Well, that’s one way of dealing with it, but It’s not very effective unless everyone does it, and even then, if someone’s a bit slow off the mark, one of them gets through. My preferred techniques is to sit half in the closed lane and half in the open lane - just enough so that I can’t b eovertaken on the inside, but far enough out that they can’t get past on the other side
Of course, even then some git in a mini will sneak past, or someone who doesn’t mind risking his wingmirrors… but for those who don’t, it’s fun to watch their expressions of bafflement in the rear view mirror…
Don’t forget, the people who don’t pull out their checkbooks until the groceries are all scanned are also the ones who, after getting the receipt, proceed to enter the check info and put the receipt into a special compartment, BEFORE LEAVING THE CASHIER STATION!
I mean, can’t they at least wait until they get to the car? Are their memories so bad they know that if they don’t do the bookkeeping immediately they’ll forget how?
And don’t get me started on the ones who challenge every single price on every single item, then, even if they are paying with cash they realize they don’t have enough so they have to figure out what to put back.
They ones I really want to strangle with razor wire are the ones who are in line, but have all the members of the family out getting other items. You get to the line and you’re behind somebody with maybe five items. Then spouse comes up with another, then kid #1, then kid #2, etc. What the hell is going on? Were they planning to just stand there and hold a spot in line?
Or, the people who have to go item by item over the receipt before they will leave the cashier. Just in case they might find a mistake, and don’t actually have to walk over to the customer service desk to have it corrected anyway. I was behind a woman who relooked at each item and matched it up to her receipt before she would leave. She only had 5 or so items, but more and I think I would have strangled her.
I begin to wonder if these people have nothing better to do with their time than to waste everyone elses. It seems that I get stuck behind these people when I am trying to rush in and just grab something quick.
How is this any different from taking the time to put away the change from a cash transaction?
Most of the time I use my check card for groceries and other store purchases. I have a combo wallet with checkbook, and I enter my check card transactions right away – usually as soon as the clerk gives me the total and while he/she is processing my card. And if it’s a business purchase, yes I put the receipt in my wallet instead of the bag so it doesn’t get lost. If I’m moving slowly this might take all of five seconds. I like to keep things moving quickly too, so I’m usually faster than that.
But no, I should walk all the way out to my car with my wallet hanging open and the receipt flapping in the breeze, while I juggle my grocery bags, so you can get to that little ledge five seconds sooner? Sorry, but no. I can be just as impatient as the next person, but as long as I can get there by the time it’s MY turn to pay, I’m copacetic.
I think some folks really, really, really need some serenity. Sheesh. Read a magazine while you wait… Five whole minutes? Gee, and you coulda been curing cancer!
Stoid Got Cancer From Tabloid Fumes From Waiting Too Long In Checkout Aisle
Check Writer Claims Innocence, Says It Only Took Half An Hour
AP Style Guide Declares That Really Long Headlines Are OK
[sup]Green Bean is a Hypocrite[/sup]
Okay, without reading the rest of the posts in this thread.
YES, thank you…I fucking hate it when people don’t pull out the checkbook till the end of the tally to start writing their total.
I mean, come on. Get an ATM card. Fill out the majority of your check before you enter the store so we schleps don’t have to sit there and watch our chicken defrost while you cross your Is and your Ts because you had no sense to fill out the damn thing.
Checks are done with now…get a damn ATM/Debit card. Shit I even get cash back once a year with my card. Much more than you can say with your stupid check writing. GET OVER IT PEOPLE, plastic is in.
Hell I pay for one thing a month with my checks, that’s my rent, everything else goes on my card.
< this from a lady that avoids the signing of the credit card slips as much as possible…get me in, out and on with my fuckin’ life! >
