I was in the middle of butt-fuck nowhere New York and I stopped at a Circle K for gas.  Being the only game in town, they had a little variety store going on with a few fresh fruits, ready-to-go foods and a quick-fry grill inside the shop so I decided to get a drink and some cheese curds for the road.  There were two older ladies standing by the cash register chatting but they directed me to a self-checkout device rather than ringing me up.  I didn't want to waste time learning how to use their machine since I would never be there again but they insisted I had to use it because it was "safer".  I said, "Safer than what?! Anyway, I only have cash." then they replied, "It takes cash too!"  While I was being shown how to use it, the lady explained it was "touchless" so that's what made it safer.  Funny, I don't remember ever being able to touch the cashiers but they were never actually referred to as "touchless".  Ah, technology.