Steve B wrote:
: "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
: om...
:: I picked up to items at the grocery store and went to one of the
:: three express checkout lines, and chose this one because there was
:: only one person at it, and she was all rung up and in the process of
:: paying. Five minutes later I was wondering if I should change lanes
:: or stay there and witness the spectacle. I opted to stay because of
:: the entertainment value.
::
:: The woman's bill was $11.86, which I remember because I heard it so
:: many times as she counted out her change. Her purse wasn't that
:: big and didn't seem to have that many compartments, but it was
:: stuffed with crap, and, it seems, there was a lot of change in it.
::
:: First she got a Toonie and a Loonie, a few quarters,some nickels,
:: dimes and pennies. She gives up counting it and asks the cashier to
:: do it, but she's only up to about four and a half bucks. So she
:: rummaged around and puled out another handful of small coins, and
:: the cashier had to start all over. Then the woman rummaged around
:: and pulled out another handful of mixed coins. This went on and on,
:: with this woman pulling out 50-60 cents at a time until she finally
:: had enough.
::
:: I was tempted to say something but, despite her normal appearance,
:: this woman was obviously not quite right. When the woman finally
:: left I congratulated the cashier for keeping her cool and told her
:: that I figured that my total would be under $10 and I had $20 bill
:: ready to pay.
:
: My favorite experience was when I had ten or fifteen small items, and
: went to the 8 or less line. Or something along that line. All the
: other lines were a mile long, and t wasn't like I had 50 or 60 items.
: The cashier made some snippy remark, so I just said, "I'll just go
: over to the other line, and walked over there leaving my items. I
: could see the manager go over to the express line, and talk to the
: cashier. He came over to me, and asked would I like to return to the
: express line. I said yes, and apologized for being a few precious
: items over the sacred limit, and that all the other lines had a huge
: waiting queue, so it was go there, or just leave my basket and go
: home. I told him that the clerk was just plain rude. She silently
: rang me up, and within a month, I noticed she was no longer there.
:

if you **** as bad as you park, are you still going to get what you deserve?