Quick check out lanes

Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:59 pm

I'm in rant mode right now after what just happened. You know those "8 or less items" check out lanes at No Frills? Well those are for if you have 8 items or less. How many times do I go there strictly to buy a bag of chips, or a case of pop, to find myself waiting behind 3-4 people with carts filled with 200 bucks of groceries. Now some people have the courtesy of letting me ahead considering I only have 2 items but today was a bit different.

I had 2 18 packs, and made the mistake of wearing mitts so it was tricky to carry and was slipping. Here I am standing in front of this lady with a cart full, and I spot my aunt with a few items in front of her so I go up to say hi and start talking. Now being ahead I just lay the pop on the conveyor to give my arms a rest while talking with my aunt and uncle, and I figured may as well just quickly go through at same time as them. This lady comes up to me "weren’t you at the end? You arrogant prick!" So I stare at her cart that's filled to the top but I should have pointed to the "8 or less items" sign, and mention I only have 2 items and that I was let through. She starts spazing out, so I just let her go before she turns into incredible hulk or something. But come on, learn to read, and practice math! 8 items is not going to fill a whole cart up to the top. Use the other lanes if you're stocking up for a nuclear war.

Passing in front is one thing, but failing to read signs that clearly say "8 or less items" is another. I see people do this all the time too. I think no frills and any other store who has such lane should actually enforce it. If they see you have more then 8 items, they'd tell you to go to next lane. They could also set it up where you can't fit a cart through. Problem is customers would retaliate, leave their cart right in middle of the place and go to another store. People can be pricks like that. But if every store enforces it, people will be forced to actually use that lane only if they have 8 items. (or whatever the number says).

Anyone else hate these people who abuse that quick check out lane? It's one of those things that just drives me nuts.

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Lashenya · Post by **Lashenya** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:46 pm

Yeah that kinda stuff tends to irk me as well. Its pretty damn annoying. Whenever I go to the store, it's normally just for a couple three or four things. And I always use the speedy checkout (Godsend if there is a self checkout (those are amazing)) and I dont want to have to wait behind a person with 60 freakin items because they are too lazy to walk a few lanes away from the door and not be douchebags.

This is why I do my REAL shopping at 2:00 in the morning

Swing shift FTW

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 2:49 pm

HAha I wish more stuff was open here at this time. They had tried 24/7 walmart but it died down after Christmas. That was a god send right there. Go in walmart at 1:00am even, and it's dead.

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Death · Post by **Death** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:34 pm

They're lucky I don't work there as I would take a max of 8 items. I would let them go through but as soon as I counted 8 items, I'd say: "For the rest you'll need to go to another checkout or go to the back of the line and start again".

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:47 pm

Would of been awesome if the cashier did this right after that lady started spazzing on me. I would of went "FURRRNT!" in her face, ok, maybe not, but I'd be smiling because of the epicness of the situation.

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Dollpartz · Post by **Dollpartz** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:27 pm

I have come to the conclusion that upon entering a supermarket there is a completely new culture where it was customary to leave behind your brain and any iota of common sense you may have at the door, kind of like how the Japanese take off their shoes.

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ggkthx · Post by **ggkthx** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:36 pm

Dollpartz wrote:I have come to the conclusion that upon entering a supermarket there is a completely new culture where it was customary to leave behind your brain and any iota of common sense you may have at the door, kind of like how the Japanese take off their shoes.

hahaha

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:07 pm

LOL nice. That's so true.

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Colors of Wanker · Post by **Colors of Wanker** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:15 pm

What really pisses me off is when I need to get my week of groceries and all the regular lines are full.... So I use an express lane, yea I got 50 items... so what! Then you get these jerks with 2 or 3 items giving me dirty looks.... Despicable!

Ok just kidding! I have actually seen a checker turn back a customer here for to many items. This guy had maybe a third of a cart full, I want to say 20-25 items. You could tell he was miffed but he said nothing and went to a regular lane....

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