a modern child

Benjamin walks up to me with a piece of toy sushi. "I need to buy this," he says, pulling a toy coin out of his pocket and handing it to me. I take his money and hand the food back to him. He looks at me expectantly, and waits, as I try to figure out what part of the script I missed. Eventually he explains patiently, "You need to *scan* it, Mommy."