Why are women so bad at queuing?

timmy963

donnac2558 wrote: »

What about pensioners? You get in a queue behind them they like to have a chat with the person at the payment point. But then they are older and realize death will come for us all and there is no point in rushing towards it. :T

I've had pensioners tell me their life story for 10 minutes AFTER I've finished serving them whist everyone else in the queue tries to make pensioner's head explode with their stares.

Carrot007

Sea_Shell wrote: »

Although I have to say, why do women (yes women) take so long to pull away after paying for fuel. Seriously get on with it!!

I would say, "No, I am a man and I am taking a picture of the milage for my statstics spreadsheet", (stats are fun!), "and I will take as long as I like, why did you switch your engine on before I got in the car. Have some patience. There are free pumps anyway, it reaches round to both sides you know, you do not have to wait for a space of 'the right side', (certain vehicle exemptions may exist).

tempus_fugit

whitegoods_engineer wrote: »

I have to say, I am amazed by the number of times I'm at a supermarket checkout and the person in front seems to be astonished that payment is required at the end.

They've stood in a queue waiting their turn but only when they've packed away all of their shopping into bags do they suddenly realise they need to find their means of payment.

They then fumble about, finding a purse (or wallet) fiddling about with cards, then looking to see if they have vouchers. The checkout operator will usually ask for their loyalty card which will then cause another round of fumbling and presenting of various cards, usually including kidney donor ones, before the appropriate one is presented.

It's usually then that the payment card is declined so a series of different cards are then offered but of course, they don't know the PIN. They then try various numbers in the hope that one of them works.

So what are they supposed to do, take the card out first and leave it on the counter while they pack their bags? I'm certainly not going to do that. Unfortunately, the way the checkouts are designed you have to pack your bags while the shopping is shooting through at you and then get your payment out afterwards. If on the ither hand you take out your payment method first and wait to pay it you then have to pack all your bags afterwards, causing even more of a delay and the wrath of the customers behind. It has to be one way or the other, so people need to be more patient and let people have time to do stuff, especially if they are on their own and don't have someone to help.

giraffe69

I think this thread is awful. Any other forum website would have it locked. Truly awful.

Would they have locked it because you think it is awful? Perhaps a touch of overreaction here?

BucksLady

Maybe the women you have found ''so bad at queuing'' are the ones in relationships with guys who leave it all ''to them'' and so haven't too much time to waste .

Pennywise

It's one of the reasons I use the self service machines. No chance of being stuck behind "that" customer who not only takes ages to pay but also engages in long pointless conversation oblivious to the queue behind them.

DoaM

tempus_fugit wrote: »

Unfortunately, the way the checkouts are designed you have to pack your bags while the shopping is shooting through at you and then get your payment out afterwards

No you don't ... not if you shop in stores like Aldi and Lidl. Their checkouts are designed so so reload your shopping into the basket trolley you originally unloaded, pay for the shopping and then move away from the checkout to load the shopping into your bags.

Pennywise

Silvertabby wrote: »

Mr S has a 'thing' about queueing, but his pet hate is having to wait at railway level crossings. He's so bad, he'll say 'I'm not wasting time hanging about here' and peel off to do a 2 mile detour. But at least he hasn't wasted time waiting for the barriers to go up.

We have a couple of level crossings near us, and yes, it is actually quicker to do a 2 mile detour if the crossing is lowering as you approach it. Some crossings have ridiculously long queue times.

Brookside88

are you one of those people who stands intolerably close to the person in front in a queue tutting in their ear?

I bet you are

LilElvis

DoaM wrote: »

No you don't ... not if you shop in stores like Aldi and Lidl. Their checkouts are designed so so reload your shopping into the basket trolley you originally unloaded, pay for the shopping and then move away from the checkout to load the shopping into your bags.

I'm a very experienced and efficient shopper. I can put my shopping into my bags at the same rate they're being scanned at Aldi and Lidl. It's down to placing the shopping in the right order on the conveyor belt. Purse is at the top of my bag and cc is at the front - no slower than a (superior) male retrieving his wallet from his pocket