［英語日記］　

近所の薬局に行って日用品の買い物をした。
商品を入れたカゴをレジに持っていくと、店員さんが片手に持ったバーコードスキャナーで商品のバーコードをスキャンしていく。
途中まで手際よく商品をスキャンしていたのだけど、「マグマ」と大きく書かれたカイロのバーコードが読み取れないらしく、スキャナーを何度もバーコードに当てている。
他の客に見られたら恥ずかしいから早くしてくれ、と思って見ていると、店員さんはスキャナーを左右に軽く振った。
私は驚いた。
スキャナーを振っだだけで不具合が解消するか？
それに、店員さんは見たところ２０代だ、もしかしたら１０代かもしれない。この世代の人にも「電子機器に物理的な衝撃を与えて直す」という方法が信じられているのか。
そんなことを考えていた私を尻目に店員さんはスキャナーをバーコードに当てる。
「ピッ」とスキャン完了の音が鳴る。
どうやら、「電子機器に物理的な衝撃を与えて直す」という方法は思っていたより汎用性が高いらしい（カイロは暖かくて最高）。

I went to a pharmacy store for shopping daily goods.
I brought a shopping bag with products to the cashier, then the clerk was scanning barcodes on products with the handy scanner.
He was quickly scanning them, but it seemed that the barcodes on the disposable body warmer with the letter "Magma" in big size. And he tried to scan it a few times.
I wanted it working soon because I would be ashamed if someone saw the body warmer. While I was looking at him, he waived the scanner right and left.
I was surprised at that.
Waiving the scanner will fix the breakdown?
And the clerk looked so young, he might be twenties or teenagers. This generation believes that a way to fix electrical devices by shocking it.
The clerk put the scanner on the barcodes without noticing my thought.
The sounds "Pi" rang.
It seems like that "a way to fix electrical devices by shocking it" can be used in many situation. The body warmer is awesome.

CHAT GPT
I went to the nearby pharmacy to do some shopping for daily necessities. After putting the items in my basket, I took it to the cashier. The staff scanned the barcodes of the products using a handheld barcode scanner. While smoothly scanning the items, the process hit a snag with a barcode that read "マグマ" (magma) on a large package of hand warmers. The cashier seemed to struggle, repeatedly attempting to scan the barcode. I was starting to feel a bit embarrassed, thinking that others in the store might be watching, when suddenly, the cashier lightly shook the scanner from side to side. I was surprised. Could just shaking the scanner fix the issue? Moreover, the cashier appeared to be in their twenties, maybe even a teenager. I wondered if this generation believes in the method of "physically impacting electronic devices to fix them." While contemplating this, the cashier aimed the scanner at the barcode once more. With a "beep" sound, the scan was successful. It seems that the method of "physically impacting electronic devices to fix them" is more universally applicable than I initially thought (and hand warmers are wonderfully warm).