Thank you, Migros, for these self-scanning devices (self-biip machines). They save me having to queue at the checkout and my son having to hold them under his arm because there are sweets to the left and right of the checkout area that he can hardly resist.

The snack zone avoided thanks to SUBITO...

...think again!

At Ländsgi Stans they are also available at the Subito payment stations and at the perfect height for children. The KINDER Schoggi bars are only 2 cm from the ground. The whole frame is just higher than my son is tall.

Fortunately, I'm still able to walk on my legs with my intervertebral discs intact and I can often manage low crawling maneuvers with the intention of lying back without any difficulty... but hey, really, do you really have to do that everywhere with the quivering zones? Where on earth is the mommy-friendliness here?

A MIGROS employee said to me the other day, because I was grumbling as I fished the bar out of my son's Chlüpplis: "Yes, I know, I think it's totally wrong too...". And anyone who now thinks that I just need to bring up my son better or - if I already know that it always gets out of hand when he pays - just leave him at home with dad: No, because in my opinion this chocolate bar is deliberately placed like this.

And again, no, I will not consider LeShop. Where are those MIGROS queue-free payment lanes again? Bern...?

Oh yes, it's not much better at the Coop in Pilatusmarkt: CHILDREN'S OVER-eggs EXACTLY at the height of the children sitting in these children's car trolleys. Only ALDI gets it right...