| User | Comment |
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they    | | posted 14-May-2008 11:27am |
I have a suggestion! Why not call some random customer service rep? I'm sure you have some banking, billing, purchasing, or complaining to do. You could kill two birds with one stone!
I'm sure the checker won't mind you talking to me when they clearly need your attention for less important matters like showing ID, caring for your wild children, and paying. As your customer service representative, I certainly can say that I find all this confusion lighthearted and fun.
If only all customers were like you.... Your multi-tasking brilliance blows my mind. |
LindaH  | | posted 14-May-2008 11:42am |
Yes, long lines bother me to no end. I line hop, going to the shortest or fastest moving line I can see. If I'm stuck in a slow line, I make noise, kick the bottom of the cart so it clangs, etc. If I'm behind someone who is unreasonably slow, I roll my eyes/look at the ceiling. |
Galomorro  | | posted 14-May-2008 11:49am |
Yeah it does. I have walked out of or decided not to shop at a store upon seeing a long line. I especially hate when I have to go into a regular, non-natural foods market for something because they seem to have the slowest moving lines. I detest their choices of counter magazines (grabbed to look over so as to keep me from walking out) -- the difference between Whole Foods' selection of mags and ordinary markets is a big one -- the latter tends towards mags with mostly celebrities on the cover, like "People" or those tabloids, or Reader's Digest, or one of those ancient women's mags, with the occasional Newsweek or Prevention. Whole Foods has much more interesting and relevant mags but then THEIR lines move much faster too so I don't get as frustrated. I'd like to see one of those huge-screen TVs on a wall just beyond the checkout counters, tuned to a news station with captions to read (instead of adding to the noise in the store). Like when I go to the eye doctor this wall- TV with news is to keep people entertained whilst waiting - ditto for my bank branch. One can wait in lines easier if there is something to look at. In a fantasy-ME world, I'd have colorful psychedelic moving video art on the walls to look at. Maybe some interesting free health-oriented brochures and mags or free samples to look over and take that are at the checkout line area. |
| Galomorro | | (reply to LindaH) posted 14-May-2008 11:55am |
HAH ! I line-hop TOO. I constantly look at the cart contents in various lines to see if one has a bit less than another. I do all these things you mention and more! What gets me is that I think "a-ha -- here's a fairly short line," then it turns out it's a very slow elderly person with a lot of change -- mainly pennies -- and oodles of coupons. Or they have to return something or have a price dispute. At Whole Foods if you have a price dispute or need to return something after you've already bought it, you go to their info booth and it's promptly taken care of -- instead of holding up the line. Whole Foods sometimes has coupons you can redeem but there aren't as many, and they do things quicker there (and also at Trader Joe's), than at the regular markets. Safeway's pretty good though-I have no complaints about Safeway at all when it comes to checkout lines. |
Melf  | | posted 14-May-2008 11:57am |
Waiting in lines really doesn't bother me. |
| kirst | | posted 14-May-2008 12:31pm |
Do what people in Hong Kong do: talk on your mobile and/or SMS. |
JessicaWoman99  | | posted 14-May-2008 12:40pm |
Television at all the checkouts stand there and watch television |
| JessicaWoman99 |
Maybe they should have a tanning booth at all the checkouts complete with televisions |
| icurok | | posted 14-May-2008 12:46pm |
Most supermarkets are now open 24 hours a day. I can't remember that last time I went shopping and was stuck in a queue behind more than two people.
If it really bothers people, why not install overhead TVs showing scenes from a selection of DVDs available at the checkout? |
bill  | | posted 14-May-2008 1:12pm |
I suggest observing everything around you. |
| LindaH |
I'd go for minstrels on unicycles with ukeleles, rolling around the front of the store. They could have jars on their hats, and you try to throw change in the jar while they are moving, if they are any good. |
| Enheduanna | | posted 14-May-2008 2:47pm |
A little, but I have no suggestions. Just try to be more patient. |
| ausfox | | posted 14-May-2008 4:34pm |
Yes, and I suggest reading their magazines while you wait |
| Crayons | | posted 14-May-2008 7:25pm |
Well, having the gossip magazines up there helps a bit. |
| JessicaWoman99 | | (reply to LindaH) posted 14-May-2008 8:54pm |
> I'd go for minstrels on unicycles with ukeleles, rolling around the
> front of the store. They could have jars on their hats, and you try
> to throw change in the jar while they are moving, if they are any
> good.
Or yes a little of both worlds at the checkouts complete with sofas and chairs and oh yes some computers to
occupy the minds |
| LindaH |
 Hi, I'm logged in from the end of the line at checkstand 5. |
| cloudhugger | | posted 15-May-2008 8:08am |
Waiting in line at the grocery store checkout does not bother me. Unless I am not feeling well and I have to set my head on the cart (eww) I am perfectly fine with spending a little down time where I do not have to do anything.
My suggestions for entertaining impatient line waiters? They couldn't afford me. |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to they) posted 15-May-2008 8:10am |
 *snort and a muffled guffaw* |
| they |
Can you tell I needed to get something off my chest? |
| Cleo | | posted 15-May-2008 10:58am |
Yes, it does but, I have no suggestions at this time. I'll get back to you later.  |
| JessicaWoman99 | | (reply to LindaH) posted 15-May-2008 11:11am |
> Hi, I'm logged in from the end of the line at checkstand 5.
hee hee I am here at Customer Service with my binoculars and my bifocals yet i cannot see you???? Linda
oh Linda come to Customer Service right now |
| Cleo | | (reply to they) posted 15-May-2008 11:14am |
Totally of this subject sweety .......... but, I can't for the life of me figure out what your picture is. Is it abstract art?
BTW how have you been woman? Are you still working from home? I wish I could do something like that. I'm tired of my job already!! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. Here in Cali we are going through 90 plus degree heat wave. *fans herself*
Geeeze! Where is everybody? You know............
Sue Bee
Dino
Miaow
Lilly333
Randy
Wolfchik9 (Stephanie)
Lovelight
Joe (Nthensome)
Caviartaste
ABS/ABST
Skylark
Dora
Jemmy
Cuteasabutton
Maria
& some others? |
| Cleo | | (reply to Crayons) posted 15-May-2008 11:17am |
> Well, having the gossip magazines up there helps
> a bit.
I do that ............. I catch up on alot of smut while standing in line.
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| Iseult | | posted 15-May-2008 12:57pm |
Unless I'm in a hurry, sick, or in a really bad mood, waiting in grocery lines doesn't bother me. I pass my time by eating the food and reading up on celebrities - Britney, you so crazy. Note that this is the only time I actually go out of my way to find out about celebrities. Any other time, I'm trying hard to ignore any news about them because I don't care. |
| cerealkiller | | posted 15-May-2008 1:39pm |
free lollipops |
| aquawolfy | | posted 15-May-2008 4:20pm |
You get some music playing and have some TV's showing funny shows or commercials. It's either that or the dancing clowns......... and trust me.... I don't like the clowns....
 |
| aquawolfy | | (reply to LindaH) posted 15-May-2008 4:23pm |
LOL I second that! |
| Enigma | | posted 15-May-2008 5:53pm |
Juggling the canned goods, reading the magazines out loud and passing comedic commentary, taking groceries out of one persons cart and putting into anothers, commenting on what the persons buying , making running commentary on the check out girls aptitude (or lack thereof). |
| LindaH | | (reply to Enigma) posted 15-May-2008 6:31pm |
If you are really feeling bold, you could always scream "FIRE!" |
| Biggles | | posted 15-May-2008 7:24pm |
I don't really do grocery shopping at the moment - one of the benefits of moving back in with my parents. When I was doing all my own food shopping, I rarely encountered long queues. |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to they) posted 16-May-2008 7:36am |
Yes indeed I did |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to aquawolfy) posted 16-May-2008 7:42am |
nice one  |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to Enigma) posted 16-May-2008 7:45am |
I want to stand in long lines with you  |
| aquawolfy |
Thanx. I hate clowns...........
*shivers* |
| llamamama | | posted 17-May-2008 1:12am |
I suggest you keep asking the people around you what's in their carts.."What's that? What's that? What's that?"
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| Van | | posted 19-May-2008 7:11pm |
My mom does most of the grocery shopping, but sometimes I go with her. Long lines suck. |
| ihatespiders | | posted 19-May-2008 7:26pm |
I just read the tabloids while Im waiting. |
| docgbrown | | posted 20-May-2008 12:30am |
I start up conversations |
| RGirl | | posted 23-May-2008 9:31am |
Doesn't bother me unless I see the cashier is going really slow. I look at the rags like National Enquirer for entertainment or I watch the other people. |
| they | | (reply to Cleo) posted 23-May-2008 9:35am |
Hi :D
Sorry I'm slow to respond.... I lose replies and forget about them pretty often.
First.... It's a Blind Melon. I found the picture on http://www.worth1000.com. It's my favorite band.
I'm doing pretty great. Yeah, I'm still working at home. My userpage links to my myspace if you want to check out my family pictures. The only one I can really answer for is my sister and her husband. They are doing well. Planning to start a family soon. We lost a really close family friend to suicide in 2006. ASB's been having a really hard time with it. He was the man she dated from the time she was like aged 12-22. They were still best friends.
So... since then, we've all been trying to pick up and move on... and accept death. It's a pretty new concept to us as a family. We were pretty lucky until Eric. |
| Zang |
I've never had to wait in what I would consider "a long line" at a grocery store. I usually glance at the tabloids, wonder who the people are... I have no idea... daydream...
The longest I've had to wait in line at a grocery store, in recent memory, is maybe three minutes. Not a big deal. |
| moviesnob | | posted 18-Jun-2008 3:32pm |
I like that there's a Simon Delivers ad above this survey. |
