by Daniel Kelly – 2026
G C Have you ever been de-humanised, D G By a self-serve checkout, G C Did you feel your sanity, Am D (G) Draining away. C D Did you ever lose, the will to live, C G With an un-expected item in the place, C Where you were tryin to bag G Your jar of mace. D It’s a disgrace, Have you ever been insulted, By a self-serve checkout, Did the assistant wander over, Shaking their head, Did they have to put a code it, To reverse the head of broccoli you scanned, When it should have been a small banana hand. Scourge on the land, Have you ever used expletives, At a self-serve checkout, When the tenth item you scanned in Wasn’t found? Did you rage against the damn machine, And wish that we could go back to the day, When a real live human being got the pay, Such a better way,