I am regularly told I have a “calming presence”, but few things get me angry faster than:

“Unexpected item in bagging area, please remove all unbagged items”

“Please place scanned item in bagging area”

“Unexpected item in bagging area, please remove all unbagged items”

“Please wait, system processing.”

“Please wait, help is on the way.”

[Screen locked, not a soul in sight]

I force myself to be cordial with the attendant since it is not their fault, but I am fully ready to Office Space that goddamn checkout kiosk.