Oh, ouch. It burns. It stings.
Well, howsabout some links to this alleged trolling of mine?
Just personal opinion. Feel free to let it bother you, or not. Up to you.
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Doesn’t bother me any. On the contrary, it makes the decision to regard your presence on these boards as a waste of electrons all the easier.
They act right up at the Publix, I tell you what. A lady from the customer service desk once spent ten minutes trying to find something for me, and even after I’d given up I found out she’d kept looking until she saw me at the checkout line and apologized for not being able to find it, but told me that they were supposed to have it and if they couldn’t turn it up she’d make sure it was special ordered.
here, cashiers re-direct uninvited customers who break the item limits or queue jumpers, so we don’t have this problem. i have seen, however, customers with children in tow who counts their children as licence for them to raise their item limit… what do you guys think? would you dish out the same ire for these people?
What would to do if the express cashier actually did direct you another lane?
I was behind some idiot in the Express Lane who had a $50 grocery store gift card and, unbeknownst to everyone else, she was trying to get the transaction as close to $50 as possible without going over.
The cashier rang everything up, but the idiot’s daughter wanted cigarettes, so we all had to wait while they got cigarettes out from the cigarette case. The transaction then came to $54.
So, the idiot sat there debating with her daughter about which item would have to go back. She finally picked an item and asked the cashier to delete it from the transaction. The cashier had to summon the manager to enter a authorization code, causing further delay.
As they were waiting for the manager, the daughter ran out and grabbed some block of cheese. The manager came over, entered the code, and left, reducing the transaction total to about $48 and change.
The daughter presented the cheese to the cahsier, and he rang it up, causing the total to go to something like $51 and change. She asked the cashier to cut the cheese because she had a gift card for only $50. The cashier then called for the manager again, and we waited. Everyone else in line was glaring and visibly pissed off by this point.
Finally, the cashier just pulled $2 out of his own wallet, put it in the register, and told the idiot not to worry about it. The idiot thanked him, and she went on her way.
Well, did she oblige? 
You know, Rickjay, you should have cut the lady some slack. After all, she has a few more primaries to prepare for, and some superdelegates to court. Plus there’s the whole Florida thing…
What?
Did you read and fully comprehend what you responded to? I said that the express lane is empty because of the fullcart jackass who went through it before you. You’re not the only one, you know.
This is not a made up scenario, either. This was an actual justification used by a fullcart jackass during the time I worked retail, when I pointed out he was in the express lane. “Well, there’s no one behind me, so I’m fine.” Then I pointed to several people with 2 or 3 items in the next lane, who hadn’t wanted to wait in line behind a full cart in the express lane.
You mean that those VISA check card commercials are lies? :smack:
I’ve noticed the trend of most stores to imply that 10 items or less is a suggestion, not a rule. I think that type of change is what led to the downfall of the Romans.
It is rude. You know it is rude, which is why I sincerely doubt you have ever actually done this.
If I threw my money at the cashier rather than handing it to him/her, they’d likely stop and pick it up instead of refusing my transaction. Cashiers don’t typically have the power to deny business.
And that’s just one more thing about this whole debate. Don’t prey on the weak when it comes to doing business. You’re right, the cashier does not have the authority to tell you to go screw at most grocery stores, just like the counter person at McDonalds has to stand there and take your shit. Just because they have to doesn’t mean that you should.
A lesson I learned a long time ago: Never fuck with the person who accomodates you getting your food. In the long run it’s never a win for you. They’ll get you one day, and most of the time you’ll never know they did.
Wow, you just have friends everywhere, doncha?
No, you don’t. You have fun posting inflammatory possibilities on a message board, is all. In reality, you are far too cowardly to actually go through with such a callous and obviously immoral act, and you assuage this cowardice by pretending to be unconcerned with the status quo in these venues where no one can physically respond to you.
I’m sorry that you lie. 
Better yet, why do people respond to his posts?
My theory is someone very close to uncle Cecil is going senile with age, and nobody wants to be responsible for putting him away.
Well, at least the perpetrators are outed sometimes, like this guy, who was exposed on national television, no less! (Actually, I thought this was one of the best jokes in which I’ve seen a politician agree to participate. “Give me a break … I’m running for president … The soup is three for $1. That’s one item.”)
Sure do, Kettle.
This is an official warning for trolling. The body of your work here on the SDMB is that of a troll. If you wish to remain a member, you’ll need to change your style.