Ok, why is it that I always get caught behind someone in the line-up at the grocery store who has had a few minutes waiting to be served, but only when she is given her total by the cashier that she starts rifling through her purse for her wallet???
Please, people. Can you please be more considerate and get your money out and ready for goodness sake. It is not like it’s a surprise when they ask for payment for the damn groceries, or perhaps you are visiting from another planet and food is free there? Egad.—Hater of the Inconsiderate
This article appears in Apr 22-28, 2010.
it happens to everyone, join the club.
how long did that take…30 seconds, if your time is that precious don’t shop. It’s not the soup nazi for christs sakes.
holy shit I don’t know about you 2 but; i totally agree with the op; can’t you at least bring it to the top of your mini duffle bag for fucks sakes
Being a grocery store cashier, I feel your pain. I HATE customers who stand there and do absolutely nothing while their groceries are being scanned. Most of them just stare at the screen looking like an idiot. Don’t worry, if I make any mistakes, you can check your receipt when you get HOME, not now.
And that’s my mini-bitch.
Sure Echo, honest mistakes happen ; but why should I waste more time driving back to the store to correct the cashier’s or the store’s pricing system mistakes.
Thats like getting back to the office with your tims coffee only to find that they fucked it up ( thats another bitch and I don’t shop there anymore )
As for the main bitch, If I am in line behind you and can be have paid for and bagged my similar quantity of purchases while you’re still rooting around in your purse, move and let me go about my day.
This happens when I am next in line alot too OP… what really gets me is when some people pay for their groceries using change only.
gives you a chance to smell the flowers! (if you’re in the 10 items or less line by the flower part) :o)
i like perusing the mags/rags that i will never buy
What about clerks who ring through items, & when they’re done that, then they bag them ?!?! Why are you turning it into 2 tasks ?
Ring the damn thing in & drop it in the fucking bag !!!SIMPLE.
My other favorite grocery store bitch …the huge number of adults in our society who are unable to read ! I mean they mustn’t be able to read, the sign says, EXPRESS “10 ITEMS OR LESS “
Not 15, or 20, FUCKING 10. Not only can they not read…they can’t bloody well count either!
How damn sad is that ?
more, maybe they can read, but can’t count, or vice versa. it really is a pain though.
A thousand years ago when I drove a bus in England, you have to pay different fares there based on the distance you travel, the old goats and women would do the same. Stand and wait for the bus like good little sheep, then when the bus arrived, start the digging out process. See, I remebered this so I am scarred for life by inconsiderate pisstains – do I qualify for a grant?
Eh. What I find more annoying are the bitches who have to pack up their shit after they’ve been rung in and paid before moving so you can get through. I usually grab my stuff, move to the side (or move down a bit) and put my things together.
And yeah, I’m guilty of not having my shit ready to pay on occassion. Usually when I’ve had a long day and am tired as fuck, or especially lately since I’ve been having a rash of migraines. If you’ve ever had a migraine, yet still have to go out and do shit, you know you’re not exactly on your game. And if you’re like me and get the type of migraines where you get cranky the day before/during, you really don’t give two shits about who’s behind you. I’m pretty sure I’m going to get a migraine tomorrow because I’ve got that aura/cranky/dizzy/sickly feeling today and GOD HELP whomever gets behind me at the store after I leave work today if they give me any attitude about getting the fuck out of the way. I pretty much couldn’t organize a two car parade today, my friends, and I don’t give a shit either.
Jesus Pretty Kitty…that sucks.
GO home dim the light & hug your cat !
I used to get migrains when i was younger, I’ve got a really nice dent in the back right side of my braincase… I flew off my dirtbike hit a tree lost my helmit & dropped over an embankment head first onto a boulder, knocked me out cold, split my head open to the bone & cracked my skull, so they dragged me to a car drove me to a hospital where I was diagnosed with skull fracture, concussion, they fixed me up & as for migraines…I’ve never had another. (but the cure in my case is also a good way to kill yourself as well…I just got lucky) & I’ve got a ridge on my right side that I can still feel with my finger tips as a reminder of how ,shit happens!
I always try to get my wallet out before I get to cash but every once in a while I forget.
Muther fucking jeezus christ! Everytime I get to the checkout its a goddamn race to get through. I like to watch the items get checked through because they constantly make mistakes on the bill, but i have to pack my food at the same time and its a big fucking rush to get through. I hate it hate it hate it! what the hell do we live in Toronto now? everyone slow the fuck down and take a chill.
i help people pack their grocs, what the hell were just buying food, or sanitary products and pushing me with your shopping cart will get you nowhere fast
I also like to have a look as the groceries are being scanned. Last week shopping I had apples rung in as grapefruit? One item scanned twice because she set it aside to bag separately but scanned it again at the end and one item on sale that didn’t ring up as a discount (to be fair to the cashier on that one, the sale was over the day before but they didn’t take their signs down so I got it for the sale price)
I’m not going home, checking myreceipt then going BACK to the store to correct mistakes.
It may only be a couple bucks but it’s a long walk to the store.
Another point is that I have a small card holder with my debit and Visa in it and a different one for cash. If I have $40 cash and it’s less than $40 I’ll grab my wallet and if it’s over $40 I’ll grab my card holder…either way I need to see the total to decide how I’m paying