OT – A Question About Checkout Line Etiquette

[svelte]

Nothing wrong with the situation at all.

Son was in line before you arrived. YOU made the assumption that father & son would ring out together.

Now, if the son wasn’t back in line by the time the clerk was ready to check him out, I would insist that the clerk skip him and ring up my order.

[CBad]

I wouldn’t have considered it a big deal at all. If he held up the line and everyone was waiting that would have been a different story. If the same scenario happened and he got in line behind me, I’d tell him to go first.

He’s a kid remember and if he did something blatantly rude his parent should have stepped in and said something. I wouldn’t necessarily expect a kid to pick up on this type of etiquette. In his mind, he’s probably not thinking any further than staying with his dad.

[CBad]

I wouldn’t have considered it a big deal at all. If he held up the line and everyone was waiting that would have been a different story. If the same scenario happened and he got in line behind me, I’d tell him to go first.

He’s a kid remember and if he did something blatantly rude his parent should have stepped in and said something. I wouldn’t necessarily expect a kid to pick up on this type of etiquette. In his mind, he’s probably not thinking any further than staying with his dad.

[CBad]

I wouldn’t have considered it a big deal at all. If he held up the line and everyone was waiting that would have been a different story. If the same scenario happened and he got in line behind me, I’d tell him to go first.

He’s a kid remember and if he did something blatantly rude his parent should have stepped in and said something. I wouldn’t necessarily expect a kid to pick up on this type of etiquette. In his mind, he’s probably not thinking any further than staying with his dad.

[CBad]

I wouldn’t have considered it a big deal at all. If he held up the line and everyone was waiting that would have been a different story. If the same scenario happened and he got in line behind me, I’d tell him to go first.

He’s a kid remember and if he did something blatantly rude his parent should have stepped in and said something. I wouldn’t necessarily expect a kid to pick up on this type of etiquette. In his mind, he’s probably not thinking any further than staying with his dad.

[CBad]

I wouldn’t have considered it a big deal at all. If he held up the line and everyone was waiting that would have been a different story. If the same scenario happened and he got in line behind me, I’d tell him to go first.

He’s a kid remember and if he did something blatantly rude his parent should have stepped in and said something. I wouldn’t necessarily expect a kid to pick up on this type of etiquette. In his mind, he’s probably not thinking any further than staying with his dad.

[recordsclerk]

Perfectly OK.

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Perfectly OK.

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Perfectly OK.

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Perfectly OK.

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Perfectly OK.

[poorgradstudent]

I’ll go with: 2) The teenager didn’t cheat, exactly, but he “shaded the letter of the law” (or custom, in this case)

I imagine no one would have noticed or cared if it was part of the father’s transaction. Or, if the teenager had been on their own, unloaded their own full basket, realized they forgot milk or eggs, ran to get some while the cashier began ringing (although many grocery stores are happy to send someone to grab it for you).

The dad should have just thrown them on his transaction and either covered it or had the teenager give him cash. But I wouldn’t have been bothered by it.

[poorgradstudent]

I’ll go with: 2) The teenager didn’t cheat, exactly, but he “shaded the letter of the law” (or custom, in this case)

I imagine no one would have noticed or cared if it was part of the father’s transaction. Or, if the teenager had been on their own, unloaded their own full basket, realized they forgot milk or eggs, ran to get some while the cashier began ringing (although many grocery stores are happy to send someone to grab it for you).

The dad should have just thrown them on his transaction and either covered it or had the teenager give him cash. But I wouldn’t have been bothered by it.

[poorgradstudent]

I’ll go with: 2) The teenager didn’t cheat, exactly, but he “shaded the letter of the law” (or custom, in this case)

I imagine no one would have noticed or cared if it was part of the father’s transaction. Or, if the teenager had been on their own, unloaded their own full basket, realized they forgot milk or eggs, ran to get some while the cashier began ringing (although many grocery stores are happy to send someone to grab it for you).

The dad should have just thrown them on his transaction and either covered it or had the teenager give him cash. But I wouldn’t have been bothered by it.

[poorgradstudent]

I’ll go with: 2) The teenager didn’t cheat, exactly, but he “shaded the letter of the law” (or custom, in this case)

I imagine no one would have noticed or cared if it was part of the father’s transaction. Or, if the teenager had been on their own, unloaded their own full basket, realized they forgot milk or eggs, ran to get some while the cashier began ringing (although many grocery stores are happy to send someone to grab it for you).

The dad should have just thrown them on his transaction and either covered it or had the teenager give him cash. But I wouldn’t have been bothered by it.

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