Saturday, August 15, 2009

So friggin' creepy ...

So, I went to the drug store today to get some allergy medication. I had a raincheck to get a buy one get one free deal. However, because it was over a significant amount of "drugs" - two 120 packs or about eight months worth - the store manager had to approve the sale. She was called to the front, walked over, and stuck her thumb on scanner that was attached to the register and it scanned her thumb print and the sale went through.
I stood there for a second, totally shocked.
"Does she have to do this with every drug sale?" I asked.
"Yup," the register clerk girl said, smiling nervously as I whispered "creepy," and walked away.
Imagine for a second that the store manager decided to leave the job or was fired. Do they delete her thumb print after she leaves or does it stay in the store's computer files? Do they delete others or keep them all on file? Imagine how many thumb prints the store chain has. Imagine if every store chain did this for a $33 allergy drug purchase.
Creepy. Creepy indeed.

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