As the Belt Turns. Episode 1. Item too heavy!

U-scan is a lot of fun.  A lot of my stories will involve this marvel of modern technology. 

One day, I was watching a large woman scan and bag her groceries.  Nothing unusual.  Until I noticed that every time she would scan her item, after placing it in the bag it would tell her to remove any extra items and scan them before placing them in the bag.  I could obviously see that she was NOT placing any items in the bag without scanning them first.  So I would poke the screen that would take care of the problem and tell her to proceed. 

Now, I should probably take a minute and explain something about U-Scan.  The surface that the bags are sitting on is actually a highly sensitive scale, and the computer has a database for all the weights of each item in the store.  This lets the cashier know if you are possibly stealing by scanning one item and putting 2 in the bag, or something else all together.  Again, this woman was not doing that.

But, then I noticed that every time she went to scan another item (after I hit the screen telling the computer it was fine), it would then tell her to put said item back.  But she never removed anything.  I was perplexed.  I walked around my counter and was immediately faced with the problem.  Remember how I mentioned it was a "large woman"??  Well....

Apparently... Every time this woman moved back and forth to put an item in the bag, her gut was resting on the scale!  Then she would move away to scan something and her flab was removed!  So here I am, staring at this woman, and my mind is racing.  How in the world am I (fat myself) supposed to tell this woman her gut is the problem??  "Excuse me miss, but your flabby apron stomach is throwing off the scale, you need to step back so it isn't laying on it??" I decided to save face for both of us, and just scan her items myself.