Do you read checkout counter newspapers, magazines?

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There's the National Inquirer, etc. on display at the checkout counter, do you thumb through them, while waiting?
I can't remember the name of this checkout newspaper, but it was all in black & white, and had headlines like, " My dad is a space alien, and my mom is Bigfoot."
Also, everyone is "shocked". Like "fans were shocked to find out........."; "police were shocked", "doctors were shocked.......", "the family was shocked.....".
 

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No, because they moved all the reading material away from the cash registers in the grocery store. One day I went to check out a magazine and that aisle was almost non-existent.

I admit that I used to peek at the headlines, though I’d be too embarrassed to pick one up.
 
Some grocery stores no longer have magazines at the checkout. If they do, and I'm standing there waiting in line, I glance at the covers. Rarely do I find anything of interest. 🥱
 
I used to a long time ago because I stood in longer lines back then and didn't have the internet to get my trashy news stories from. :LOL: In my own defense though, if there was an Ebony, Essence or home decor magazine available, I went for those first. These days I manage to get on shorter lines so I'm too busy unloading my cart to check out the magazines.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
There's the National Inquirer, etc. on display at the checkout counter, do you thumb through them, while waiting?
I can't remember the name of this checkout newspaper, but it was all in black & white, and had headlines like, " My dad is a space alien, and my mom is Bigfoot."
Also, everyone is "shocked". Like "fans were shocked to find out........."; "police were shocked", "doctors were shocked.......", "the family was shocked.....".
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Now those headlines are along the edges of my internet news page and it's always somebody "hates this." Usually it's something like a cure for cancer and "doctors hate this." LOL How mean.

But, I remember the one you're talking about and it seems like it had the word world in it ....
 
The problem is that in my case, grocery checkout counter clerks have frequently been dishonest if they believed that I was slightly distracted. So my gazing at counter literature might be the convenient opportunity they seek to do their dishonesty thing.

You know, like slipping some of my groceries under the counter instead of bagging them after charging me. Or claiming that I had only handed them a one-dollar bill instead of a twenty. That one was switched after I glanced away for just second. Or else silently staring and claiming that I handed them nothing at all, and charging me twice. So in order to avoid that frustrating hassle, I now try to show them that am fully aware of everything that is going on between us.

But yes, before they started their checkout-counter dishonesty antics, I did occasionally glance at and purchased some of those sensationalist newspapers, such as the Inquirer, that were placed on racks there.
 
No. We always go to the self check out as soon as possible. We try hard to not get tripped up by any of the ‘stuff’ that purposely put there. The only time we use cashiers is if we have a bunch of discount coupons. We get coupons when we buy gas and the last time we went shopping we had about 20 of them.
 
Tommy said:
I recall a few decades ago noticing the front page of a supermarket tabloid showing a photo of a farmer proudly holding up the "28-pound grasshopper" he had just shot. :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
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I recall reading that the magazine editors and writers would have frequent brainstorming sessions to see what wild esoteric ideas they could come up with next.
 
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