Sometimes you just have to shake your head....

[Wisconsin Ann]

Today I was at the local LARGE DIY store. First really nice day here, so there were a gazillion people out and about. Only 8 or 9 checkout lines were open, so there were probably 4 people in each line. big deal, right?

The lady who was in front of me put all her stuff from her cart on the checkout counter...electrical boxes, wiring, sockets, some other stuff. The man who was finishing checking out was swiping his credit card and waiting for it to authorize. gonna take maybe 30 seconds before the checkout girl starts doing the lady's bunch of stuff.

The checkout line next to us...actually about 10 feet over....opens up and the girl yells out "I can help someone on checkout 9". Couple of people from other lines head over...but this lady in front of me..the one who already has her stuff out and on the counter....grabs a handful of her items and RACES over to the new lane, plops the handful of stuff on the counter, and slowly walks back to my lane to get more stuff. It takes her three trips...carries everything by hand...to finally get it all over to the new lane. during this time she's holding up the new lane, holding up MY lane while she empties the counter, and just generally being an...um...donkey. All because she didn't want to wait in line for the guy ahead of her to finish swiping his card.

By the time she gets checked out, I'm thru my lane (which was her lane) and out the door.

just gotta be first, I guess. gotta hurry up and get ahead. <sigh>

Life's just too short and too beautiful for that kind of thinking. In my happy little opinion, anyway

[Beaners]

I have seen people do the exact same thing. I also don't get when people walk up and down and up and down scoping out which lane is the fastest. If they would just get in a lane they would already be done!

Kayleigh

[Txsteader]

I learned many years ago that when I'm in a hurry, whichever line I'm in will end up being the slowest.....even if another register opened & I was first or second in line. I figured it was God's way of teaching me patience and learned to chill and accept it.

Same with traffic. Whenever someone's in a mad-dash hurry and passes me, I inevitably end up directly behind or beside them at the next traffic light.....which means all that gas they just burned up blowing past me didn't do them a darned bit of good. Silly people

[A'sta at Hofstead]

I have to say that when I am at the grocery store and a cashier opens up when I am in line. She should say "may I help the next person in line?" I hate it when I am behind a big order and waiting forever and then the last person in line hops to. Makes me mad. Of course if I had my goods on the counter it would be different. I did say to a girl at the local grocers that it should be the NEXT person in line, not the last!

[Seeria]

I watched one today that did the opposite sort of... she got to the teller and told her to start ringing up while she called some person on the phone and checked to make sure she had everything he wanted her to buy. Turns out she didn't so she tells him to talk to the teller who looks confused and refused which made the lady say "Well you go get the items he wants..." o.O Teller explains she can't do that, that the lady would need to step out of line or complete the transaction. So the lady swipes her card and tells the teller "I'll be right back with the other items." Okay... there are five people in line behind me, each groans, the teller quietly tells the lady she must sign before walking off or it holds up the register. The lady says it'll take only a moment (she wanted hinges, that's six rows down from us, long walk in Lowes). At this point my patience is gone, I admit, I've NO tolerance for people that show no consideration for other people. So I repeatedly, loudly tell the lady "Sign now sign now sign now sign now so we can all go home, please". Flustered the lady comes back and signs then LEAVES her cart there at the register. lol The teller and I laugh, she moves it out of the way and we all get through quickly, finally.

I'm the type that doesn't mind waiting while people must do things. I am generally in no rush. But that was.... really highly inconsiderate. zzzzippp patience gone. lol

[donsgal]

Originally Posted by Wisconsin Ann

just gotta be first, I guess. gotta hurry up and get ahead. <sigh>

Life's just too short and too beautiful for that kind of thinking. In my happy little opinion, anyway

These are the same people who pass me in NO PASSING zones because they cannot bear to drive the speed limit.

The ones I really laugh at are the ones who risk their lives (and the lives of their children and family), to pass me and then I end up right behind them at the next traffic light.

You gotta wonder what they are thinking.

donsgal