Well, let’s face it, needless complexity is really the key issue on this blog, isn’t it?

One of our four local grocery store chains has, in the last couple of years, put in place a system of credit/debit card machines which can be used not only in English, but also Spanish and French. I speak all three languages, and so I tried it out.

In this day and age, we have become really accustomed to the idea that we can take the things that we are buying to the front of the store, and a quick scan of a barcode or punching in of a code will bring up the price of the item. We don’t really think about it much.