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> On Sun 13 Jul 2008 12:56:14p, T told us...
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> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > If this isn't the most absurd situation I've seen
> >> > in a checkout line, it's close. Maybe it ties with
> >> > the kid who threw the phoniest temper tantrum I've
> >> > ever seen in front of a doormat mother who obviously
> >> > lost control of her kid when he was very young.
> >> >
> >> > There were two Chinese women in front of me, an
> >> > elderly one and a middle-aged one. The younger one
> >> > was translating for the older one, and as it turned
> >> > out, she didn't know her. She just volunteered to
> >> > translate, because the older woman didn't speak
> >> > any English at all.
> >> >
> >> > As I stood there and learned more of the story, it appeared the older
> >> > woman was trying to return a watch battery. She had the original
> >> > packaging for the battery, and the watch that the battery
> >> > was put into, but the problem was that the battery
> >> > was inside the watch. Nobody knew how to get the
> >> > battery out of the watch, and the clerk didn't want
> >> > to give a refund without getting the battery back.
> >> >
> >> > Fortunately, the clerk rang up my bottle of beer
> >> > and can of olives while the women were making their
> >> > case for a refund. I don't know how it was resolved, but I did give
> >> > the poor clerk a smile in sympathy with her dilemma.
> >>
> >> Standing in checkout lines seems to be getting worse all the time. I
> >> have seen stuff like this where a person holds up a line forever with
> >> endless demands from the clerk. I wonder sometimes if this isn't the
> >> only attention they ever get in their lives.
> >>
> >> Then I see this too often in my college town store - in front of me was
> >> a baby faced boy, must have been 16 tops. Doesn't even shave yet you
> >> can tell. His skinny little girlfriend is with him, also not more than
> >> 16, at best maybe 17. They are buying 3 bottles of margarita mix and a
> >> huge bottle of tequila. So the supervisor is the checkout clerk, asks
> >> the girl for an ID. I can clearly see the face on the picture. It is
> >> of a heavy set blond girl yet this chick is short and small and has jet
> >> black hair. You can see the supervisor mentally deduct the year from
> >> 2008 and then goes "OK" probably without looking at the photo. I
> >> wanted to ask that woman if she would feel guilty of say those two kids
> >> died of alcohol poisoning or worse if they actually drove a car.
> >> Instead I wrote a letter to the company.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> > I had one experience standing in the express line that was absolutely
> > priceless.
> >
> > I get to the register and it has the 15 items or less sign lit up. This
> > woman is in front of me with a cart full and she's unloading it onto the
> > conveyer.
> >
> > Without a word the cashier comes out from behind the register and
> > proceeeds to take the items off the conveyer and puts them back into the
> > womans cart. The cashier then took the cart and told the woman that she
> > could go to any register without the 15 item sign lit.
> >
> > It was priceless. The look on the womans face indicated she was both
> > highly offended and embarrased.
> >
> > I gave the cashier a nice smile and said thanks for doing that.
> >
> >
>
> This should be standard practice. It just make the thoughtless assholes
> wise up.
>
>

I don't know about that. There are some fairly thickheaded people out
there who wouldn't see the lesson.