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Default Off topic for sure, but I have a small quandary

Dave Smith wrote:

> On 2019-04-12 9:21 a.m., Gary wrote:
> > John Kuthe wrote:
> > >

> > <stuff about waiting in line>
> >
> > Fact of life, John. Say in a grocery store. Go stand in the
> > shortest one person checkout line and it almost never fails that
> > it will be the slowest one of all. By time you get checked out, 4
> > people in the longer line have paid and left way sooner. It's a
> > Mr.Murphy thing, I suppose. Mr.Murphy knows everything.
> >

>
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> If there are lines I go to the one with the most men in it. They
> tend to have fewer items and they usually have their cash or debit
> card in hand so that as soon as the cashier had rung everything
> through they hand over the payment. Old women, OTOH, stand there and
> watch their stuff being checked out and then when the total is
> announced they open open up the purse, look for the wallet, look for
> the card...


Bullshit