Reply #7: A little common courtesy isn't a bad thing. [View All]

[Deja Q]

Hell, I've had express lane cashiers drag me from the opposite aisle, and I whine "but I have more than 12 items!" Or they see me counting and say "it does not matter!"

Still, the store sign reads "12 items or less". Most aisles don't have signs reading "cash or sexual favors only - no credit cards, food stamps, blah blah blah". Not yet anyway...

Both customer and store should have known better; the former for having more than 12 items (and clerks usually grab people only if the number of people ready to check out is LOW, no lines) and if the store has a wobbly about tokens of exchange, that's their problem to define what is acceptable in an 'express lane'.

Hell, I avoid express lanes. Often enough there are 4 or 5 people queued up and the adjacent lane has 1 or 2 people. Save the time from changing cash or the time spent because their bloody credit card reader konked out yet again... observation and strategy.

'course, some times I'm too knackered to care and just pick the line with the cutest cashier and hope they are not wearing any articles of ownership such as a marriage ring or love bracelet... :silly: