Taking Self Service to a Whole New Level

3-7-2024

Taking Self Service to a Whole New Level

I saw a headline this morning which sent my mind reeling (browsing really) in all kind of directions because I remembered why I sometimes avoid self-checkout. This month I’ve noticed that at Walmart nearly all of the self-checkout lanes are closed, with only 2 operational and only 3 or 4 checkout lanes with cashiers are open. I wonder why? So far no explanation has been given, mainly because I’ve asked nobody.

What got my attention this morning was a headline that at the airport TSA is going to have self-service lanes. Did you get that? Are they going to have a huge sign saying “Nefarious individuals check in here”? Or is granny in her wheelchair going to have to throw herself out of her wheelchair, wave a wand over her body, pull herself back into the wheelchair and give the ALL CLEAR?

Sound crazy, what about the current TSA thought process where migrants with no credentials use this lane to proceed with only an envelope and a letter from President Joe Biden’s administration granting entry into the country, on cross country flights, bus passage or whatever other privileges that letter grants them.

Hey I have an idea. Why don’t they install kiosks at the border check points where immigrants show up WITH credentials, scan their country issued identification or driving license and within 60 seconds a complete criminal background check is conducted electronically and out pops a GREEN CARD. Anything else requires deportation and a 5 year ban on entry into the United States.

Sound crazy, not at all. It would be better than Biden’s current modified immigration policy – open border – no credentials required. Think of all the diseases, drugs, human trafficking, gangs, felons, and terrorists that have entered the US over the past 3+ years of the Biden administration.

A few years ago while I was returning to the US from overseas I had to go through CBP inspection and they found that I was carrying a plant used as a cooking spice and it was not on my declaration. They confiscated the plant, charged me a hefty fine and BLACKLISTED ME so that for the next 10 years when I returned from overseas travel and scanned my passport at the Kiosk a huge RED X appeared and each time I was taken for a second inspection. Talk about embarrassing. Everyone else received a GREEN CHECKMARK, but my RED X stood out clearly for all to see.

Now self-checkouts are fine providing the system being used doesn’t crash or go down for maintenance or worse…..think of Facebook and Instagram on Super Tuesday 2024 when they went down (off line) for more than an hour. Was that an accident or a test of some sort?

Now think about EVs when there is insufficient or no electricity to accommodate charging?

Is there a backup plan? – RTM