Archive for October 21st, 2010
Self-Service and Society
by mike on Oct.21, 2010, under Contemplative
I took the trip to the post office today to mail back some bad ram (from the Mac story earlier). I was dreading the long line, but thankfully, not too many people were there at 9:45AM downtown during my lunch hour. Put my labels on and got ready to mail it, but then I noticed a curious machine in the corner. I had bought stamps before, but this one was different – it was a complete Self-Service machine: pay by credit card, check zip code, print and affix label. Woohoo! (continue reading…)