I don't know about you, but I remember full service gas stations.

I didn't say I was old enough to actually benefit from them, but I remember them....

One or two freshly uniformed young guys who looked like mechanics running around your car madly, checking your oil, cleaning your windows, checking the air in your tires, after your dad said, "Fill 'er up!"

My favorite gas station was Sinclair....the one with the big, green dinosaur logo.  They were really friendly there.

Well, first they did away with full service gas stations.

I learned. 

Then full service checkouts at the grocery store.  Bag your own.

I do it, but try to avoid it.

Then they went to making you swipe your own credit or debit cards if you choose not to pay cash.

This is where I started getting "unglued" and began to say, "am I an employee here or what?"

Why do you bother even having a clerk in the store?

Well, some stores have even done away with clerks.

Might as well since some can't give change back if the cash register doesn't tell them how much to give, plus, some of them can't say hello when you say it to them, can't say thank you and have me wondering, as I leave, why "I" said thank you to them, when I was the one who just made the purchase!

Now the latest....

Read the story here from WCBSTV CBS News

Touch Screen Terminals to Replace Waiters