What to do when someone is ahead of you in the 8 item supermarket line with 22 items?

[Ceiling Cat]

I ran into the grocery store and picked up some milk and a box of NutraSweet. As I approached the 8 item line I see 2 girls ( about 25 - 27 years old ) wearing tight spandex Capri pants, high heels and tube tops. As I approach the check out line I see a middle aged woman telling them that they have more than 8 items, ( the girls had over 20 items ) one girl gives the woman the finger.
I wait a few moments before I step up behind the girls as they are about to be the next customers at the cash register. I say to them : Hello, ladies, I only have two items and I may be a little late for the evening shift at the hospital, do you mind if I go ahead of you? They seem to perk up and gush when they allowed me ahead of them. When they asked me if I am a doctor, I said yes, I but not an ordinary doctor. They asked me what kind of doctor are you. I told them I was a tea drinking doctor, hence the milk and NutraSweet. They laughed and gushed at every stupid thing I said as if it was witty banter. I thanked them again after I paid the cashier and told them that I hoped I would see them again, but not in the emergency room. They laughed and said that they hoped they would see me again. See what a lot of flattery will get you?


Dr. Katz, you are an impostor.

 

[underfoot]

mate please let me know what cave you come from

 

[homerjsimpson]

That was possibly the gayest post I've ever read.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

mate please let me know what cave you come from

I come from a Utopia where good looking women do not treat me like i am a lesser being. I use my diplomatic skills to get ahead in life as well as using it to get ahead in a grocery line, especially when there are women who think they are above the rules.

So what, I used a couple of girls that used people themselves and believed they were better than others because they are good looking.

If you feel that you are lesser than others, if you feel that good looking women can break the rules that you have to live by, feel free to think that way.

 

[Aardvark154]

Dr. Cat, you have either taken to heart that one catches more flies with honey than with vinegar, or you have seen You've got Mail more than enough times.

 

[Mazinga]

I see 2 girls ( about 25 - 27 years old ) wearing tight spandex Capri pants, high heels and tube tops. As I approach the check out line I see a middle aged woman telling them that they have more than 8 items,

ummmm yeah. Maybe its time to get off the mesculin

 

[scouser1]

mate please let me know what cave you come from

hey as the kids say, dont hate, congratulate

 

[Ceiling Cat]

To all the complainers :

Next time if you are treated like you are a second class or a lesser citizen, just stand in line behind them where they will not even acknowledge your existence.

Again!

That is what GIRLYMEN do, it is in their nature.

 

[larry]

Congrats! Good way to handle a difficult situation. I always express it. I don't eat much variety and shop often. When there's someone like that ahead of me, it's usually not a good looker. i live in rexdale. so either they don't know/don't understand/don't care.

and i'm not about to get in a verbal joust with another nutcase.

so i just relax. read a tabloid. think superior thoughts. sometimes i remind myself that there are young men in afgan dying. their parents would give anything to have their sons/daughters standing in an express checkout. it's not so bad.

sometimes i look around for low cut tops. there's lots of those kinds of girls around here. i consider it window shopping.

 

[Aardvark154]

For you Ceiling Cat


"JOE Knock knock.
CASHIER Who's there?
JOE Orange.
CASHIER Orange who?
JOE Orange you going to give us a break and zipping this credit
card through the credit card machine? C'mon. You can do it.
Zip, zip. There you go. Rose. Ah, that is a great name. So,
you're fine.
KATHLEEN Fine...
JOE Happy thanksgiving. Henry, happy thanksgiving."

 

[Greekstar]

I'll bet that Ceiling cat is taller then 5'6" because then they would have stepped on him.

 

[Ceiling Cat]

In these express lines there should be a strict limit on items or the alternatives are to charge a $1 donation extra for each 3 extra items over the limit with proceeds donated to the needy or people with 8 items or less shall get priority. On 2 occasions I have dumped all my items at the counter because there were people in front of me with more than the maximum number of items.

 

[Aardvark154]

What!! I misunderstood you and you didn't pay attention to You've got Mail!

 

[The Bandit]

It's the cashiers job to tell them they're in the wrong line. I've seen it done.

 

[spacyfoil]

mate please let me know what cave you come from

That was possibly the gayest post I've ever read.

Umbilical cord not yet cut. (1 post and couple of months old)

You guys wanna say hello first ? Instead of making nasty remarks.

Welcome to Terb.

 

[Berlin]

As I approach the check out line I see a middle aged woman telling them that they have more than 8 items, ( the girls had over 20 items ) one girl gives the woman the finger.

Was that other woman lining up ?

 

[spacyfoil]

Sorry Ceiling,

Not with ya on this one. Some times my way back fires, but I cannot be nice when I see laws being broken.

Personally I make a scene. Just like the Brown Dude who broke line at MTO the other day.

I simply Tell people. If they Ignore, my voice goes up.

The trick is, there has to be other people in line. I use shame to get people to do the right thing.

If I by pass the ladies or line breakers, not doing a favor to myself or others. Cause they'll do it again, who knows, maybe to me.

Okay, also I don't know how to flirt. Haha.

 

[SkyRider]

Still can't believe some people are still paying with cash in this day and age. It takes them forever to get the money out and then fumble with the change. The paypass credit card takes 5 seconds.

 

[afterhours]

Cat rules.

That being said, the best way to avoid this BS is to shop at crazy hours like 2am, when there is not too many customers in the store. And to eat out as much as possible

 

[Ceiling Cat]

Was that other woman lining up ?

The other woman was ahead was walking up to the check out as the 2 girls approached and she told them that they were over the limit.

On the matter of the cashiere telling people that they are over the limit, more often they say nothing and let customers through with more items. There was even an occasion where I was in a line of angry people telling the cashiere off that one woman had a full grocery cart in line and cashiere did nothing.