Do you mind if I scan these bar codes with an app I wrote that instantly creates a web page offering the exact item at a 20% discount, which I will then bully you into price matching? That's how it will be when the robots take over, so you might as well get used to it.
Over the last few months, "Dilbert" seems to have become a stream of consciousness strip; sort of a "What they're really saying" thing. And it works for me.