"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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>
> "Tabbi" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Please excuse my intrusion into your lovely grouip of Food fans but I
>> crave your indulgence.
>>
>> I guess most of us have been in a supermarket at one time or another.
>>
>> I'm doing some research and I thought this group might be a good place
>> to start.
>>
>> I'm researching two main things and I'd be very grateful for any
>> comments -
>>
>> (1) How the average (that's you) shopper deals with queuing at the
>> checkout in a supermarket - do you chat to the other people, are you
>> commenting on the management of the supermarket, do you zone out
>> totally until it is your turn, anything else... please include if you
>> are waiting alone or if you have someone with you (mother, sister,
>> other relative, partner, child, friend etc) What I'd like to get
>> from this is a broad idea of how we deal with going through a busy
>> checkout. (How I feel about it depends on how many of the staff can be
>> seen to be standing around talking while the over worked checkout
>> staff slave away)
>>
>
> I usually pretend I am not staring at the cleavage of the hot checkout
> chick. My market has great taste in that department.
>
>> (2) Any particularly glowing examples - either positive or negative-
>> that you may have experienced in a supermarket . Great customer
>> service? lousy customer service ? What happened , what did you do,
>> what did they do, what was the outcome?
>
> They sure learned how to attract the male market, let me tell ya.
> Definite
> plus.
>
>> Other than the above , I'd be happy to get any other comments such as
>> people blocking the aisles, poor quality of produce, out of date
>> produce, 'specials' that are sold out before you get there,
>> embarrassing moments like having the checkout operator calling on the
>> microphone for a price check for condoms... (okay, not food -
>> unless ?? )
>
> Who cares! Just as long as they maintain the status quo. The only
> problem
> is the really hot chix always have the lines backed up out the door.
>
> Paul
>
>

But Paul, did you ever think they might be into each other and not you?
-g (putting another spin on a slowly downward spiralling thread)