Yes, but this sock goes to 11.

Seriously... are you truly bonded to your phone if it isn't crammed halfway up your ass?

Exactly... if it's so damn valuable, why aren't they making money on the existing infrastructure? They're upscaling losses.

... in human history requires ALL the money.

Saudis are Sand Clampetts that think their crazy luck means they're smart.

... sucks that we just handed it to them so we could occupy ourselves with stupidity.

My god, It's self parody.

"Africa" is a continent, not a nation, and the very first sentence of the summary says this is "after more than a decade of planning."

I noticed that you don't cite precedence relevant to _this_ case - which is interesting as you seem to be claiming it exists. If I had to make a bet, I'd be pretty comfortable betting that you can't cite any or else you would have.

Note that people are free to leave this store at any time without a receipt and without purchasing anything, they just can't use any exit they happen to desire to use at any moment in time. There is of course an exception if they conducted themselves in a way that allowed management to invoke shopkeepers' privilege and detain the person for shoplifting - but that's true no matter how many exits are available.

Do you think you've been "kidnapped" when you drive into a parking lot and the barrier closes behind you and you have to proceed to another location to exit rather than simply backing up to leave?

The summary says merchant fees will reduce "by an average of 0.1% over several years" so I'd say the chances of this making anything cheaper at point of sale is on par with the sun going supernova in the next several minutes.

That's been happening for at least 10,000 years. We deal with it ok.

... into 3 paragraphs of self congratulatory bullshit. People eat it up.

I've been scuba diving a couple times. It's wonderfully cool to breath underwater. The way a regulator woks actually makes it easier than regular breathing. Gee, I wonder if they'll put it on AirBnB?

So when an elevator door closes on you the building owner has "kidnapped" you?

Did the subway operator "kidnap" you when the doors closed and locked behind you as the subway left the station?

Or when a business locks their entrance doors at closing time and leaves one "exit only" door open for customers leaving the business has "kidnapped" you?

It's not being "kidnapped" to voluntarily walk into a business where you can't exit through the same door you entered through.

As well, since this is a well known corporate store, they almost certainly comply with fire code at least to the extent of having emergency exits which must be unlocked an operable at virtually all times. Yes, they will set off an alarm, but if you're really being "kidnapped" that's an "emergency" and their use is justified.

Shot kids all go to heaven.