Why are women so bad at queuing?

DoaM

In places like Aldi/Lidl, sometimes they'll allow this, sometimes they won't.

But like you, I also plan ahead and place the large, heavy items first on the conveyor so they can load first into the bags (or trolley). Unfortunately this common sense approach isn't very common.

LilElvis

DoaM wrote: »

In places like Aldi/Lidl, sometimes they'll allow this, sometimes they won't.

But like you, I also plan ahead and place the large, heavy items first on the conveyor so they can load first into the bags (or trolley). Unfortunately this common sense approach isn't very common.

Don't forget the infuriating people who put their stuff on the conveyor ..... then wander off and pick up half a dozen more items, leaving the cashier (and everyone else in the queue) twiddling their thumbs until they deign to return.

vikingaero

I posted this a while back on MSE:

This gets me every time. Women seem to have an inalienable understanding of the fact that when you go into a shop or supermarket you have to pay for things.

Example: I go into a supermarket, pick stuff up, go to the check out, load the conveyor, get resusable bags ready, get out loyalty card and debit card or cash.

Example of a woman: They load the conveyor, stand in front of the staff waiting for a magical elf to pack, realise they have to pack themselves, chat with the assistant, fall behind with packing, chat with the assistant, finally pack, then when the assistant says: "That's £110.54p please" they look at the assistant with a blank expression. Five seconds later, the penny drops and they open their handbag, rummage, chat to the assistant, rummage, find their purse, unzip the purse, chat to the assistant, then unclip their purse and open it, then they find their other receipts are untidy so they have a tidy up and reslot of errant cards, chat to the assistant, find their Clubcard and give it to the assistant who scans and returns it, then they remember they have some money off coupons - all 50 of them that have to be scanned and some are rejected, query the rejected ones, chat, proffer the card to the assistant who tells them to put it into the terminal, look at the assistant funny that they have to do it themselves, turn away to adjust the bags in the trolley rather than concentrating on inputting the PIN, input the PIN, get receipt, put receipt into purse neatly after folding it exactly 3 times, place card back in slot, clip purse together, zip purse up, place purse in handbag and adjust a few things, mobile phone rings and they answer it, sort handbag out so it faces "the other way" so that no-one can pickpocket her, still on the phone she slowly moves away and stops preventing me from pushing my trolley through.

Meanwhile in reality land both I and the checkout assistant have lost the will to live.

donnac2558

vikingaero wrote: »

I posted this a while back on MSE:

This gets me every time. Women seem to have an inalienable understanding of the fact that when you go into a shop or supermarket you have to pay for things.

Example: I go into a supermarket, pick stuff up, go to the check out, load the conveyor, get resusable bags ready, get out loyalty card and debit card or cash.

Example of a woman: They load the conveyor, stand in front of the staff waiting for a magical elf to pack, realise they have to pack themselves, chat with the assistant, fall behind with packing, chat with the assistant, finally pack, then when the assistant says: "That's £110.54p please" they look at the assistant with a blank expression. Five seconds later, the penny drops and they open their handbag, rummage, chat to the assistant, rummage, find their purse, unzip the purse, chat to the assistant, then unclip their purse and open it, then they find their other receipts are untidy so they have a tidy up and reslot of errant cards, chat to the assistant, find their Clubcard and give it to the assistant who scans and returns it, then they remember they have some money off coupons - all 50 of them that have to be scanned and some are rejected, query the rejected ones, chat, proffer the card to the assistant who tells them to put it into the terminal, look at the assistant funny that they have to do it themselves, turn away to adjust the bags in the trolley rather than concentrating on inputting the PIN, input the PIN, get receipt, put receipt into purse neatly after folding it exactly 3 times, place card back in slot, clip purse together, zip purse up, place purse in handbag and adjust a few things, mobile phone rings and they answer it, sort handbag out so it faces "the other way" so that no-one can pickpocket her, still on the phone she slowly moves away and stops preventing me from pushing my trolley through.

Meanwhile in reality land both I and the checkout assistant have lost the will to live.

Not me, I dislike anyone packing my shopping. Don't answer the phone, mumble P*ss Off and continuing doing what I am doing:D



A friend refuses to use the self checkout and will walk out leaving her shopping in the trolley if not staffed checkouts. She says the self checkout is doing real people out of a job.

Les79

Nathaniel_Essex wrote: »

Seriously, such a frustrating thing. Whether it be at the self-checkout or your standard till, women are so infuriating to be behind.

Personally, I don't' mind being behind women in a queue. But that's the primeval Les talking right there! Or the guy about to be castrated on here!.

There is a combination of many things but the worst is when it comes time to pay and not only don't they have their purse ready (which is always the case and buried at the bottom of their handbag) and after spending a good 10 minutes getting it out,

Never really noticed this to be fair, aside from maybe mothers and old people and even then it doesn't phase me. But then again I am "queue intelligent" and can generally figure out the best queue to queue in.

they think that finding the change, so they can get back a rounded figure, makes things quicker. NEWS FLASH! It bloody doesn't!

I've only ever noticed the old dears do this. The ones who probably still think that a penny can buy a freddo bar and a magazine.


And I have no qualms with this. Not one iota.

Then you have those at cash machines that take a bloody age. First they have to check their balance, then think about how much cash they need, take it out, look at the receipt, place their bag on the cash machine, dig for their purse, find the purse, put the card in, put the purse back in the bag, close the bag, take a quick look behind the shoulder before saying "sorry" and running off.

Never noticed that to be fair.


But I do actually have a pet peeve.... I call them "Cardians"; a mix between the words "guardian" and "card". It is effectively anyone who puts more than 1 card into the machine during any one trip to the machine. They seem to be "guarding" the machine from anyone else, and preventing use.

This is long enough as it is but then you have those who check their balance and when it ask if they want another service, they press NO when they really wanted YES then put their card back in the machine all while pressing the buttons like a legally blind person with one giant finger.

We all make mistakes from time to time.

You also have the drivers who suddenly break when they suspect the light is turning yellow.

Well, the Amber light actually means "Stop - if safe to do so".


Or, as per the highway code:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/light-signals-controlling-traffic wrote:

"AMBER means ‘Stop’ at the stop line. You may go on only if the AMBER appears after you have crossed the stop line or are so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident"

Passed an accident earlier today when someone suddenly stopped at a yellow light and got rear-ended.

The driver who stopped on the Amber light should put in an insurance claim against the person who rear-ended them.


Also, the person who rear-ended them should be made to re-sit their driving test, as they did not anticipate the possibility that the light was about to change and because they didn't leave a safe distance to, AT THE VERY LEAST, make an emergency stop safely.


THAT BEING SAID, I have to acknowledge the "so close to it that to pull up might cause an accident" line in the highway code; that's very contentious in one respect, as the driver DID end up having an accident. But then again, if they are approaching lights then they are more likely to be focused on what is AHEAD of them (ie the light). I suppose that could go either way like, but it still doesn't let the rear-end driver off the hook as you need to anticipate things like that and leave enough time/distance in order to brake (sadly, many people fail GCSE physics which is odd considering the whole driving/braking concept is based on "D=ST").

z1a

Hope Op's behind me in about 3 weeks at Morrisons. I will have about 40 £5 vouchers to use & it's painfully slow scanning them all, then a few won't scan 1st time.

isplumm

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.

Hey that almost the same as me - get to a set of traffic lights & will take a long detour just to avoid queuing!! Madness as nearly always proves slower!!

:rotfl:

Mark