My husband has to have all the bills in his wallet facing forward, from smallest to largest. When he gets change back, he counts the coins, puts them in his pocket, then puts each new bill in it’s assigned location. But, he does this somewhere between the checkout and the exit. Atleast he tries to get out of the way.
A bit tangential, but I once went to the same “10 Items or Less” express lane at the same Wal-Mart and ran into two people who just didn’t quite grasp that particular concept. The first was trying to match the amount on her purchase order exactly, so kept going back into the store to get another box of baby-wipes or swap out a box of diapers (I suspect she worked for a day care) all while at the register. Happened about three times. Next time I came, the woman in front of me had 32 items in her cart. Then asked for two packs of cigarettes. I haven’t taken math since 1996, but I’m reasonably certain that 34 is still greater than 10.
Arggh! You stole my joke!
Or for when the detectives from “Law & Order” show up and start hassling him about an acquaintance of his who was murdered at that very moment, on the other side of town from the donut shop.
OK, I really do get out of the way as fast as possible, I’m in a hurry too. What I resent is when the checker hands me the change on top of the bills and receipt, so now I have my purse or wallet in one hand, the stuff I need to put in it in the other hand, and no free hands with which to perform this feat. On top of that, they start the next transaction immediately upon doing this (where do you all live where they actually wait for you to move away from the checkstand?), so now I’m standing in the aisle way with my bags and wallet and purse and change and no way to put my change away. It would be nice if they provided a shelf or something near the check stand. I don’t want to rearrange the world, I just want to stuff the bills and receipt in the bill section and the change in the change section and go.
I know this has already been mentioned, but it is really a pet peeve of mine. Listen up, folks. There is not a store in this town that gives away goods. So please don’t stand there chatting on your cell phone and act all surprised when the cashier (get that? CASHier!) has the gall to ask you for money. If you actually have moved into the 21st century and are using a debit card, you can swipe it and enter your code while the nice cashier is ringing up your items. Hear that drip, drip, dripping sound? That is my ice cream melting onto the floor while you slowly end your phone call, tuck away your phone, unzip your purse, unzip about 15 different pockets in your purse looking for your wallet, find your wallet, decide what method of payment to use, change your mind, decide on another method, get out card, put back card, get out cash…
You are going to eventually have to pay. Please make it easier on all of us and be ready to do so.
I like to use those little pushout stands which are intended for the use of wheelchaired people. It lets you put your purse down and out of your way and frees up your hands. An added bonus is that it’s low enough so you can actually see down into it for a good rummage.
(spent 15 years in retail, in a former life…)
On Long Island (or at least, my part of it – and thank the Goddess I’m moving soon!) you bag your own groceries.
No problem. Put stuff on belt, wait until previous customer is through, step to the end of the belt (after greeting checker, assuming they acknowledge your existence), and bag as groceries come down the line.
Could you, Ms. NextCustomer, please wait until my transaction is complete before you decide to stand directly in front of the debit/credit/howyagonnapay machine thingie?
(at least my debit card is out of my wallet!)
Yes, she was in line today right here. And she wrote a fucking* check.* :rolleyes: :eek:
Dudes- checks are for paying bills*. Not purchases. That is so last century.
- and even that is declining but if you want to do so, you aren’t slowing anyone else down.
What the fuck is wrong with you people? Why aren’t you grovelling on the floor? You are obviously basking in the glory that is the wife of the Emperor of the World. Show some respect.
Moo.
OK. I’ll admit that I like to keep my cash arranged thusly.
However, whatever change I get back gets shoved into the most convenient pocket at the checkout counter. When I get home (or to my car) I’ll pull the money out and arrange it at my leisure.
I don’t like being glared at by impatient people. 
All of the groceries around here have benches on the wall opposite the exit of the checkout lines so customerscan put their bags down and do whatever OCD acts are required.
I always thought that was standard.
snort
Furthermore, it came as a complete surprise that the item had to be paid for. It must have been a surprise because she waited until the amount was displayed before she even started to look for her change purse.
Ya know there are even people who can fuck up a debit card. I know this ins’t universal, but at most places you can actually swipe your card while the checker is checking. Once I get all my stuff on the conveyor, I go to the little machine, swipe my card, put in my pin and wait until everything is rang up. Then, when I get my total, I just hit the accept button, take my receipt and get out of the way.
I hate it (not as much as I hate check writers or exact change givers) when people just wait until everything is rang up and are stunned when they are asked to pay. Then they go rootin for their card.
I really hope that one day I’m rich enough to have servants deal with the shopping.
I have to remind my wife to find her card before we get to the checkout line. Too many times she’s waited untill the sale is complete to start looking for her debit card and since she NEVER puts it back in the same place twice it can take anywhere from several seconds to a couple minutes for her to find it (“Oh, I just remembered it’s in the glove box!”) :rolleyes:
So, whenever I go shopping with her and we’re ready to checkout I tell her to get her card out, then I go to the back of the conveyor and find an empty cart, fill it with empty bags and then as soon as the goods are processed through the scanner I start filling the already prepped bags. Lickety split. We then move out of the way to scan the reciept for errors.
You’re welcome.
— golf clap —
…shit, now I need to find a different thread…
I still use my checkbook at times, but I will fill out everything else except the amount before I get up there.
It’s never sufficient merely to have 75 grocery store coupons to present to the cashier at checkout - one must debate the provenance and applicability of numerous coupons with said cashier, lest The Man put one over on you.
Nothing’s getting by you, no ma’am.
And apparently nobody either.