The Force Is Not Contactless

I see a customer at the self-checkout trying to pay. He’s waving his credit card in front of the reader, not tapping it.

Me: “Sir, you need to tap your card on the reader.”

He looks at me blankly.

Me: “May I?”

He hands me his card, and I tap it for him.

Me: “Just like that.”

Customer: “Oh, I know. But I wanted to… you know… try to be like a Jedi.”

He waves his card again, and I realize he’s trying to do a Jedi mind trick.

Me: “Sadly, those only work on the weak-minded. Our self-checkout machines don’t have minds.”

Customer: *Grabbing his few items, talking sadly.* “Should’ve known it wouldn’t work on a droid.”