Self-Checkout Machines Now Programmed To Make Awkward Small Talk About Your Purchases

U.S. - A new line of upgraded self-checkout machines will make awkward small talk with you about your purchases.

Many Americans have gotten behind the idea of self-checkout machines since they often seem to be faster than waiting in a long line for a human cashier. But people were complaining that the machines did not behave enough like real people. So, programmers have upgraded them with the capability of making weird, inappropriate comments about everything you buy.

"That's a lot of cheese you're buying. Do you like cheese?" one machine said as a guy bought a few blocks of cheddar cheese. "Cheese gives me terrible constipation," the machine continued, ignoring all the obvious social cues that it probably shouldn't be talking about the stuff the guy was purchasing, as it was programmed