Peeve of the Day

Bann

Bann

Doris Day meets Lady Gaga
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mamatutu said:
Going to stores, banks, driving, etc. where I have to deal with people invading my space, being rude, being on cellphones, being oblivious to others are where I learned patience and tolerance, which, also, keeps my blood pressure low! :smile:
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:shrug: I do a lot of cardio, so my blood pressure is always low. In fact, we just had our Wellness program renewals at work and my blood pressure was 100/60 #cardiofitnessbann
 
Bann

Bann

Doris Day meets Lady Gaga
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Monello said:
She has a bunch of these witty names for things. I'm gonna have to make a list of them. To go along with all this vraiblondeisms. Things like dreadmill, assorted & sundry, go Speed Racer(slow driver), starter marriage, etc.
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:yay:

Clingons
 
Merlin99

Merlin99

Visualize whirled peas
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vraiblonde said:
There was this terrible space invader woman at Target yesterday. I was looking over the yogurt selection and she got rightontopofme so she could look at yogurt too. I stood my ground and that did not deter her. But at least she had nice breath.

So a few minutes later I'm over in the coffee aisle, back to back with a woman who's looking at something across the aisle, and this same woman! rolls up on us and without saying excuse me or anything squeezes right in between us and starts looking at coffee too. Seriously, it was a terrible lady sandwich. The other woman and I turned at the same time and said, "Excuse me??" and the space invader backed off. But I was like, WTH?? Who does that?

She was a fluffy little Stepford thing, clearly not raised by wolves, so what's up with that?
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I bet she was a cuddler too.
 
Merlin99

Merlin99

Visualize whirled peas
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FollowTheMoney said:
I will not use those self-checkouts even if I have one item that will total a one dollar bill. If the store is not going to give me an extra discount for doing their job, of say 5-10%, what's the point? So the chain (corporation) can reduce its workforce? I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for the privilege of scanning and bagging my own purchase while at the same time increasing unemployment. They really have trained their customers, well. Suckers.
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Why do I read this and hear Charly Brown's teacher voices?
 
RoseRed

RoseRed

American Beauty
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I only use it for a small amount of items. If I have a full cart, I go to a checker.
 
Hank

Hank

my war
mamatutu said:
Going to stores, banks, driving, etc. where I have to deal with people invading my space, being rude, being on cellphones, being oblivious to others are where I learned patience and tolerance, which, also, keeps my blood pressure low! :smile:
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You're so perfect!
 
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BernieP

Resident PIA
SG_Player1974 said:
Packed house at the Target the other day. Sitting in the "10 items of less" line about 8 people deep. Dude right in front of me begins to unload his CART.... yes... CART of about 25 items onto the belt. Me and the 5 people behind us sigh at the same time! :strangle:

The nice teenage cashier then announces, rather loudly... "I'm sorry sir, this is the 10 items or less line and you will need to go to one of the other lines!" She skillfully waited until ALL of the items were on the belt.

The dude then begins to give her the business! :doh:

She stood her ground though! The guy threw his items into his cart and stormed off to wait 10 people deep at another line.

I heard what I can only describe as a slight chuckle from many of the people behind me. :lmao:
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I'm surprised (she enforced the rule). Most stores post these rules but don't want to confront a customer. Given he already loaded the belt, then wasted more of her time arguing, then reloading, her time would have been better spend just checking him out.
For her, since cashiers are judged on the number of people they can move thru the line per hour. The size of the order matters not, it's the time. D1 use to work there and said it killed them when a person went thru their change purse looking for exact change.
 
mamatutu

mamatutu

mama to two
FollowTheMoney said:
I will not use those self-checkouts even if I have one item that will total a one dollar bill. If the store is not going to give me an extra discount for doing their job, of say 5-10%, what's the point? So the chain (corporation) can reduce its workforce? I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for the privilege of scanning and bagging my own purchase while at the same time increasing unemployment. They really have trained their customers, well. Suckers.
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I only shop at the PF Giant. I rarely use the scanners because I enjoy the interaction with the checkers. I know them all! I don't think there is reduced employment at my Giant because of the scanners. Also, I use coupons. I guess I am one of the annoying people! :lol: I help them bag up my groceries if they are slammed. I, also, let people in front of me if they have just a few items, or are elderly. I am not in that much of a hurry! As I said in a previous post, patience and tolerance is the key. It gets paid forward even if you don't know about it.
 
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BernieP

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RoseRed said:
I only use it for a small amount of items. If I have a full cart, I go to a checker.
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Agree with this as well. If I can't just do a quick grab and go, I'll let the cashier ring me up while I bag. While I'm with Vrai on being run over by the person behind me, I also recognize when my bagging requirements would slow up the line.
I would never take a large cart thru the self check. Hand basket or one of the small carts at Giant is my limit. Typically self check is when I can hold it all in my hands.
 
RoseRed

RoseRed

American Beauty
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BernieP said:
Agree with this as well. If I can't just do a quick grab and go, I'll let the cashier ring me up while I bag. While I'm with Vrai on being run over by the person behind me, I also recognize when my bagging requirements would slow up the line.
I would never take a large cart thru the self check. Hand basket or one of the small carts at Giant is my limit. Typically self check is when I can hold it all in my hands.
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I usually try and bring my own bags. Did you know that in California the stores charge for their bags if you don't bring your own?
 
mamatutu

mamatutu

mama to two
RoseRed said:
I usually try and bring my own bags. Did you know that in California the stores charge for their bags if you don't bring your own?
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I started bringing my own bags along time ago. Montgomery County has that law charging for bags, as well. My daughter takes her own bags everywhere; grocery, home stores, boutiques, mall, etc.
 
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sm8

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PeoplesElbow said:
Once i pulled into an empty checkout line and started unloading my cart, an old man got behind me and started unloading his cart too behind me, out #### was intermingling when I sat my cube of pepsi on his bread he got pissed. WTF you senile old fart.
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This has happened to me several times, I thought I was the only one LOL I seriously wanted to pick up their stuff and start throwing it to the end of the line behind us.
 
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