myself? Surely everyone who uses the self serve checkout should get a slight discount.