"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
om...
> On 10/10/2010 12:23 PM, sf wrote:
>
>>> 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.
>>
>> How odd! Usually express line checkers pull people like you over to
>> their register when they aren't busy. Being a checker is hard work
>> and diplomacy - she wasn't cut out for the job - for sure.
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> I once went to an express checkout with more than the maximum items and
> the cashier put up a stink. There was no one in front of or behind me in
> line and the other registers has long lines. What if someone shows up with
> 8 items? If she stopped arguing I would have been done. I see no reason
> for me to stand in line at a regular checkout while the express cashier
> stands around filing her nails waiting for someone who is spending a lot
> less money than I was.

A lot of times I say, "Is that six pack considered one item or six?"

Steve