ummm, human interaction is creepy? You have heard that we are a social species, yes? The notion of "owning" something is a social construct. The concept of tr

ummm, human interaction is creepy? You have heard that we are a social species, yes? The notion of "owning" something is a social construct. The concept of transferring ownership from the store to you is likewise a social construct which requires a social action/interaction. The stuff isn't your stuff until the transaction is complete. That would be after they "ran their hands all over it". the concept of lining up imposes a standard of "fairness", another social construct which most apes seem to share. Because you aren't the only person buying stuff. What is creepy is when a party deviates far from the norms established over roughly 100,000 years of trading/social interactions. Creepy is when one side uses a data collection asymmetry in ways which violate social expectations. And yes, 100 years ago it was possible for a store clerk to be creepy. But back then, most store clerks weren't. Today, the company automates this data collection so every (large) store is effectively super creepy.