unintended consequences
Seems you didn’t need that Slim Jim or National Enquirer after all | NetworkWorld.com
The law of unintended consequences is taking a chomp out of grocery chain profits as more stores transition from human clerks to self-service checkout technology, thus reducing the time shoppers spend in line and under the temptation of impulse items.
They should just hang a pinata full of tabloids and candy over the self checkout. That’s pretty tempting, too.
