On Mar 25, 9:28*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Christopher Helms wrote:
>
> > My mom was like that. Personally, when I'm in the checkout line the
> > crazy, mumbling, jabbering flake is always directly in front of me,
> > talking about everything and nothing to the clerk, writing a check for
> > Tic Tacs or paying for a case of beer with a coffee can full of
> > change. Last night I waited for some dumb bitch to run out of gab for
> > over five minutes as my bottle of Coke Zero got warm. I have a
> > freakish talent for getting behind these assholes. It never happens
> > less than three time a week to me.
>
> That's what happens when you go shopping at 2 AM.


2AM, 7:25PM, midmorning, lunch, whatever. It doesn't seem to matter.
It's almost like they're there waiting for me.

Christopher Helms wrote:

On Mar 25, 9:28 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Christopher Helms wrote:
>
> > My mom was like that. Personally, when I'm in the checkout line the
> > crazy, mumbling, jabbering flake is always directly in front of me,
> > talking about everything and nothing to the clerk, writing a check for
> > Tic Tacs or paying for a case of beer with a coffee can full of
> > change. Last night I waited for some dumb bitch to run out of gab for
> > over five minutes as my bottle of Coke Zero got warm. I have a
> > freakish talent for getting behind these assholes. It never happens
> > less than three time a week to me.
>
> That's what happens when you go shopping at 2 AM.


2AM, 7:25PM, midmorning, lunch, whatever. It doesn't seem to matter.
It's almost like they're there waiting for me.
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GM replies:

It's this kind of nonsense that is making me seriously consider doing most
of my grocery shopping with Peapod, the online grocery delivery service.
Between nutty customers, surly and lazy store staff, out-of-stock items, and
dragging the stuff home, I've had just about enough. Maybe I'm getting old
and crotchety but who needs it...I shop for most everything else on the
internet and for the most part I am heartily sick and tired of the "retail
experience".


--
Best
Greg

Gregory wrote on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:03:16 -0600:

> On Mar 25, 9:28 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>> Christopher Helms wrote:
>>
> >> My mom was like that. Personally, when I'm in the checkout
> >> line the crazy, mumbling, jabbering flake is always
> >> directly in front of me, talking about everything and
> >> nothing to the clerk, writing a check for Tic Tacs or
> >> paying for a case of beer with a coffee can full of change.
> >> Last night I waited for some dumb bitch to run out of gab
> >> for over five minutes as my bottle of Coke Zero got warm. I
> >> have a freakish talent for getting behind these assholes.
> >> It never happens less than three time a week to me.
>>
>> That's what happens when you go shopping at 2 AM.

> 2AM, 7:25PM, midmorning, lunch, whatever. It doesn't seem to
> matter. It's almost like they're there waiting for me.
> ------------------

> GM replies:

> It's this kind of nonsense that is making me seriously
> consider doing most of my grocery shopping with Peapod, the
> online grocery delivery service. Between nutty customers,
> surly and lazy store staff, out-of-stock items, and dragging
> the stuff home, I've had just about enough. Maybe I'm getting
> old and crotchety but who needs it...I shop for most
> everything else on the internet and for the most part I am
> heartily sick and tired of the "retail experience".

They also always seem to have signatures involving about three long
words and want to write their autobiographies in the check register.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

James Silverton wrote:

> Gregory wrote on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:03:16 -0600:
>
> > On Mar 25, 9:28 pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> >> Christopher Helms wrote:
> >>
> > >> My mom was like that. Personally, when I'm in the checkout
> > >> line the crazy, mumbling, jabbering flake is always
> > >> directly in front of me, talking about everything and
> > >> nothing to the clerk, writing a check for Tic Tacs or
> > >> paying for a case of beer with a coffee can full of change.
> > >> Last night I waited for some dumb bitch to run out of gab
> > >> for over five minutes as my bottle of Coke Zero got warm. I
> > >> have a freakish talent for getting behind these assholes.
> > >> It never happens less than three time a week to me.
> >>
> >> That's what happens when you go shopping at 2 AM.
>
> > 2AM, 7:25PM, midmorning, lunch, whatever. It doesn't seem to
> > matter. It's almost like they're there waiting for me.
> > ------------------
>
> > GM replies:
>
> > It's this kind of nonsense that is making me seriously
> > consider doing most of my grocery shopping with Peapod, the
> > online grocery delivery service. Between nutty customers,
> > surly and lazy store staff, out-of-stock items, and dragging
> > the stuff home, I've had just about enough. Maybe I'm getting
> > old and crotchety but who needs it...I shop for most
> > everything else on the internet and for the most part I am
> > heartily sick and tired of the "retail experience".
>
> They also always seem to have signatures involving about three long
> words and want to write their autobiographies in the check register.

Aint' the truth, lol...

You know, one place I really don't mind for grocery shopping are Asian
places, those stores can be jam-packed but for some reason I can be in and
out real fast, and that's with wall-to-wall people. Asian folks seem to be
*real* concentrated on getting their stuff and getting out in a timely
manner - BAM! On busy days there will be whole extended families loading
up the minivan with carts of vittles, it often takes less time at the
checkout behind some family with three full carts than it does being behind
some addle-pated yuppie who is dithering over checking out a six - pack and
a pint of Ben & Jerry's...

I don't know what it is, but in the Asian stores there is very little
lollygagging, Clueless Ones blocking the aisles, etc. And most of these
places are small, smaller than the typical Chicawgo stupormart...

Maybe it's because until fairly recently in some of these cultures food was
a precious commodity, you grabbed it when you could, no nonsense...


--
Best
Greg

Gregory Morrow said...

> Maybe it's because until fairly recently in some of these cultures food was
> a precious commodity, you grabbed it when you could, no nonsense...


Since I don't have an Asian market anywhere nearby, I've never noticed that
angle on checkout speed like you mention.

Same as Depression times, maybe? Nobody slowed down standing in the soup
lines.

Might be along the same lines as when there is a hurricane warning, etc.,
where there is a run on food at the market. Everyone is in a hurry to stock
up and get home or get out of town.

Interesting concept/study.

Andy

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> GM replies:
>
> It's this kind of nonsense that is making me seriously consider doing most
> of my grocery shopping with Peapod, the online grocery delivery service.
> Between nutty customers, surly and lazy store staff, out-of-stock items, and
> dragging the stuff home, I've had just about enough. Maybe I'm getting old
> and crotchety but who needs it...I shop for most everything else on the
> internet and for the most part I am heartily sick and tired of the "retail
> experience".


Same here, I do most of my shopping online. Someone else picked out my
last car ( I would rather take a beating than buy a car). The only
place I enjoy shopping is the hardware store.


Tomorrow, I am picking up a few plants to put in the garden; tomatoes,
cucumbers, zucchini, bell peppers, etc. I will try to go early and
avoid the crowds.


Becca

On Mar 25, 6:30*pm, Christopher Helms > wrote:
> On Mar 25, 9:28*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
>
> > Christopher Helms wrote:
>
> > > My mom was like that. Personally, when I'm in the checkout line the
> > > crazy, mumbling, jabbering flake is always directly in front of me,
> > > talking about everything and nothing to the clerk, writing a check for
> > > Tic Tacs or paying for a case of beer with a coffee can full of
> > > change. Last night I waited for some dumb bitch to run out of gab for
> > > over five minutes as my bottle of Coke Zero got warm. I have a
> > > freakish talent for getting behind these assholes. It never happens
> > > less than three time a week to me.
>
> > That's what happens when you go shopping at 2 AM.
>
> 2AM, 7:25PM, midmorning, lunch, whatever. It doesn't seem to matter.
> It's almost like they're there waiting for me.

Happens to me too. It's like I'm a magnet to the psychotic world.