People at the front of the queue-- why don't you know what you want?

It's not so much that they don't know what they want, but I always get into the line that has somebody in it that has some issue that hangs up the whole line forever -- like they have things in the cart with no price tags, or they want to argue with the clerk about something, or they want to pay for their order with 10,000 pennies or some such. Or, my all time favorite, people who get into the "20 items or less" line with a cart jam packed with groceries and etc. and three screaming kids.
 

Butterfly said:
It's not so much that they don't know what they want, but I always get into the line that has somebody in it that has some issue that hangs up the whole line forever -- like they have things in the cart with no price tags, or they want to argue with the clerk about something, or they want to pay for their order with 10,000 pennies or some such. Or, my all time favorite, people who get into the "20 items or less" line with a cart jam packed with groceries and etc. and three screaming kids.
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Hate things like that.Over here it's ten items or less. Difficult to get away with more!!
 
I always seem to get in line behind the last person on the planet who writes checks and of course that person never starts to fill out the check until the items are scanned and bagged. At a fast food place I do notice though that a lot of people don't seem to know what they want until they do get to the front of the line.
 
Life's little aggravations, I don't let them bother me too much or I'd always be mad, just hope when I have a problem at the front of the line others are patient with me.

I still pay for things like groceries with checks, but I actually fill everything out but the amount before I even get in line. There has been times when I buy something that has no price tag on it, did that once at Big Lots with a battery operated lantern that I wanted in black. Some of the red ones had tags, so I just told her the exact price.

Well that wasn't good enough and they didn't have the help to go check on it, so I had to go all the way to the back of the store and bring a red one to the cashier so she could ring me up, luckily I'm a fast walker. I apologized to the lady behind me waiting, and she assured me that it was no problem and was not my fault. Same thing I would have said in her situation.
 
I use Apple Pay wherever they accept it for payment. It's faster than checks, ATM cards or credit cards. That helps keep the lines moving. I try not to let things like people in front of me in line bother me.
 
Okay. This is why I ALWAYS get stuck behind that person:
The coupon lady. She has 8,764 coupons, most of which have expired months ago. And there's a coupon for 2 cents off that won't scan, so the checker has to manually type in a 27 digit number.
The bag lady. No not that kind. She has all her change in separate bags-dimes in one bag, pennies in another. It takes her all day to find the right bag, open it and slowly pull out each coin.
Mommy letting the kid pay. Mommy thinks it's cute to let baby Freddie give the clerk the money. But Freddie ain't giving up the money without a fight. It's his, and nobody is getting it.
And yeah, the check guy. He has his girlfriend's check, drawn on a Tibetan bank.
Then there's " we have to call the manager". Apparently his office is north of Nome, and he's hiking down. Should be here any day!
 
Maybe you've gotten too much of that NASCAR racing in your blood, Fuzzybuddy! Where you have to be!?!

Slow down! Count those coupons! :lol:

(Oh yes, and don't forget the cashier that likes to chit-chat with all the customers.)
 
I do my shopping at least 52 times a year. I must have been a terrible rat in a previous life, because I always get stuck in the slow lane.
How about the checker trainees? The ones who will always be trainees.
How about the credit/debit card machine, which has "been acting up all day".
The teen male checker who continually screws up, because his only goal is 1 paycheck and he's outta there.
The old geezers, who can't work the new electronics. I'm one of them, so I can say it.
 
In Broadheadsville, PA, I had a $250-300 wagon full of stuff. There was a guy standing behind me, who only had a pack of cigarettes. I told him to go ahead of me. At the check out, he whips out a checkbook. A LOUSY CHECK FOR A PACK OF CIGARETTES. The address on the checks were from Indiana and his driver's license was for Massachusetts. He had moved to Mass. and was passing through Penn. How nice. Of course, we had to call the manager , who was in his Nome office.
I'll never be "nice" again.
 
None of it bothers it me one little bit, the coupon lady bless her, or the bag lady, or the kid paying..it's all Ok. I admire the differences in people and find these scenarios quite interesting
 
BlondieBoomer said:
That stuff burns a hole in my pocket! I'm much more likely to spend cash on frivolous things. It used to be the opposite for me.
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Me, too. I don't carry cash any more. I like the fact that, instead of wondering where the heck I spent all that money, I can just look at my online bank running statement and know exactly what happened to those $$.
 

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