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Because it would be fun.
You come to the checkout counter, there's a smiling dog
on
the other side wearing a vest with the store's logo.
You scan your items, pay with your card, bag your items
and you're done. If you run into problems, a buzzer goes
off and the dog, trained to react to
the buzzer, barks. A
human comes
over and helps.
If everything goes as planned, a little bell dings
signifying the transaction is complete and the dog smiles
and wags his tail.
I'm talking real trained dogs here not robots which would
be pointless.
Canine Driver
https://www.youtube...watch?v=BWAK0J8Uhzk
If they can drive cars, then they can check out grocery items. [Cuit_au_Four, Dec 14 2015]
Canine driver next step:
Dog_20Racing
Dogs racing cars. [doctorremulac3, Dec 14 2015]
https://s-media-cac...c5c6ba9b3bc5e27.jpg
[pocmloc, Dec 14 2015]
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This would work really well so long as none of your items were remotely edible. Or socks. Or tissue paper. Or hand cream. Or anything with an interesting smell. |
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OTOH, maybe I just haven't trained my dog well. |
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They could also bark at people who ran out without paying.
Technically you could have them bite shoplifters but that
might be too much. |
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You even give the robot money! |
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//The entire self checkout area is one big robot and
you’re just a cog in the machine, executing instructions.// |
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But in this case with a dog. |
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~Welcome to the Pavlovian Market where you get more bite for the bark~
~Browse our extensive whine selection~
~Get a leg up on savings fur sure~
~Paws for refreshment in our food-court Bark-o-lounge~ |
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won't someone think about the dogs?... |
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// Robotic kittens, then! // |
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Oh, you are in SO much trouble now ... |
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Re: The driving dog link: I've posted this, one of my
favorite videos of all time in an idea to have dog
races. (See link) |
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How about a snake checkout? The mouth is in the
shop, and the tail of each snake extends out into the
parking lot. The snake ingests your groceries, scans
the barcodes and, once payment is made, peristalses
them through and excretes them straight into your
car. |
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Small children could be put through for fun, unless
they were wearing clothing with black-and-white
stripes. |
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That might run into some problems. |
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