Number ten is my numero uno bitch about women - not nearly as much as men. Men will stand in the cashier's line with their stuff neatly aligned on the belt in the order they want them packed, and will either have cash in their hand or their wallet, ready to pay as soon as the cashier rings him (me) up.
Women, especially some of the more - shall we say obese - older women will watch the cashier fastidiously while they scan every item, pay very, VERY close attention to how the bagger puts her shit in the bags, and then, only after the cashier has done her magic, she will start digging through her over-sized bag. Not a purse - more like a fuckin' satchel - and start to systematically start producing 15 coupons, some rolled in to balls, some torn, some folded - ones that she will not unfold for the cashier, and then proceed to watch the cashier suffer through scanning every coupon, only to find out that five of them have expired, and all the others are for shit she didn't even buy. Then, and only then, will she start to take her food stamps, debit card and her little pain-in-the-ass change thing with the top-slot out and start counting out her change.
And I will always - ALWAYS - be right behind her in line. Never fails...
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#10. Oh YES!
ReplyDeleteSorry, avocados require a bit of attention to make sure they are worth purchasing. Massively overripe aren't worth a dime. I agree with all the rest.
ReplyDeleteSame with most produce. Why pay for spoiled or unripened goods at todays prices.
DeleteWell, I plead guilty to watching the cashier scan every single item and, in some stores, demanding that they total the items before scanning the next one. There's a reason for this. If you put everything on the counter at once, at many stores you WILL ALWAYS pay more than if you watch them scan every item. Even if you think the convenience is worth being cheated, encouraging people to cheat is a sin.
ReplyDeleteThe others are valid reminders, though I do suspect that the person who leaves the ice cream next to, for choice, the greeting cards, is probably a woman who's been addressed as "Honey." "Honey" literally means body secretions so even between sweethearts it's probably a word best left in the bedroom. Women who accept being called THAT by strangers are messes. Leave messiness behind them, too.
Remember when people used to travel the aisles like the roads - in the right direction? Now they look like roads in India. And don't get me started on these asshole personal shoppers that forget who the customers are and block aisles or run you down with their "carts". These small decays in society actually matter.
ReplyDeleteI'm old, I remember the lady waiting then digging out the checkbook, looking for a pen and asking the date.
ReplyDelete#12: Damn skippy. If my elderly crippled ass can take the cart back to the corral, you can too.
ReplyDeleteEven worse is the people using the electric carts leaving it in the middle of a handicapped spot.
These are the reasons I get most of my groceries from Amazon. I hate grocery shopping.
ReplyDeleteAnd don't park your cart on the left side of the aisle while you choose your products from the right side of the aisle.
ReplyDeleteAnd leave the damn dog at home!
Don't forget the checkbook. Just the other day, I got behind some woman with a checkbook. The other thing I hate is when my money card doesn't work for them. Sorry, I mean their EBT card. They just sit there swiping it, going, "I KNOW, I HAVE MONEY ON THIS!"
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