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Why do airport duty-free cashiers aggressively insist on scanning your boarding pass when you buy a water bottle?

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Why do airport duty-free cashiers aggressively insist on scanning your boarding pass when you buy a water bottle?

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Why do airport duty-free cashiers aggressively insist on scanning your boarding pass when you buy a water bottle?
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