# The grocery store on Christmas Eve.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 24, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grocery-store-on-christmas-eve/478586 "2008-12-24T19:56:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-grocery-store-on-christmas-eve/478586/21 "2008-12-26T18:50:01Z")

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> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#):
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> … And while there were more checkers than normal, it probably took most people 30 minutes to an hour to stand in line to check out of the grocery store. . . longer than it would any other day of the year

I cannot imagine a circumstance, short of famine, which would make me stand in a checkout line for more than 5 minutes. There is nothing in the world I ever need that badly.

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