1. the cashier is always the slowest/newest/oldest associate available
2. the line moves slightly slower than molasses
3. if you don't know how to scan your own shit, get the hell into the full service line
[Edited 5/17/09 23:42pm]

and why is it that no matter what lane you decide to join all the others go down much quicker!

iceblue07 said:

PRICE CHECK REGISTER 8

And don't forget the person who can't count to 10, 12, or 15 and gets in line with enough food to feed an apartment building full of people!

chocolate1 said:

I prefer to deal with the self service line.

angel345 said:

I hate the self serve scan lanes.

Most stores are using those now and "real" cashiers.

I think eventually human cashiers will be fully phased out. Less store personnel, cut in costs and salaries.

chocolate1 said:

Me 3.

I like the self-service lane, except I usually bring my own reusable canvas bags and everytime I put it down on the scale I have to "wait for an attendant" because it thinks I am trying to steal food. I wish they would make an option to enter you brought your own bag so the scale/machine would allow for the extra weight without having to wait for the cashier to do it.

chocolate1 said:

That bugs me so badly!

the self service line isn't so bad. I just wish they'd clean the scanning window more. sometimes it's covered with god know's what.
I also wish the staffer assigned to help us self scanners would not drift off somewhere when we need his/her help.
Why do I use the self scanners..? Because on a traditional check out line, the register person usually scans my groceries so fast, I don't have a chance to bag the stuff I've bought in a logical way *(I like to bag stuff according to where it goes in my kitchen)

i like the self service line too, but people need to face reality: either you're a self service kind of person or else you need to fully put your hands around the boobie and shamelessly embrace the velvety teat of customer service.

i've gotten to the point where i've given up on the self service queues, not because i can't use them, but because it takes longer to wait for the dimwits in front of me than it does to just let the (usually trained) cashiers keep things moving.

U need to see the episode of the Simpsons where Apu goes shopping with Marge!

and you know what? maybe this isn't strictly relevent, but i need to throw this in all the same:

PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE A REVOLVING DOOR NEED TO GET BACK ON THEIR BUGGY AND HIGHTAIL IT OUT OF THE CITY AND BACK TO THE FARM.

*OH*MY*GOD*

i have encountered not one, not two, but THREE situations in the past three weeks where someone has had to show someone else how a gotdamn revolving door works. and we're not talking children or "differently abled" or whatever. i'm talking about grown ass people who act like they should know how to enter a motherlovin' BUILDING!!! there's nothing wrong with these people except that they are terminally COUNTRY and need to go back home to their futhermuckin CHURNS and FIDDLES and LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!

are revolving doors really so complicated? is there anyone on here who does not know how to use a revolving door to enter a building? i promise not to judge.

Anxiety said:

on the outside, you're mild mannered, but inside, yer just a bubbling turmoil of volcanic lava ready to explode, aren't you...

BlackAdder7 said:

i don't ask a lot of humanity. know how to use a door if you're going to go out in public. is that asking too much?

Anxiety said:

Yes! They stand there "waiting for their turn" like they're jumping double dutch. JUST GO!

chocolate1 said:

i saw someone EXPLAINING TO SOMEONE ELSE HOW THE REVOLVING DOOR WORKS.

the person being schooled had to be in his mid to late teens.

there are some jodie foster NELL mfs where i live.

BlackAdder7 said:

tmi dude, tmi

Anxiety said:

minneapolis can be a real grab bag of humanity

My fave is the "scan and bag as you go" they have at my grocery store now.
http://www.russellheimlic...-at-giant/

chocolate1 said:

Yeah, wtf? I see this all the time. If they asses are in front of me I purposely push extra hard to get them to move quicker.

luv4u said:

I hope not. The local Supermarket I go to (Vons) , the Cashiers/baggers always make a point to make coversation and say "Thanks, Mr...., have a nice day" , and here in self-absorbed Los Angeles, that's a big plus

ItsOnlyMountains said:

yeah, but then they act like they're getting mangled by the revolving door and start freaking out like they're those phantom zone people in superman, which can be mildly amusing but then when they get out of the revolving door they wanna throw attitude at me, and i have no time for their revolving door baggage.

Anxiety said:

I swear, Anx... this whole line of discussion has had me cracking up all day! I was sitting at my desk before and the kids were working I mean, on my break and I burst out laughing at:

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Anxiety said:

but YA KNOW????

it just boggles my mind how people can build up so much crazy static over something as benign as a damn door! you go up to it, you push on it, and then you go in the building. END OF STORY. why does this have to become a complicated process for some people? it's not yoga! GOOD GRIEF!!!!

Anxiety said:

Okay, okay, I admit...
I went thru a period of "freaking out" after this asshole "blind date" thought it'd be really funny to stop it short and get me stuck between the doors. I was walking and slammed right into the glass. I was so pissed! He better be glad he didn't break my glasses!
He apparently thought practical jokes on a 1st date were cool!
(Then he had the nerve to ask my friend why I wouldn't go out with him again! )

But now... KEEP WALKING!

Anxiety said:

i have a friend that is scared of those doors!!!