Every person who enters a store and purchases something has just the same
rights as any other customer.

If you don't like to wait until the customer in front of you completes their
transaction.

TOUGH!

Dimitri

In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> Every person who enters a store and purchases something has just the same
> rights as any other customer.
>
> If you don't like to wait until the customer in front of you completes their
> transaction.
>
> TOUGH!
>
> Dimitri

Just look for a short line, or use the self-check outs.

Me? I'd rather wait in line. I hate the self-checks!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.


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Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Dimitri" > wrote:
>
>> Every person who enters a store and purchases something has just the same
>> rights as any other customer.
>>
>> If you don't like to wait until the customer in front of you completes their
>> transaction.
>>
>> TOUGH!
>>
>> Dimitri
>
> Just look for a short line, or use the self-check outs.
>
> Me? I'd rather wait in line. I hate the self-checks!

Plus you meet some interesting folks in check-out lines.

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Dimitri" > wrote:
> >
> >> Every person who enters a store and purchases something has just the same
> >> rights as any other customer.
> >>
> >> If you don't like to wait until the customer in front of you completes
> >> their
> >> transaction.
> >>
> >> TOUGH!
> >>
> >> Dimitri
> >
> > Just look for a short line, or use the self-check outs.
> >
> > Me? I'd rather wait in line. I hate the self-checks!
>
> Plus you meet some interesting folks in check-out lines.

<lol> Glad to see I'm not the only one that actually talks to people
when waiting in line. :-)

It can be entertaining...
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.


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"Omelet" > wrote

> <lol> Glad to see I'm not the only one that actually talks to people
> when waiting in line. :-)
> It can be entertaining...

LOL! You too? Now at the commisary they have one big 'line' so you get
what you get for 'line mates'. However, when ready to check out at other
places I've often made a discrete look at the cart that would be in front of
me and selected my line based on interest in the ingredients!

Especially prone to that if the lines are really long and you know it's
gonna take 20 mins or so. I'll just start a conversation by asking about
some odd vegetable or whatever and ask how they use it. By the time you get
up to the cashier, you tend to be almost sorry!

I'm not alone in this. I've had people 'select my line' because they saw me
chatting and wanted to ask about stuff in my cart too. Recent one, lady
with twin 7-8 YO's and a toddler.

We'd met a few times in the isles already (Her stashing noodle packs, me
pulled to the side so others could pass and calling Don on the cell to check
the Jufran Bananna stocks at home). She's Korean and married to a sailor
(has excellent english) and only came to the states recently. Was still a
little confused on some of the products. Like me, most of her cart was
'real food' (not boxed helpers or pre-made stuff). Our pre-made few things
were noodle packs for the most part for us both. Like me, she 'asian
polite' shops so often will leave the cart stashed at the end of a row and
just carry back what we want to the cart (avoids blocked isles).

She was intrigued at the 20 lbs of flour and curious that i bought 2 20lb
bags of rice instead of the cheaper 40lb one. (with my back, can't lift the
40lb so pay extra for one i can lift). I explained the lifting of the bag
was dangerous to me then we got off onto breadmachines and the flour and
swapping recipes.

Grin, used my credit card that time as had been having so much fun, hadnt
pre-written my check out yet.

Charlotte took the toddler in hand for her and her 2 8YO's helped me load my
car.

So maybe next time one of the folks in a hurry, sees folks just chatting in
line, they may think of how much fun it can be? Neither of us slowed the
checkout process at all. In fact, Charlotte helping with the toddler and
her 2 'big boys' helping me out, probably speeded it up a bit.

She brought up a great point. Why DO American shoppers block isles with
their carts and wander down the middle and then leave the cart there while
grabbing stuff from both sides so that people going either way have to wait?
Now, that one IS a frustrating thing. Much more so than a mere 1-2 mins to
fill out a check. Dunno. Bad habits? Lack of realization of rudeness?

cshenk wrote on Sun, 24 May 2009 13:24:06 -0400:

"Omelet" > wrote


>> <lol> Glad to see I'm not the only one that actually talks to
>> people when waiting in line. :-) It can be entertaining...


> Especially prone to that if the lines are really long and you know
> it's gonna take 20 mins or so.

I grew up in Europe during WWII and developed a dislike of needing to
wait in long lines that I have never lost. The short lines in the US
were among its major attractions. I think I would abandon my shopping
cart if it seemed that I was going to have to wait anything over 10
minutes.

Until recently, my usual supermarket was an example of a variant of
Murphy's law: the "express" line has the least experienced and efficient
checkers.
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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

In article >,
"cshenk" > wrote:

> So maybe next time one of the folks in a hurry, sees folks just chatting in
> line, they may think of how much fun it can be? Neither of us slowed the
> checkout process at all. In fact, Charlotte helping with the toddler and
> her 2 'big boys' helping me out, probably speeded it up a bit.

Pretty cool. :-)

>
> She brought up a great point. Why DO American shoppers block isles with
> their carts and wander down the middle and then leave the cart there while
> grabbing stuff from both sides so that people going either way have to wait?
> Now, that one IS a frustrating thing. Much more so than a mere 1-2 mins to
> fill out a check. Dunno. Bad habits? Lack of realization of rudeness?

Self-centered. And clueless.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.


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I doubt any of you would want to be behind me at the check out line. I
usually have two or three carts full of small items. I shop weekly for
the food pantry I run and have run into some pretty nice people.
Everyone stares and wonders why I have 20 boxes of pancake mix, 25 jars
of peanut butter, 30 lbs of cheese, 20 lbs of margarine, 24 dozen eggs,
etc. Some people ask if I'm buying for a pancake breakfast somewhere or
for a restaurant.

Sometimes I say, "My boys are coming home from college for the weekend."
or "We only get down off the mountain every 6 months." People usually
laugh and it starts up conversations about food pantries. Once I get
the folks behind me talking about my extra large purchase, they don't
seem to mind the wait. Of course I've had the occasional person who
looks at the carts, gives me a dirty look, and finds a new line.

One time after a big purchase and the normal conversation, an old woman
followed me out and gave me a $10 bill for the food pantry. I was
dumbfounded and tried to refuse the money, but she insisted. I made
sure to give her my food pantry business card so she would know I was
legit.

I always try to be patient in slow lines, life is too short to sweat the
small stuff.

Denise (who turned in her food pantry resignation last week after 20
years) If no one steps up to assume my responsibilities, the pantry
will close. : (

On May 24, 1:24*pm, "cshenk" > wrote:

> She brought up a great point. *Why DO American shoppers block isles with
> their carts and wander down the middle and then leave the cart there while
> grabbing stuff from both sides so that people going either way have to wait?
> Now, that one IS a frustrating thing. *Much more so than a mere 1-2 mins to
> fill out a check. *Dunno. *Bad habits? *Lack of realization of rudeness?

Yes. Too many people are in their own little world when shopping. I
give a pass to parents with small children, who are distracted for a
reason, but the couple who walk on either side of their cart, blocking
the while aisle, I'll say "excuse me", and when they ignore me, give
their cart a nudge.

What cracks me up is when someone leaves their purse (with the
cellphone, checkbook, and wallet in plain sight) in the cart and
wanders off with back turned. If they see me push their cart off to
the side, they immediately start to cry "thief!", as I calmly slide my
cart past theirs and on with my shopping.

Most people, when you ask if you can pass them, are quick to move to
the side. It's egocentrism, not intentional rudeness that causes the
logjams.

maxine in ri

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>
> Every person who enters a store and purchases something has just the same
> rights as any other customer.
>
> If you don't like to wait until the customer in front of you completes
> their transaction.
>
> TOUGH!
>
> Dimitri

Some of these people bitching about people in front of them would have had
an absolute coronary if they were behind the little old lady on the scooter
cart I got behind one day.

The cashier had my entire order rang up and even took my check while she was
still talking to the little old lady!! The cashier just smiled and nodded
to me a couple of times. The little old lady finished her conversation and
left and I left right behind her.

Ms P

On May 23, 2:27*pm, "Ms P" > wrote:
> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > Every person who enters a store and purchases something has just the same
> > rights as any other customer.
>
> > If you don't like to wait until the customer in front of you completes
> > their transaction.
>
> > TOUGH!
>
> > Dimitri
>
> Some of these people bitching about people in front of them would have had
> an absolute coronary if they were behind the little old lady on the scooter
> cart I got behind one day.
>
> The cashier had my entire order rang up and even took my check while she was
> still talking to the little old lady!! *The cashier just smiled and nodded
> to me a couple of times. *The little old lady finished her conversation and
> left and I left right behind her.
>
> Ms P

=========================
Ms P ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Was that you?????????

Lynn in Fargo
occasionally uses the scooter cart

"Lynn from Fargo Ografmorffig" > wrote in message
...
On May 23, 2:27 pm, "Ms P" > wrote:
> "Dimitri" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > Every person who enters a store and purchases something has just the
> > same
> > rights as any other customer.
>
> > If you don't like to wait until the customer in front of you completes
> > their transaction.
>
> > TOUGH!
>
> > Dimitri
>
> Some of these people bitching about people in front of them would have had
> an absolute coronary if they were behind the little old lady on the
> scooter
> cart I got behind one day.
>
> The cashier had my entire order rang up and even took my check while she
> was
> still talking to the little old lady!! The cashier just smiled and nodded
> to me a couple of times. The little old lady finished her conversation and
> left and I left right behind her.
>
> Ms P

=========================
Ms P ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Was that you?????????

Lynn in Fargo
occasionally uses the scooter cart

============

I've never been to Fargo so it must have been some other patient person.

Ms P

On May 23, 3:27*pm, "Ms P" > wrote:

> The cashier had my entire order rang up and even took my check while she was
> still talking to the little old lady!! *The cashier just smiled and nodded
> to me a couple of times. *The little old lady finished her conversation and
> left and I left right behind her.
>
> Ms P

I assume while you were (rightly) fuming that you kept a close eye on
what the cashier was ringing up? More mistakes, double scans, missed
scans, etc. when they don't pay attention.

maxine in ri

"maxine" > wrote in message
...
On May 23, 3:27 pm, "Ms P" > wrote:

> The cashier had my entire order rang up and even took my check while she
> was
> still talking to the little old lady!! The cashier just smiled and nodded
> to me a couple of times. The little old lady finished her conversation and
> left and I left right behind her.
>
> Ms P

I assume while you were (rightly) fuming that you kept a close eye on
what the cashier was ringing up? More mistakes, double scans, missed
scans, etc. when they don't pay attention.

maxine in ri

======

I wasn't fuming. The cashier flipped the display around so I could see it
and went right on with her conversation with the little old lady. Her and I
were both fairly amused. It's a good thing I didn't have more stuff than
what the bag carousel would hold though.

Life is to short to live it in a hurry, or to spend fuming at some little
old lady.

Ms P

"Dimitri" > wrote in message
...
>
> Every person who enters a store and purchases something has just the same
> rights as any other customer.
>
> If you don't like to wait until the customer in front of you completes
> their transaction.
>
> TOUGH!
>
> Dimitri

Any everyone deserves the same respect. Including the people behind you in
line.