Women at the checkout - That really grinds my gears!
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It doesn't take much to get things in the right bags i nthe first place, if you're on the ball that is. I realise some people are old and slow which is fine. It's the able bodied morons who can't stop messign about or move like the living dead.
To be more precise, it's normally women of a certain age (roughly 50+) who do this in my experience. There seems to be an age at which some of them lose the ability to focus on the task in hand and plan for the obvious things they are going to have to do, like pay when they are standing in a checkout queue.
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People in general are pretty slow a lot of the time. Not just women (at least in my personal experience).
Even if I am going to use the bus for example, I tend to try and have the rough amount of change required in a pocket. It makes it easier for me, the driver and everyone else.
I will admit though I use my wallet to get cash out to pay for stuff (of course) but tend to stuff small amounts of change (like 50 pences and the like) in any pocket.
Even if I am going to use the bus for example, I tend to try and have the rough amount of change required in a pocket. It makes it easier for me, the driver and everyone else.
I will admit though I use my wallet to get cash out to pay for stuff (of course) but tend to stuff small amounts of change (like 50 pences and the like) in any pocket.
I'm never that organised with the first part, but on the rare occasion I need more than one bag I do that too.
Another thing that grinds my gears is people sticking 3-4 things in each bag, using 3-4 times more bags than necessary, "just incase they break". Sorry stupid, but I put far more weight in my bags AND carry them all the way home, instead of to the car... And mine don't break...
So rather then wasting just your own time, waste the time of everyone in the queue behind you and the cashiers too ? I'd rather spend time organizing in my own house than in public + wasting other peoples time.
Mine always do
, I can barely have 3 bottles of beer in them cheap rubbish plastic bags without them breaking when cycling somewhere, I wasted 2 bottles of beer once out of 3 this way: Bag broke, fell and broke 2/3rds of the content .
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Agreed. Hate people who take an age to pay for something. And those who insist on paying for even the smallest of items by card.... ARGH!
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So everyone else has to wait while the woman carries the single organised action of the day out.... Yeah, great!
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Doesn't take long to do actually, but a lot of people do seem to make it take longer than is needed.
The OP's story does amuse me, I went shopping a couple of days ago and had an 18month old with me, I was carrying her in one arm, shopping in the other. Got to the checkout, dumped shopping, removed wallet from pocket, removed both club card and debit card from wallet, handed over, put shopping in bag, did PIN etc., took back, replaced cards, replaced wallet, placed receipt in pocket took bag and left.
All whilst I had the 18 month old in one arm so was one handed, the whole thing took me ~5mins to buy my stuff from start to finish, yet others can go in with both hands free, buying less than me and take twice as long. :/
But then I'm male so blatantly more awesome than everyone else.
You aren't overly quick yourself are you? Check a few posts up eh?
Don't you hate those people that use about 5 cards at a cash machine?!?!
I'm like WTF?!?! are you doing, you have no money clear off and let people that have money take some out!?!?!
Ha. Peasants!
I don't care about organizing though, I just hate waiting or making people wait for me... I personally just rush through stuff like paying/shopping, drop whatever I have in a bag asap and when I'm home I throw it all on my couch and don't care about placing it in the correct places, and nope I don't buy stuff myself that need cooling ( except for drinks of course) or freezing.
My point is, how can these ****ers think it's ok to hold up ''insert number here'' people like that ?
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The general public walking about town annoy me. People slow you down and get in your way.
Maybe there is something weird with me, I go focused knowing where Im going and what i'm buying...
Most people just float about it seems clueless.
Women with pushchairs... argh!!
People that are walking about at 2pm on a weekday?! Get a job.. do something with your life!
Maybe there is something weird with me, I go focused knowing where Im going and what i'm buying...
Most people just float about it seems clueless.
Women with pushchairs... argh!!
People that are walking about at 2pm on a weekday?! Get a job.. do something with your life!
yeah this is a pain and I see it quite often. How about the one where you get a middle aged woman and her elderly mother with all their shopping mixed up in the one trolley BUT when they get to the checkout, they decide to sort through the shopping and fully expect two seperate bills. It's usually people who don't work that have no sense of urgency when it comes to wasting the day away. Oh and before anyone suggests those self checkout things. The day I put my own shopping through the till will be the day they give me 10% off. Probably never.
The point is that being organised doesn't actually take any more time in the shop and so doesn't hold anyone up. It isn't hard and just takes a little common sense. Which seems to be badly lacking in this thread!
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Don't you hate those people that use about 5 cards at a cash machine?!?!
I'm like WTF?!?! are you doing, you have no money clear off and let people that have money take some out!?!?!
This does my head in!!!