A local grocery store is remodeling. And none of the 1 is good for shoppers there. The aisles (走道) have been rearranged and pushed closer, making it 2 to get through. All the items have been moved from their 3 spots. It seems to me that it is intended to 4 the shoppers down so they will make more heady 5 and give the store bigger profits.
However, the most 6 for me was in the check-out aisles. And I felt 7 to see that only a few cashiers (收银员) were left working, with huge sections being 8 into self-scanning check-outs. People were probably going to lose their 9 because of this. I got in a cashier aisle and patiently waited while I saw some other people struggling to 10 how the self-scan machines worked. I 11 at that moment never to use one myself 12 I had to wait longer every time I shopped there.
When I 13 arrived at the front of the aisle, I saw the cashier was an acquaintance. I 14 and asked her how her family was doing. She smiled back with 15 and kindness. We chatted happily while she scanned and bagged up my 16. I felt a friendship and a connection with her that warmed my heart. 17, of course, can do a lot for us, but they can't smile. They can't love. They can't 18 a heart.
Only we can do that. It is time we should realize that profits aren't more 19 than us people, neither machines. It is time we should see that we are here not to 20 the world but to be a part of it.
