VENT ! Rabbiting at the Checkout ?

OrkneyStar

DCFC79 wrote: »

Not just the checkouts but customers do stand in the most awkward places to have a 10 minute chat, why not arrange to chat over a coffee or a meal rather than a supermarket.

Exactly my gripe. And then they give you 'that look' when you say 'excuse me' to see the things you want to look at, which they happen to have parked right in front of.

giantmutantbroccoli

Yesterday I was trapped for what felt like forever in a queue behind an elderly man who was telling the checkout guy all about his health and his extended family. On Tuesday I was delayed by more than half an hour because a man who had a complaint about a shirt wouldn't just take his refund and go, but insisted on going on and on (and ON) about how terrible it was that shirts weren't made to last. Last weekend I couldn't get served at my local for the longest time because the barman and the guy in front of me were too busy talking about football for the guy serving to actually do his job.

Sorry men but you're just as talkative as women. People are annoying all round basically.

As proven by science:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/oct/01/gender.books
When research into which gender talks more is collected and analysed, the results look like this:

Pattern of difference found / Number of studies
Men talk more than women / 34 (60.8%)
Women talk more than men / 2 (3.6%)
Men and women talk the same amount / 16 (28.6%)
No clear pattern / 4 (7.0%)

mad_dr

giantmutantbroccoli wrote: »

On Tuesday I was delayed by more than half an hour because a man who had a complaint about a shirt wouldn't just take his refund and go

To be honest I'm staggered that you'd let someone else waste 30+ minutes of your time! 30 minutes feels like an EXTREMELY long time when you're:
1. In a hurry.
2. Only going to need 2 minutes of the cashier's time.
3. Are waiting behind someone who you feel is taking too long.

On the assumption that you're not exaggerating and the chap DID really take more than 30+ minutes I'm amazed that you didn't either find another cashier (if one was available) or, if not, then go to another store or politely ask the cashier if another assistance was available (dropping the hint to the chap in front that he was seriously over-egging things.

Not great service from the assistant either who ought to have politely asked the chap to give him a moment to serve you before continuing to hear his moaning.

But fair play to you for refusing to give in, sticking with it and spending over half an hour silently, politely waiting - I'm impressed!

giantmutantbroccoli

mad_dr I have no idea what led you to believe that I simply stood behind this guy, silently raising my eyes to heaven. I'm not a saint, I don't have that kind of patience! But I'm not about to blame the person behind the counter just because her coworker was nowhere to be found at the time and she had an awkward customer who wouldn't shut up.
But hey, I'm glad I could impress you! That's made my day!

meercatsunited

yesterday in the queue a woman put her basket down at fast checkout ready to unload and while the customer in front was paying nipped off to get something else, we ignored her basket and handed our stuff over to the cashier when this woman came back she did not look happy that we had taken her place and she had to wait for us to be served. YES :T

pollypenny

Brill, meercatsu!

We once stood, in Homebase, behind a guy with a few items. His blasted wife appeared with about 50 items, all of which were reduced and had to be specially processed with a code.

EycplUK

And not`s let forget those terrible twins .......
The Coupon Counter & I Had It Here Somewhere !
two of them together and you might as well go for your dinner !

andyf3050

themull1 wrote: »

Its worse if the cashier knows the customer.....i had two birthdays in the last queue i was in....

This made me chuckle...!

andyf3050

My biggest gripe... grabbing a few items in Lidl, Aldi, Farmfoods etc... only one or two tills open... no "10 items or less" or "baskets only" till.... having to stand behind 3 or 4 people with trolleys so full you'd swear they were playing 'crispy pancake bucaroo'...

I only need bog roll and milk...!

In fairness though, some kind people see you've only got a couple of items and let you go through... but some just look, see you've got one or two things and then start unloading their trolleys...! I hope your next poo is a startled hedgehog...!

Cnap

andyf3050 wrote: »

My biggest gripe... grabbing a few items in Lidl, Aldi, Farmfoods etc... only one or two tills open... no "10 items or less" or "baskets only" till.... having to stand behind 3 or 4 people with trolleys so full you'd swear they were playing 'crispy pancake bucaroo'...

I only need bog roll and milk...!

In fairness though, some kind people see you've only got a couple of items and let you go through... but some just look, see you've got one or two things and then start unloading their trolleys...! I hope your next poo is a startled hedgehog...!

That's a compromise you must make when shopping at the paupers' supermarkets.