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Old Nov 17th 2011 | 7:32 am
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
There's a reason I try to make sure I shop in places that have a self checkout ...

Another thing just struck me - if I'm in a queue with a trolley and someone comes up behind me carrying two or three things, I always offer to let them go ahead of me. How come nobody does that to me when I have to buy a gallon of milk and I'm in a rush?
...then their spouse arrives with a trolley full of goods.
 
Old Nov 17th 2011 | 7:34 am
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...then their spouse arrives with a trolley full of goods.
Now that would piss me off!
 
Old Nov 17th 2011 | 7:35 am
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People who cannot/will not get the quote function on here. There really should be an IQ test, before you're allowed loose on BE.
 
Old Nov 17th 2011 | 7:38 am
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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
...then their spouse arrives with a trolley full of goods.
Or, there's a price check to do and the checkout person sends special needs employee off on an endless quest.. meanwhile checkout person stands there motionless with an unfocussed look on her face, there for the long-haul..
 
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Originally Posted by robin1234
Or, there's a price check to do and the checkout person sends special needs employee off on an endless quest.. meanwhile checkout person stands there motionless with an unfocussed look on her face, there for the long-haul..
...or the customer hands over a fist full of coupons...most or either out of date or for a different store.
 
Old Nov 17th 2011 | 8:16 am
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Originally Posted by paranoidandroid
Idiot people that use the "speedy checkout - 20 items or less" and wait until the cashier has told them the total, before they start to hunt around every pocket for their cheque book. Just having to go the the rigmarole of writing a chequecompletely defeats the whole point of having a speedy line, let alone not being prepared in advance.
People who use those tills when they have a full trolly of stuff.

The cashier giving you the hump when after waiting all that time, have only one extra item over the limit.
 
Old Nov 17th 2011 | 8:56 am
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[QUOTE=Uncle Ebenezer;9739116]People who cannot/will not get the quote function on here. There really should be an IQ test, before you're allowed loose on BE.[/QUOTE

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Old Nov 17th 2011 | 8:58 am
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Why do supermarkets have 19 checkouts, yet even at the busiest of times on the busiest day ever, they only ever have 5 open?
32 in the local Walmart I visited last week, and only 6 open.
 
Old Nov 17th 2011 | 9:01 am
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Originally Posted by robin1234
Or, there's a price check to do and the checkout person sends special needs employee off on an endless quest.. meanwhile checkout person stands there motionless with an unfocussed look on her face, there for the long-haul..
Or the people that decide they need to take something off the total because they haven't got enough cash for everything in their trolley? Of course they do it one item at a time. "Are we there yet?"... No.
 
Old Nov 17th 2011 | 9:41 am
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Originally Posted by Uncle Ebenezer
People who cannot/will not get the quote function on here. There really should be an IQ test, before you're allowed loose on BE.[/QUOTE

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Old Nov 17th 2011 | 11:48 am
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Originally Posted by paranoidandroid
Wait until you do. If it's at the time when you have one item, and it keeps you there 5 extra minutes while they not only do it for them, but then have to explain all the steps, like a teacher.. you'll realise how bloody stupid it is.
Daughter is a check out chick. She had a moron come through with her moronic husband. Got half way through and she told daughter she couldn't remember her pin. Daughter asked if she had another card. Got to the end and she got a card out and then said she didn't know the pin. She then had another go. Husband said 'use my card'. Shoved that in, moronic wife asked what the pin was, he told her it was the same as hers. They paid cash in the end.
 
Old Nov 17th 2011 | 1:27 pm
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TV drama's like 24, where the mobile phone always has reception and the battery works all day, every day, without fail.

Tele shows where someone jumps into a car while on the run and knows exactly how to start and get the car going...without doing anything daft like switching the wipers on while trying to put the lights on kind of stuff.

Now that it's starting to get chilly....how in MA, they have that clicker on the petrol pump removed so you can't click the trigger to stay on and get back in the car to wait it out...unless you stick the petrol cap in, but that's a bit risky

How after spending $70 on a oil change last week, there's a new tyre place that opened up this week across town that is offering opening specials, one of which is a $20 oil change....okay that's for standard oil and synthetic is double, but that's still a lot cheaper...
 
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Why do supermarkets have 19 checkouts, yet even at the busiest of times on the busiest day ever, they only ever have 5 open?
Probably because they are trying to imitate the banks ...
 
Old Nov 18th 2011 | 4:04 am
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Originally Posted by moneypenny20
Daughter is a check out chick. She had a moron come through with her moronic husband. Got half way through and she told daughter she couldn't remember her pin. Daughter asked if she had another card. Got to the end and she got a card out and then said she didn't know the pin. She then had another go. Husband said 'use my card'. Shoved that in, moronic wife asked what the pin was, he told her it was the same as hers. They paid cash in the end.
It's hard to fathom the point of having a debit card if you can't remember the pin. I could see the obvious frustration on the cashiers face, as well as everyone else that was standing in the queue with me.
 
Old Nov 18th 2011 | 4:14 am
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Originally Posted by moneypenny20
Daughter is a check out chick. She had a moron come through with her moronic husband. Got half way through and she told daughter she couldn't remember her pin. Daughter asked if she had another card. Got to the end and she got a card out and then said she didn't know the pin. She then had another go. Husband said 'use my card'. Shoved that in, moronic wife asked what the pin was, he told her it was the same as hers. They paid cash in the end.
Originally Posted by paranoidandroid
It's hard to fathom the point of having a debit card if you can't remember the pin. I could see the obvious frustration on the cashiers face, as well as everyone else that was standing in the queue with me.
Maybe not moronic, just getting older. She may not have realised she didn't remember the pin until she needed to enter it.. I've forgotten my pin before now, and just switched to a credit card. Of course in the UK etc. you need a pin for the credit card too.
 


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