Express checkout rant

[Bass Viking]

We've all had this happen: You go to the express checkout at the supermarket/grocery store and someone ahead of you exceeds the 10 item limit. This time, the woman ahead of me had a huge order. It came to $195! The cashier didn't say anything at all. Neither did any of the customers in the express line (we were all too "Canadian" to say anything )

I complained to the cashier. She said you tell these people it's an express line but it doesn't do any good. I guess it's up to we customers to confront these ninnies.

[casualmadness]

The lowest level of hell is reserved for those who violate the sacred express lane.

[Cambass]

I used to work on checkout at a supermarket and this was also an annoyance of someone on the other side of the desk. I always gave people a 1-2 item allowance but then you'd get the people with full trolleys. Some just don't pay attention or think they can sneak through. I had a woman come through with those double wide baby trolleys, her excuse was that the trolley wouldn't fit in the regular lanes. Perhaps better signage is needed.

[casualmadness]

Originally Posted by Cambass

Perhaps better signage is needed.

Or maybe a bouncer

[gizmobltd]

Originally Posted by casualmadness

The lowest level of hell is reserved for those who violate the sacred express lane.

hahahahaha

[Spector_Ray]

That happened to me at Wally World in the self checkout lane. There was a small placard stating that it was a 10 item or less lane and the lady just moved it aside and started checking herself out. Then I get threatened for mentioning it to her. People can be such tools!

[FL Knifemaker]

I have another gripe, the self checkout lanes, especially at Walmart. You cannot check yourself out if you have booz, spray paint, over the counter meds, nail polish, acetone, ammo, paintballs, etc., etc. etc. It takes 5 times longer to get a manager over to swipe his card and proof you as it does to go through a crowded regular checkout

[hbarcat]

They act like this because they know that nearly everyone will quietly grumble but not say anything. If enough people resolved to confront such boorish behavior that it would become the expected response, then we wouldn't see it happen anymore.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by hbarcat

They act like this because they know that nearly everyone will quietly grumble but not say anything. If enough people resolved to confront such boorish behavior that it would become the expected response, then we wouldn't see it happen anymore.

Yep. People will treat you as you allow yourself to be treated.

[casualmadness]

Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

I have another gripe, the self checkout lanes, especially at Walmart. You cannot check yourself out if you have booz, spray paint, over the counter meds, nail polish, acetone, ammo, paintballs, etc., etc. etc. It takes 5 times longer to get a manager over to swipe his card and proof you as it does to go through a crowded regular checkout

This is because Wal Mart is evil. Evil and unholy in every way possible.

[fenderhutz]

People that write checks in the express lane tick me off too, especially the ones that like to tally their checkbook sitting there.

I didn't realize checks were even still a vaild form of payment in person now-a-days.

[casualmadness]

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

People that write checks in the express lane tick me off too, especially the ones that like to tally their checkbook sitting there.

I didn't realize checks were even still a vaild form of payment in person now-a-days.

I hate people who wait until they are given the total for their purchases before they even begin to search for the check book. If If looks could kill I would have left many of their bodies in my wake by now.

[HollowBassman]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pEzuC5UoM8g

[A9X]

You should ask my sister in law about the time a woman with a hugely stacked trolley got into the express checkout line just ahead of us and I 'helped' her restack her trolley and moved it to another line. My SIL was really embarassed but I got cheered and applauded by some other customers. Xmas can cause some frayed nerves.

[Bass Viking]

Originally Posted by hbarcat

They act like this because they know that nearly everyone will quietly grumble but not say anything. If enough people resolved to confront such boorish behavior that it would become the expected response, then we wouldn't see it happen anymore.

Or at least happen less frequently. In hindsight, I could have asked this twit if I could go ahead of her with my measly loaf of bread. I still think it should be up to the cashier to enforce it though.

The problem with this particular store is that the express cash is the second cash, not the first one (as is the case in just about every other store). Therefore, people don't bother to read the sign and assume it's just a regular line.

[FL Knifemaker]

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

People that write checks in the express lane tick me off too, especially the ones that like to tally their checkbook sitting there.

I didn't realize checks were even still a vaild form of payment in person now-a-days.

I still have every check that came free with my "checking" account. I don't remember the last time I wrote one. Definately a thing of the past. Why people don't use debit cards, I don't know

[Bass Viking]

Originally Posted by A9X

You should ask my sister in law about the time a woman with a hugely stacked trolley got into the express checkout line just ahead of us and I 'helped' her restack her trolley and moved it to another line. My SIL was really embarassed but I got cheered and applauded by some other customers. Xmas can cause some frayed nerves.

LOL! I wish I'd been there to see that.

[A9X]

Originally Posted by Bass Viking

LOL! I wish I'd been there to see that.

Definitely one of my finer shopping moments. Funny thing was I was so pleasant about it all.

SIL is wary of shopping with me these days.

[MakiSupaStar]

If I see an old person with looking for her checkbook in the express lane, I instantly move to another lane, I don't care how long the line is or how much stuff the person in front of me has in their cart, an old person with a checkbook in the express lane is equivalent to watching paint dry.

[fenderhutz]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

If I see an old person with looking for her checkbook in the express lane, I instantly move to another lane, I don't care how long the line is or how much stuff the person in front of me has in their cart, an old person with a checkbook in the express lane is equivalent to watching paint dry.

Or watching username n/a trying to make a move on Barbara

(TalkBass chatters would get this)