If you get into a 20 or under Express line at the Grocery store....

[YellowRubberDuckie]

PLEASE for the LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY, have 20 items or less. I sat behind an idiot with 100 items in a busy store today. It was ridiculous. He chose today and that express lane to stock up on his diet 7up and Diet Dr. Pepper. Stupid bastard.
Duckie

[Deja Q]

1. Why didn't the clerk tell the abuser to bugger off to a non-express lane?

Hell, it'd almost be as easy to find a cashier under 30 who knows how to count too... And I doubt they'd be any more considerate if they were paid $30/he, though given how stressful a cshier's job is, $15/hr is hardly "too much pay".

[tjdee]

2. I HATE those people.

:grr:

Ugh...people who flat out have more than 10 items (about 20 completely different items), and just don't care to count because the express line is short.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

3. One of my pet peeves too!

people think they're above the rules, or pretend they can't read.

[Catchawave]

4. Great topic, my pet peeve is....

...I have a loaded to the max cart, and the only line open is express, and s/he waves me over. I refuse! And s/he gets mad at me. Only because I've done that ONCE, and wouldn't ya know, 14 people lined up after me with one or two items.

Omigod, how embarrassed was I !

[AllyCat]

5. Don't forget the people who don't start to write the check

until AFTER the checker has completely scanned and totalled their two carts of groceries.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. Yep...

And why is it when I have to go to walmart and buy pads or condoms or douche or something equally embarrassed, I see everyone I know or everyone looks at me then looks at the item I'm carrying in my hand!? Jesus. I hate that. And it's embarrassing. I can see it in their eyes. "She has that 'not so fresh' feeling."
Duckie

[AllyCat]

14. Solution? Don't go to Wart-Mall

But that is always the case, isn't it? How about a dark pair of shades?

[Sanity Claws]

7. 20 in an Express line??

By me, it's 8 or ten tops. Are there a lot of of big families by you?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

9. I live in Oklahoma...

I think that answers your question.
Duckie

[qnr]

8. Wow, I've honestly never seen a 20 or under line, and I've been

all over the place. Must be a recent thing. I thought the 15's I saw were pushing it.

edit: s/nevere/never/

[YellowRubberDuckie]

10. I live in Oklahoma...

And it was at Walmart. Do not judge me! I'm poor!
Duckie

[qnr]

11. As do I, and as am I :) I live in a dinky town in western OK

Closest Walmart is about 40-50 miles away. and I'm not doing 80-100 miles on a 50cc scooter to shop anywhere, much less Walmart :)

[Sanity Claws]

12. I do not judge thee!

I shopped at Fred Meyer (Kroger - a red corp.) yesterday. Sometimes, those good damn red stores are the only ones near you.

I imagine you don't have much choice in Oklahoma.

Edit -- I meant to say "god damn" not "good damn." Oops!

[SOteric]

13. And Fred Meyer used to just be a sweet little local chain with a soul.

*sigh*

[Sanity Claws]

15. Definitely not anymore

[DieboldMustDie]

20. One supermarket near me has the express marked...

about 15 items or less. I can't quite figure out what that means, but I figure as long as I'm still in the teens it's okay. :shrug:

[qnr]

25. lol that sounds about right n/t

[RebelOne]

29. Nope, the Ingles grocery store in my neighborhood

has a 10 and under line.

[Bertha Venation]

31. Safeway in MD has 20 or less lanes.

It surprised the hell outta me. One more thing added to my culture shock.

[Wheaty]

16. Next Time

The next time loudly ask the offender if his problem is that he can't read or if its that he can't count.

[Nevernose]

17. And THIS is why I support the death penalty

I can let those mass murderers off with a nice, lengthy life sentence. It's fuckers like this, who fuck up my day-to-day standard of living, who need to die, die, die!

ANd don't get me started on the morans in the fast lane of the freeway! If I do, there'll be a bell tower somewhere with my name on it...

[ashmanonar]

18. don't give * any ideas for death penalties!

[JVS]

19. If someone does that you should be allowed to hang them on the spot

Right next to the sign as a warning to others

[ProfessorGAC]

56. Takes Up Too Much Space

All those hanging corpses and stuff. What we need: Just a row of pikes to put the heads on. That would be a very strong deterrent.
The Professor

[Bouncy Ball]

21. When I was a checker, I very nicely but firmly reminded

such customers that mine was a 20 items or less lane and that there were other lanes open. (Smile.)

My customers who did have 20 or less LOVED me.

[skygazer]

22. As a grocery checker, I've seen it all

One day a woman came up to the express lane with about $400 worth of groceries in her cart - she was pissed because there were lines at the other checkstands (they weren't ridiculously long either). She began plopping all her stuff on my belt and told me loudly, "I'm not waiting in that line and you WILL ring me up!"

I probably would have had she not said that - there was another express open and I didn't have a line. But she was so arrogant and obnoxious that I told her pleasantly, "Oh, no I won't!" signed off the register and left. I didn't get in trouble either because the manager saw the whole thing.

[bobweaver]

23. I hate them, and I try to give them dirty looks, and I ask the clerk why

did they allow that. The clerks can't really tell them to get out of the line and get in another line. What they should do is make the rule so that in those lines you can only buy as much as you can fit in a small, hand carried basket. Then the basket has to fit through an opening, like the way they check your carry-on luggage for the size requirement at the airport.

[bobweaver]

24. The cash register should automatically force a stop at the 20th item.

And the checker could politely say, "I'm sorry, this register will only allow 20 items to be sold at one time. You'll have to get back in line, behind those people, if you want to buy the other 20 items."

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. Even a "nine or fewer items" line is too long

There was one store in Portland that had a "three or fewer items" line. That's my idea of a real express line!

[NightTrain]

27. People like that need to be hit with a shovel. Preferably by me.

I say, bring 'em on!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

48. Now, DJ, don't hold yourself. Tell us all how you REALLY feel.

;)

[-..__...]

28. Checkout line annoyances...

people arguing or making a big deal over a few cents overcharge on the receipt (then it turns out they were wrong... as in they misread the sales flyer).

People in front of me who have one or two small items in their hands. I have a basket of a dozen items that I start putting on the conveyor belt. The belt starts moving before the other person gives their items to the cashier. My items are moving towards the front and the idiot ahead of me starts frantically trying to shove my items back. They give me a dirty look because it's creating a problem for them (like... maybe they should have placed their items on the belt to begin with?).

Person realizes that they forget to get something then leaves full unattended cart in check out line while they go and find the forgotten item (I got into a big argument with some woman one time when she left her cart and I moved it out of the way so I could pay for my items).

Supermarkets with a "12 items or fewer" and a "15 items or fewer" check out line (why a 3 item difference?)

[Patiod]

32. Arrrghh!!! Old people who argue over tax vs. no-tax items

Pennsylvania has some odd tax rules, but there have been times I've been tempted to lean over and hand the person (who inevitably has one of the squeeze-it change purses) $.10 just to get the line moving.

I understand the need to be frugal, but it's $.10, not $1.

[flvegan]

33. More...

How about the person that spreads their 9 items ALL OVER the belt so you can't put your stuff down. Holy smokes, gather your things closer so others can use the damn thing, too.

Or those that are buying 30 things...in 3 10 item lots. Sure some folks will shop for others and need receipts, but get thee into a regular line, ya bastard.

Or those that have no idea what "personal space" is. Damn it, man, step off of me and quit breathing down my neck. And don't touch my shit! I plan on eating that later.

Lastly, leaking raw meat packages conveyer belted and scanned leaving goo all over everything. Yeah, thanks. It gets on the belt, scanner, the checker's hands, etc. Now your meaty death is all over my stuff.

Thanks for letting me get that out.

[Patiod]

47. Under Personal Space : people that ram you w/their carts

While you're in line. Or that let their children do it.

Grrrrr.

[NewJeffCT]

41. my list of annoyances

1) Despite a sign that says "Cash Only" some people will still whip out their check book... and then have to do more digging to get their driver's license/ID.

2) Senior couples getting into the 12 & less lane with 25 total items that they divide up into groups of 12 and then 13. (I'm sure it is not only seniors, but I have only seen it with seniors)

3) People who act like they are surprised they have to pay - after everything is rung up & bagged (by the cashier or bagger, of course), they then start getting their wallet out or rummaging through their purse to get the money!

[AllegroRondo]

30. But 50 cases of 7-up and 25 cases of chips

is only "2 items", right??

/sarcasm

[RUDUing2]

35. tbh it is quicker for a good cashier to check out 50 cases of soda and 25

cases of chips, if the soda is all the same type and the chips are all the same type then to check out 19 different items.

You would scan one case of soda and then key x's 50 and key x's 25 and that would be all you had to do...

[AllegroRondo]

36. A GOOD checker would do that,

the ones I used to run into at Wal-Mart had not clue how to do that.

[RUDUing2]

38. I know...I wont let the baggers at the grocery store bag my groceries

cause I can do it faster and keep it properly sorted at the same time..I used to do this for a job..it isn't that hard people..honest..just takes a bit of common sense and efficiency...

[Left Is Write]

49. You mean like not putting onions and garlic in with my

fresh bread and rolls, like a checker did recently.

[liberalhistorian]

34. I almost never use the express

lines anymore because they always seem to take longer than regular lines. I always get behind someone with a million coupons for each and every item, then they can't find their checkbook/money, etc., etc. It's just not worth the hassle.

[barb162]

37. one time I loudly swore at the guy in front of me , intending to

embarass him for being an ignorant bastard. He had a full cart in the 10 items or less line

[48pan]

39. And for Christ's Sake...

Don't use a check!

[barb162]

40. and how about the check-writers. They know they are writing a

check to THAT STORE. They already KNOW THE DATE. Why do they slowly start writing all that stuff out after the transaction????? Why aren't these things written out as they are standfing in line? Then they slowly write the check data in the other part of their checkbook too.

[Midlodemocrat]

42. I'm with you on that one. For the love of God, use a check card.

[WoodrowFan]

46. I have my check ready to go

While I'm waiting I fill out everything but the amount. Then when the cashier is done it takes about 5 seconds to finish the check. I fill in the register at home (I use those duplicate carbon checks so I can do just that)..

[barb162]

52. Yeah! That's how I would be doing it if I wrote checks. Have it

ready to go except for the dollar amount. But have you ever stood behind someone in line that had the check ready to go? I haven't. I want to slap those people around

[Cuban_Liberal]

43. Beat him mercilessly wth a rubber chicken

That should be the punishment for these jerks, and the store should be required to furnish the rubber chickens, right at the checkout stand.

:evilgrin:

[WoodrowFan]

44. on the other side,,

My wife and I had some yoyo with <10 items get pissed at us for having a full cart when we were in the full cart line! There was a short line for the express laneS (plural) and he got behind us even though he could see we had a really full cart. When my wife pulled out her coupons for the checker he about had a cow and made a big show of taking his stuff off the belt and moving to the express lanes.

Hey pinhead, we were in the right line, and I'm not ignoring $20.00 in coupons just because you can't figure out that an express line with 4 people holding a couple of itms each will move faster than a regular line with a couple with an overflowing cart!

[Phentex]

50. If I haven't started unloading I let people like that go ahead....

but I had an old man reaming me once for being in the express line. I was NOT in the express line which happened to be one line over, but he kept yelling at me and yelling at people around me, "Look at her! She's got way more than 15 items!" I kept trying to explain that it wasn't the express line and I even pointed to the real express line. He wouldn't hear it. He yelled for a manager who then also tried to explain it to him. It was almost comical. If my stuff had not already been on the belt, I'd have let him go ahead!

[WoodrowFan]

51. BOL

This guy walked up after the clerk had already started ringing up our items.


I LOVE your story!! BOL!.

[barb162]

55. I had some dumbass woman yelling at my in the express line

that I had too many items and she kept yelling this line is for 15 items or less. And I said quietly I have less than 15 items. That didn't shut her up and she yelled it again. Finally I said to her "Bitch, I have 11 items, want to count them?"

[WoodrowFan]

45. another pet peeve

not just in groceries, but any store.... women who have to carefully organize their change in their purse while everybody in line waits!

[Beaverhausen]

53. and the people who keep talking on their cell phones

and only half pay attention to what is going on.

Hang up the fucking phone for five minutes you asshole!!!

[barb162]

54. and how about people who block the aisles with their carts instead

of pulling their carts over to the side so you don't have to ask them to move their cart as you try to pass.

[hickman1937]

57. I do that all the time

across from the shelf I'm studying. You know what happens EVERY TIME? They stop dead between me and the items I'm looking at. And stay, and stay. My new trick is to go stand right in front of their cart and study minutely everything in front of me, leaving them boxed in for awhile.:evilgrin:

[barb162]

59. but you're not blocking the aisle, right? You have your cart on the

opposite side from where you are looking. I am talking about the morons who have their cart in the center of the aisle and you can't get through on either side of them without moving their damn cart yourself or saying excuse me. Then they say, oh I'm sorry,distracted.
One time I met up with this woman in 3 diffderent aisles and she was blocking each aisle. You would have thought she wouldn't do the exact same thing 3 times in the same store trip and I wonder how many other people had to keep asking her to move her damned cart.

[hickman1937]

61. Yeah, that was me,

Sorry I was having a really bad day. My cat died, my daughter hadn't called (collect) from jail in a week, and my MIL actually rose from the grave to berate me for divorcing her son-12 yrs ago!

[barb162]

62. uh-huh, n/t

[DiverDave]

58. I read a story

awhile ago about someone that SHOT a guy with too many items.
Followed him to the parking lot and killed him.
When they wave me over with more then 10 items, I politely decline.

[Fleshdancer]

60. AND, get your damn cart out of the middle of the @$#*#& aisle!

I get so irritated at people who linger over the five different choices of creamed corn while their damn cart is in the middle of the aisle and I can't get through! Having too many items in the express lane gets to me too. And if you're going to let that person cut in front of you because s/he only has a few items, make sure I'm not waiting in line behind you. A little bit of courtesy goes a long way...probably because it's so rare these days.

Oh, and since I'm on the subject, please don't write a check in the express line, or if you absolutely have to, then atleast have everything but the amount written on the check (including phone number and drivers license number, etc) by the time you reach the cashier. It's called "express" for a reason!

I have grocery store issues. lol

on edit: and the grocery store is NOT a park and it is NOT Chuck E Cheese so keep your kids from running all over the place!