It's not really a "don't scare people issue". (At least I know it's not in some cases.) A lot of stores out there, when times were good, bought stylish new poi

It's not really a "don't scare people issue". (At least I know it's not in some cases.) A lot of stores out there, when times were good, bought stylish new point of sale machines. These machines came with what were touted as "future proof" touch interfaces at the time. People have found that some of these devices don't actually work if you have gloves on. So at the store I'm familiar with, there is a complicated sanitizing and distancing procedure that everyone is supposed to go through when checking people out. Not surprisingly, strict adherence to a multistep process is not as consistent as just having everyone put on gloves. On the plus side, learning more about it has helped me wrap my head around the sort of things that will inform successful post covid design.