Has this ever happened to you?

My store has beer lanes. Problem is you have to get in lineups even though there are others open. Lately I don't mind waiting because I have nothing else to do. So I read their magazines.

National Enquirer headlines. Mummy in museum found pregnant.

Caretaker suspected.
 

Yes it happens to me but I’m ok with it. I’m very rarely if ever in a hurry and there have been times when I’ve been over the limit so I leave a bit of slack for others. It’s a minor irritation. Nothing more.
 
The checkout line, any, is my entertainment queue

Observing folks getting frustrated, or kids being kids, old folks just trying to be, checkers asking the same questions a thousand times a day

No, no frustrations for me

Just another good time
 

Gary O' said:
The checkout line, any, is my entertainment queue

Observing folks getting frustrated, or kids being kids, old folks just trying to be, checkers asking the same questions a thousand times a day

No, no frustrations for me

Just another good time
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Yes, I agree Gary. It can be an entertainment venue, and quite comical at times ...
 
It annoys the heck out of me when someone with a big order gets into the express lanes and holds up the works. If it says 10 items or less, it should mean just that. There should be a $10 surcharge on every item over 10 in the express lane.

This is how I feel when I get behind someone like that.


In addition no checks, cards, or coupons should be allowed in the express lane. Cash only. If I were dictator there would be a law that all transactions under $100 must be paid for in cash. And get your cash out beforehand. Don't go digging in your purse for it after the final total is up. When I get to the grocery check out I will put a $20 bill down on the counter and then watch the screen as the items are rung up. When the total goes past $20 I lay down another $20. When it goes past $40 down goes another $20, and so on. When the final total comes up I have already put enough cash down to cover the bill, so the cashier can immediately take it and start to make change.

It really annoys me when these little old ladies wait until their whole order is rung up and then open their purse to start digging around for their money. What were they thinking? That maybe the cashier would say "That will be free today"?
 
Yes, a few times. I always LOL because it reminds me of a funny cartoon I saw 45 years ago in "Playboy."

A cashier is standing at her register holding a smoking shotgun & there are several shoppers lying on the floor dead. The caption reads: "All right. Anybody else got more than 10 items?"
 
Aunt Bea said:
It's not a big issue but why offer the option at all if you are not willing to honor/enforce it.

Maybe just turn the 10 items or less light on during peak hours.
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I'm an old man and have plenty of experience in social matters.

People don't think signs are for them. They think they are for someone else.

And the clerk can't say a thing about it. They have been told to put the perp through as quickly as possible and say nothing.

They are told the sign is just a suggestion and not a rule of the store. The store knows if you turn them away they will create a ruckus and quit coming. It's one in a hundred.

Now. Best time to shop in a grocery store. Early in the morning just as the store opens and after six o clock.
 
Going back to the 60s when I worked in a grocery store there were no express lanes so if you came in for a bottle of milk you waited line behind all the full cart shoppers.
 
fmdog44 said:
Going back to the 60s when I worked in a grocery store there were no express lanes so if you came in for a bottle of milk you waited line behind all the full cart shoppers.
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In those days the full cart shoppers often took pity on you and let you go ahead of them.

It still happens where I shop but not nearly as often as it did years ago.
 
Aunt Bea said:
In those days the full cart shoppers often took pity on you and let you go ahead of them.

It still happens where I shop but not nearly as often as it did years ago.
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I still do that. But it's funny how some people react, like it might be some kind of trick or something. ;)
 
Camper6 said:
I'm an old man and have plenty of experience in social matters.

People don't think signs are for them. They think they are for someone else.

And the clerk can't say a thing about it. They have been told to put the perp through as quickly as possible and say nothing.

They are told the sign is just a suggestion and not a rule of the store. The store knows if you turn them away they will create a ruckus and quit coming. It's one in a hundred.

Now. Best time to shop in a grocery store. Early in the morning just as the store opens and after six o clock.
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This is true...people vote with their feet, and when regular customers get offended and start shopping elsewhere, it's bad for business.

I also agree with the best times...never on Saturday peak time. I used to live very close to a Kroger, and the times you mentioned are best. But I was working and couldn't go early morning, so I often shopped during the family dinner hour.
 
Trade said:
It annoys the heck out of me when someone with a big order gets into the express lanes and holds up the works. If it says 10 items or less, it should mean just that. There should be a $10 surcharge on every item over 10 in the express lane.

This is how I feel when I get behind someone like that.

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In addition no checks, cards, or coupons should be allowed in the express lane. Cash only. If I were dictator there would be a law that all transactions under $100 must be paid for in cash. And get your cash out beforehand. Don't go digging in your purse for it after the final total is up. When I get to the grocery check out I will put a $20 bill down on the counter and then watch the screen as the items are rung up. When the total goes past $20 I lay down another $20. When it goes past $40 down goes another $20, and so on. When the final total comes up I have already put enough cash down to cover the bill, so the cashier can immediately take it and start to make change.

It really annoys me when these little old ladies wait until their whole order is rung up and then open their purse to start digging around for their money. What were they thinking? That maybe the cashier would say "That will be free today"?
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Kid!! Get off my lawn!!
 
If I see a shopper with a trolly load lined up at a express checkout ,I walk away and go to, the serve yourself

The. serve yourself checkouts are putting people out of work, the more shoppers use them the less staff the big supermarkets have to pay out in wages .

check out staff should protect their own jobs by saying go to a suitable checkout
 
I’ve recently put things back on the shelf because they did not had the self serve checkouts open and people have been in front of me had more than 12 items .,then they stand there and wait till all their shopping has been scanned before looking for purse / wallet to pay .

We have a good choice of super markets all in close range ( in Adelaide where I do my big shop )
We have huge new Foodland ,Costco ,Coles and a very short distance away Woolworths and the new Kaufland being built as well (I’m not sure that’s spelt correct ) it’s a very similar spelling to some of Costco’s products
 
I have a question:

If you're buying a loaf of bread, does each slice count as an item? What about a bag of M&M's?

:grin:
 
Aunt Bea said:
In those days the full cart shoppers often took pity on you and let you go ahead of them.

It still happens where I shop but not nearly as often as it did years ago.
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The grocery stores were much smaller in the 50s &60s and a lot of people knew each other and the store employees. My manager's office was in a corner near the registers and anyone could just knock on his door if they needed to talk. Today the stores are much larger and you seldom see managers ever. No one knows anyone and so letting one item shoppers cut in line may not be as prominent as it once was. I loved working in the grocery store because we, the employees knew most of the local shoppers and we often stopped and chatted. I knew some of the shoppers were poor so when I weighed their produce sacks to determine the price I gave them my personal "discount". In those days we wrote the price in black crayon on the bags.
 
If it's a guy I'm behind in a fast lane checkout and he's over the limit? No problem. He's ready with this payments and he's out of there as fast as he can get.

There should be two lanes in a grocery store (I'm being racist or whatever here deliberately). One for males and one for females.

Waiting for the incoming blasts from the feminine side.
 
Camper6 said:
If it's a guy I'm behind in a fast lane checkout and he's over the limit? No problem. He's ready with this payments and he's out of there as fast as he can get.

There should be two lanes in a grocery store (I'm being racist or whatever here deliberately). One for males and one for females.

Waiting for the incoming blasts from the feminine side.
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The guy is in a hurry because he's trying to get home before his wife notices that he left the toilet seat up.
 

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